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Estimates of Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) -2023/24 Financial Year

Payment by Vote

Table 5.1: Summary of Provincial Payments and Estimates by Vote
Main Adjusted Revised
Outcome Medium-term estimates % Change
appropriation appropriation estimate
R thousand 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 from 2021/22
Social Sector 67 383 602 68 441 484 68 747 162 69 740 117 71 927 927 71 947 988 73 209 866 74 360 696 77 822 877 1.8
1. Education 37 507 520 36 962 745 37 346 365 38 559 185 39 796 006 39 796 006 41 128 250 40 987 691 42 978 701 3.3
2. Health 26 188 740 27 994 218 27 578 729 27 331 051 28 209 058 28 226 972 28 139 339 29 278 853 30 571 190 (0.3)
3. Social Development 2 621 668 2 581 071 2 777 572 2 769 412 2 810 064 2 811 672 2 833 704 2 951 457 3 084 872 0.8
4. Sports, Recreation Arts And Culture 963 363 796 676 940 276 975 231 1 003 506 1 004 045 993 394 1 024 214 1 064 283 (1.1)
5. Community Safety 102 311 106 774 104 220 105 238 109 293 109 293 115 179 118 481 123 832 5.4
Economic 13 358 891 12 197 908 13 943 476 13 591 773 14 486 977 14 491 113 15 088 140 14 783 329 15 440 394 4.1
6. Public Works and Infrastracture 2 429 752 2 353 861 2 512 473 2 570 594 2 663 763 2 664 416 2 503 875 2 582 226 2 643 372 (6.0)
7. Rural Development And Agrarian Reform 2 368 471 2 234 583 2 244 920 2 318 947 2 341 530 2 341 536 2 358 376 2 460 087 2 571 104 0.7
8. Economic Development ,Environmental Affairs And Tourism 1 341 111 1 332 468 1 417 757 1 330 382 1 400 885 1 400 885 2 000 800 1 896 720 2 075 707 42.8
9. Transport 4 908 271 4 618 538 5 223 291 4 934 120 5 579 487 5 579 645 5 689 887 5 177 298 5 411 259 2.0
10. Human Settlements 2 311 286 1 658 457 2 545 035 2 437 730 2 501 312 2 504 631 2 535 202 2 666 998 2 738 952 1.2
Governance and Administration 2 855 510 2 909 094 2 834 505 3 096 281 3 158 895 3 203 514 3 322 218 3 264 499 3 388 201 3.7
11. Office Of The Premier 864 883 989 468 945 894 1 101 275 1 109 412 1 135 706 1 208 377 1 069 189 1 126 066 6.4
12. Provincial Legislature 584 949 570 942 563 758 571 146 621 919 639 982 607 951 634 518 640 233 (5.0)
13. Corporate Governance and Traditional Affairs 988 820 980 929 948 921 1 002 144 1 018 371 1 018 371 1 050 901 1 087 681 1 125 881 3.2
14. Provincial Treasury 416 859 367 755 375 932 421 716 409 193 409 455 454 989 473 111 496 021 11.1
Total payments and estimates 83 598 004 83 548 486 85 525 143 86 428 171 89 573 799 89 642 615 91 620 224 92 408 524 96 651 473 2.2
Less:
Departmental receipts not to be surrendered to the Provincial
Revenue Fund [Amount to be financed from revenue (696) (686) (733) (527) (527) (784) (551) (576) (602) (29.7)
collected ito s22(1) of the PFMA]
Total 83 597 308 83 547 800 85 524 410 86 427 644 89 573 272 89 641 831 91 619 673 92 407 948 96 650 871 2.2
Source: Provincial Treasury Database 2023/24

Table 5.1 above provides a summary of provincial payments and estimates by Vote from 2019/20 to
2025/26. Total provincial expenditure increases from R89.642 billion in the 2022/23 revised estimate to
R91.620 billion in 2023/24. Education and Health remain the primary focus and receive budgets of
R41.128 billion and R28.139 billion, respectively.

All departments received funding in terms of the carry through of the 2022/23 wage agreement as well as
through the adjustments made due to impact of updates in the Provincial Equitable Share (PES) formula
of which the bulk was allocated in Health and Education. Details of the allocations is only provided under
these departments below. Furthermore, there was the decision taken by the Eastern Cape Provincial
Government to consolidate all Microsoft Enterprise Agreements into one provincial Enterprise Agreement
managed centrally by the Office of the Premier with effective date from 1 April 2023. This resulted in the
Microsoft licenses function shift to Office of the Premier from all the departments except Education and
Provincial Legislature.

Social Cluster
For the 2023/24 financial year, the resource envelope for the cluster amounts to R73.209 billion and it
further grows to R77.822 billion in the outer year of the 2023 MTEF.

x Department of Education budget allocation is for responding to amongst other things; the provision
of quality teaching and learning in a conducive educational environment through the provision of
infrastructure at schools in line with Priority 2 “Education, Skills and Health” of the PDP. The
department also continues with the delivery of adequate resources i.e. Learner Teacher Support
Material (LTSM) and school furniture to enable learners to be better prepared for an ultimate success
in the world of work, the universalisation of Early Childhood Development (ECD), the provision of
nutritious feeding to most vulnerable learners through the School Nutrition Programme as well as the
continued improvement in the quality of education through the timely provisioning of qualified educators

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