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Overview of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (OPRE) Financial Year 2023/24

in public schools, including the training and development thereof, as part of the Educational
Transformation Plan (ETP). The department projects to spend R125.094 billion over the 2023 MTEF
and in 2023/24, the budget increases by 3.3 per cent to R41.128 billion. Over the 2023 MTEF, there
are additional allocations of R6.617billion that has been made available to the department. As part of
Equitable Share funding, the major thrust of the additional allocation, amounting to R2.561 billion over
the 2023 MTEF from national, of which R732.023 million is for 2023/24, seeks to address educator
related personnel pressures. The second largest addition in the baseline amounts to R2.206 billion
over the 2023 MTEF, of which R726.399 million is for 2023/24, and is provided for the Cost of Living
Adjustment (Wage Agreement). Furthermore, there is an additional funding from national, of
R100.016 million in 2023/24 and R443.092 million over the 2023 MTEF, emanating from impact of the
updates in the PES formula, as well as a once off amount of R772.424 million in 2023/24, which is
made available by the province. Both these allocations are earmarked to augment norms and
standards in public schools. In terms of the conditional grants from national, R732.023 million in
2023/24 and R634.847 million over the 2023 MTEF is provided of which the bulk of the funding is for
the Education Infrastructure grant and the National School Nutrition Programme grant.
x Department of Health budget allocation is for the improvement of health outcomes including the
increased implementation of the National Health Insurance, prevention and reduction of the disease
burden as well as promotion of health in line with Priority 2 “Education, Skills and Health” of the PDP.
The department is projecting to spend R87.989 billion over the 2023 MTEF. In 2023/24, the budget
decreases by 0.3 per cent to R28.139 billion from the revised 2022/23 estimate of R28.226 billion.
However, included in the allocations is an additional R1.482 billion for equitable share and conditional
grants in 2023/24 and R5.135 billion over the 2023 MTEF. For Equitable share, funding was provided
from national to support the department with the Compensation of employees pressures, service
backlogs including antiretroviral therapy, Tuberculosis treatment and medicine as well as medico legal
claims amounting to R967.768 million in 2023/24 and R3.013 billion over the 2023 MTEF. Within this
additional allocation, funding for the medico legal claims has been ring-fenced amounting to
R30 million in 2023/24 and R105 million over the 2023 MTEF. Funding was also provided by national
for the wage agreement amounting to R380.415 million in 2023/24 and R1.166 billion over the 2023
MTEF and for the impact of the updates in the PES formula amounting to R58.502 million in 2023/24
and R262.949 million over the 2023 MTEF. From the provincial allocations, R5.150 million in 2023/24
and R15.150 million over the 2023 MTEF is provided to capacitate legal services as well as R42 million
in 2023/24 to provide fuel during load shedding in health facilities. Furthermore, R822.253 million is
allocated in 2025/26 for the carry through costs of the funding provided in the 2018 MTEF for
Compensation of employees. In terms of the conditional grants from national, R150.253 million in
2023/24 is provided of which the bulk of the funding is for the Health Facility Revitalisation grant.
x Department of Social Development budget allocation is for addressing social challenges directly
linked to poverty in communities, which includes the prevention of Substance Abuse, Childcare and
Protection, Care of Older persons, Crime Prevention, Gender Based Violence, Social Behavioural
Change and support services as well as victim support services. This is in line with Priority 4
“Consolidating the Social Wage through Reliable and Quality Basic Services” of the PDP. The
department is projecting to spend R8.870 billion over the 2023 MTEF. In 2023/24, the budget increases
by 0.8 per cent to R2.833 billion from the 2022/23 revised estimate of R2.811 billion. However, included
in the allocations is additional funding from the province of R10 million, of which R5 million in 2023/24
and R15.732 million over the 2023 MTEF is provided each for Social Behavioural Change and for
Gender Based Violence.
x Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture budget allocation is for the development of
programmes and projects that contribute to Priority 6: “Social Cohesion and safe communities” of the

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