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

The Compensation of Employees (CoE) as a percentage of the total provincial budget amounts to 64.7 per
cent in 2023/24. Furthermore, the CoE in terms of the percentage share of the department’s total,
Education is 76.7 per cent and Health is 67.6 per cent due to the labour intensive nature of these sectors.

The total number of personnel employed is projected to decrease from 138 768 in 2019/20 to 130 810 in
2022/23 revised estimate with Education being the major contributor to this decrease. The total personnel
headcount is estimated to increase to 132 815 in 2023/24. The increase is largely registered under Health,
Sport, Recreation Arts and Culture, Rural Development and Agrarian Reform and Transport.

Payments on Training

Table 5.7: Payment on Training

Main Adjusted
Outcome Revised estimate Medium-term estimates % change
appropriation appropriation from 2022/23
R thousand 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
1. Education 114 722 66 629 93 387 218 222 218 222 218 222 210 963 147 891 154 517 (3.3)
2. Health 10 228 17 993 11 231 41 909 33 328 29 472 54 457 29 264 38 410 84.8
3. Social Development 17 126 6 976 15 599 18 068 16 402 16 402 19 244 20 099 21 024 17.3
4. Office Of The Premier 1 811 191 1 734 3 250 12 356 12 356 3 056 3 193 3 336 (75.3)
5. Provincial Legislature 1 941 2 048 2 161 2 265 2 265 2 265 2 365 2 471 2 582 4.4
6. Public Works And Infrastructure 7 359 3 876 5 158 5 603 5 603 3 425 5 603 5 855 6 117 63.6
7. Corporative Governance And Traditional Affairs 1 173 20 1 754 871 871 871 3 012 1 013 1 136 245.8
8. Rural Development And Traditional Affairs 21 040 3 611 10 790 22 832 20 820 20 258 23 597 25 460 26 632 16.5
9. Economic Development , Environmental Affairs And Tourism 1 758 1 190 1 646 2 002 2 102 2 102 2 002 2 081 1 352 (4.8)
10. Transport 12 922 4 585 6 561 16 049 13 052 12 128 23 744 20 845 21 780 95.8
11. Human Settlements 1 835 1 447 1 017 2 823 2 223 2 223 1 680 1 755 1 800 (24.4)
12. Provincial Treasury 3 271 447 1 857 3 587 3 649 3 649 4 009 4 188 4 376 9.9
13. Sport, Recreation Arts And Culture 2 914 3 079 2 950 3 550 3 550 3 531 3 820 3 991 4 170 8.2
14. Community Safety 534 528 571 997 597 571 950 993 1 037 66.4
Total payments on training 198 634 112 620 156 416 342 028 335 040 327 475 358 502 269 099 288 269 9.5
Source: Provincial Treasury Database 2023/24

Table 5.7 above shows departmental payments on training from 2019/20 to 2025/26. The expenditure
increased from R198.634 million in 2019/20 to R327.475 million in the 2022/23 revised estimate. In
2023/24, the budget increases by 9.5 per cent to R358.502 million. Departments that contribute mainly to
the increase are Health, Public Works and Infrastructure, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
as well as Transport for various training that is relevant as per the needs analysis of the employees.

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