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

and child health services. At the forefront of the sector’s mandate, focus will also be on service delivery
optimisation (SDO), strengthening of patient experience of care and availability of medicine to deal with
inefficiencies and implement optimum utilisation of existing infrastructure and human resource capabilities.
In the midst of the localised measles outbreak, the department will host a vaccination drive for all children
from 6 months to 15 years. Focus will continue with the roll out the e-health strategy targeting the remaining
9 big hospitals with the installation of Health Management Systems (HMS2) for patient records. In
collaboration with Dimension Data, it will roll out the Call Taking and Dispatching (CAD) solution in order
to have easier access to medical services.

The allocation of R9.695 billion in 2023/24 for the Economic Affairs sector will continue to be utilised for
the more diversification in manufacturing and automotive industry, investment in Renewal Energy Power
Procurement Programme and the film hub as well as utilising the Economic Development Fund to provide
support to SMME in the identified sectors through Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and
Tourism. Furthermore, Rural Development and Agrarian Reform will focus on assisting households,
communal and smallholder farmers and improve agricultural infrastructure in the province to upscale
agriculture related activities in order to strengthen domestic food security whilst responding to the
challenges of joblessness and growing demand both domestically and globally for agricultural goods as
well as the Eastern Cape Agriculture Blended Finance Scheme.

In 2023/24, the General Public Service sector is allocated R5.826 billion to provide an enabling
environment for investment and job creation in the province as well as focusing of financial governance
and accountability in departments, municipalities and entities. The Social Protection sector is allocated
R2.833 billion for the provision of social relief. The Housing and Community Amenities sector is allocated
R2.535 billion to provide decent human settlements through integrated planning as well as focusing on
rental housing and issuing of title deeds. The Recreation, Culture and Religion sector is allocated
R993.394 million, which will focus on sport, library services, and creative industries development including
the support on digital platforms as well as upgrading the Provincial Archives.

Transfers
Transfers to Public Entities

The province has 10 provincial public entities as per Schedule 3 of the Public Finance Management Act
1 of 1999 (PFMA), as amended. Of these, six (6) are listed as government non-business entities (Schedule
3C), whilst 4 public entities are listed as government business enterprises (Schedule 3D).

Table 5.4 below, indicates the provincial public entities have received R4.290 billion in funding over the
past 4 years while an estimated R6.232 billion is planned to be transferred over the 2023 MTEF.

Public entities directly employ over 1 855 people excluding board members, and generate approximately
R1.107 billion in own revenue. The number of people employed has decreased from the previous years
due to the implementation of cost containment measures including the non-filling of less critical vacant
posts within public entities. Details of transfers to public entities are presented in the relevant Votes in the
Estimates of Provincial Revenue and Expenditure, and a full report is presented in the publication for
estimates of public entities revenue & expenditure.

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