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

Table 5.5: Summary of Provincial Transfers to Local Government by Category

Main Adjusted Revised
Outcome Medium-term estimates % change from
appropriation appropriation estimate 2022/23
R thousand 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
Category A 261 247 287 463 316 762 290 324 324 615 324 615 263 978 309 506 283 953 (18.7)
Category B 528 052 558 403 558 263 606 300 671 132 655 333 626 734 513 838 554 652 (4.4)
Category C 21 186 8 984 3 999 5 373 1 189 1 189 4 482 4 683 5 152 277.0
Unallocated 1 000 1 280 1 186 1 000 1 000 1 000 1 000 20 832 16 765 0.0
Total provincial transfers 811 485 856 130 880 210 902 997 997 936 982 137 896 194 848 859 860 522 (8.8)
Source: Provincial Treasury Database 2023/24

Table 5.5 above shows the transfers to local government per category increasing from R811.485 million
in 2019/20 to R982.137 million in the 2022/23 revised estimate. In 2023/24, the total transfers budget
reflects a decrease by 8.8 per cent to R896.194 million.

In 2023/24, the bulk of the budget is allocated to Public Works at R544.608 million for property rates and
taxes for provincially owned properties followed by Office of the Premier at R245 million for the funding of
the Small Town Revitalisation Programme.

The unallocated amounts over the 2023 MTEF are due to Economic Development, Environmental Affairs
and Tourism not having finalised its allocations for the greenest municipality, as this depends on
assessments for the award made during a particular financial year, as well as identify the municipalities
who must benefit from the EPWP environmental projects.

Personnel Numbers and Costs

Table 5.6: Personnel Numbers and Costs by Department
Actual Revised estimate Medium-term expenditure estimate Average annual growth over MTEF
2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2022/23 - 2025/26
% Costs
Personnel Costs Personnel Costs Personnel Costs Filled Additional posts Personnel Costs Personnel Costs Personnel Costs Personnel Costs Personnel Costs growth of
numbers 1 numbers 1 numbers 1 posts numbers 1 numbers 1 numbers 1 numbers 1 growth rate rate
R thousands Total
1. Education 70 232 29 293 526 66 382 29 464 328 64 950 29 708 691 65 450 32 65 482 30 665 327 65 242 31 558 779 65 245 33 027 336 65 247 34 529 411 -0.1% 4.0% 53.5%
2. Health 48 674 17 154 718 54 891 17 991 168 52 700 18 479 937 42 022 5596 47 618 18 859 032 48 674 19 022 415 48 674 19 653 907 48 674 20 296 787 0.7% 2.5% 32.0%
3. Social Development 4 800 1 762 555 4 362 1 749 417 4 845 1 947 126 4 141 344 4 485 1 929 998 4 363 1 916 645 4 363 1 994 263 4 363 2 083 632 -0.9% 2.6% 3.3%
4. Office Of The Premier 408 270 742 357 261 912 353 267 438 401 24 425 281 783 435 340 064 435 344 825 435 361 210 0.8% 8.6% 0.5%
5. Provincial Legislature 391 346 435 379 362 409 379 370 507 379 0 379 397 078 379 376 603 379 403 456 379 424 089 – 2.2% 0.7%
6. Public Works And Infrastructure 3 052 873 722 3 181 858 156 1 993 822 682 1 280 576 1 856 818 106 2 000 867 598 2 027 887 127 2 027 900 194 3.0% 3.2% 1.4%
7. Corporative Governance And Traditional Affairs 2 760 828 190 2 643 835 205 2 624 836 539 2 884 0 2 884 879 645 2 884 905 323 2 802 955 560 2 802 985 045 -1.0% 3.8% 1.5%
8. Rural Development And Traditional Affairs 2 611 1 269 495 2 471 1 234 327 2 464 1 248 216 2 464 7 2 471 1 336 712 2 836 1 420 573 2 836 1 441 882 2 836 1 506 731 4.7% 4.1% 2.3%
9. Economic Development , Environmental Affairs And Tourism 541 262 963 500 253 903 526 260 572 556 0 556 299 118 568 297 737 568 315 097 568 321 357 0.7% 2.4% 0.5%
10. Transport 3 055 998 709 2 622 994 216 2 851 998 053 2 069 369 2 438 1 071 248 2 745 1 191 783 2 775 1 242 269 2 775 1 299 768 4.4% 6.7% 2.0%
11. Human Settlements 572 357 492 610 340 154 609 343 255 566 46 612 365 006 611 377 458 611 392 706 611 401 781 -0.1% 3.3% 0.6%
12. Provincial Treasury 484 322 350 445 318 430 447 319 278 424 36 460 325 242 481 335 375 481 355 261 481 374 919 1.5% 4.9% 0.6%
13. Sport, Recreation Arts And Culture 1 029 540 233 1 044 519 398 1 112 524 855 927 72 999 567 475 1 449 585 325 1 449 597 918 1 449 609 918 13.2% 2.4% 1.0%
14. Community Safety 159 75 874 159 76 666 145 78 066 145 0 145 79 262 148 85 786 148 86 937 148 87 643 0.7% 3.4% 0.1%
Total 138 768 54 357 004 140 046 55 259 689 135 998 56 205 215 123 708 7 102 130 810 57 875 032 132 815 59 281 464 132 793 61 698 544 132 795 64 182 485 0.5% 3.5% 100.0%
Source: Provincial Treasury Database 2023/24

Table 5.6 above depicts the total personnel costs, which increase from R54.357 billion in 2019/20 to the
2022/23 revised estimate of R57.875 billion. In 2023/24, the budget increases to R59.281 billion due to
the planned filling of the critical posts by the departments.

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