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Provincial Budgets and Expenditure
Review
2002/03 – 2008/09
17 October 2006
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Prov. Budgets and Exp Review (1)
• Two separate publications
– Local government
– Provinces
• Why two separate publications
– Scope of LG has grown substantially over
the years and warrants a separate review
– The LG financial year is different from the
provincial and national financial year
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Prov. Budget and Exp Review (2)
• Provincial budgets, expenditure and service
delivery trends
– Builds on the 2005 Provincial Budgets and
Expenditure Review
– Covers past expenditure and future budgets
(2002/03 to 2008/09)
– Provides consolidated information
– Allows comparison between provinces
– Critical document to inform on service delivery
• Released one week before MTBPS
– Assist in shaping the 2007 Budget
• Inform policy priorities
• Guide provincial EXCOs in budget preparation
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Prov. Budget and Exp Review (3)
• Importance for portfolio and select committees
– Coincides with the tabling of annual reports and thus
informs the debate
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Are targets set in strategic plans achieved?
Are we getting value for money?
What are the service delivery challenges?
Do we have data to measure service delivery performance?
– Platform for accounting officers to account
– Foster good governance and transparency
• Report on government performance
– Policy analysts, Public, etc
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Prov. Budget and Exp Review (4)
• 8 chapters in the document
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Introduction
Education
Health
Social Development
Housing
Agriculture and Land
Roads and Transport
Trends in Provincial Budgets
• Annexures:
– Extensive financial information
– 1st attempt of non-financial data
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Intergovernmental Fiscal System (1)
• 3 spheres of government
– Independent, interrelated and based on
principles of cooperative governance
• All with different functions (exclusive and
concurrent)
• Provinces and municipalities have key service
delivery responsibilities
• Provinces and municipalities implement pro-poor
programmes
• Continued need for provinces and municipalities to
improve their service delivery capacity
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Intergovernmental Fiscal System (2)
• Key concurrent functions
– School education, health, social welfare
and housing
• Policy formulation and setting of norms and
standards a national competence
• Implementation mainly at provincial level
– Coordination challenges that arise
• Is there alignment between provincial budgets
and national policy priorities?
– The Review highlights how each of these
concurrent functions are structured
• Which sphere is responsible for what
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Intergovernmental Fiscal System (3)
• Revenue sharing arrangement
– Vertical Division of Revenue
• Between the 3 spheres
• Informed by assigned service delivery
responsibility and revenue raising capacity of
each sphere
• Based on governments policy priorities
– Horizontal Division of Revenue
• Among the 9 provinces
– Division of Revenue Bill
• Reflects the vertical and horizontal DOR
– Culmination of an extensive intergovernmental
consultative process
• Approved by both houses of Parliament/NCOP
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Intergovernmental Fiscal System (4)
Vertical Division of Revenue
Table 1.1 Division of nationally raised revenue, 2002/03 – 2008/09
2002/03
2003/04
Outcom e
2004/05
2005/06
Revised
estim ate
46 808
46 313
48 851
51 160
52 049
53 324
55 716
244 716
282 396
319 690
367 816
420 676
465 850
515 552
13,7%
15,4%
13,2%
15,1%
14,4%
10,7%
10,7%
291 524
328 709
368 541
418 976
472 725
519 174
571 268
10,9%
12,8%
12,1%
13,7%
12,8%
9,8%
10,0%
–
–
–
–
2 500
5 000
8 000
National departm ents
129 297
148 142
168 018
196 429
214 964
233 996
254 495
Provinces
107 317
122 673
137 836
154 528
176 679
196 351
217 481
Equitable share
93 895
107 538
120 885
135 292
150 753
167 701
187 100
Conditional grants
13 422
15 135
16 951
19 237
25 926
28 649
30 382
Local governm ent
Equitable share
8 102
11 581
13 837
16 859
26 532
30 503
35 575
4 187
6 350
7 678
9 643
18 058
20 076
22 775
Conditional grants
3 916
5 231
6 159
7 215
8 474
10 428
12 801
244 717
282 396
319 690
367 816
418 176
460 850
507 552
R m illion
State debt cost
Non-interest expenditure
Percentage increase
Total expenditure
Percentage increase
Contingency reserve
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
Medium -term estim ates
Division of available funds
Total
Percentage shares
National departments
52,8%
52,5%
52,6%
53,4%
51,4%
50,8%
Provinces
43,9%
43,4%
43,1%
42,0%
42,3%
42,6%
3,3%
4,1%
4,3%
4,6%
6,3%
6,6%
Local government
50,1%
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42,8%
7,0%
Intergovernmental Fiscal System (5)
Funding of Provinces
• Provinces determine own budgets guided by
national policy priorities
– National transfers (96,4 per cent) the largest share of
provincial revenue
• Own revenue (3,6 per cent)
– Equitable share 82,3 per cent of available resources
• Unconditional transfer
• Provinces have discretion on how to allocate based on
government priority
• Main source of funding for social services
– Conditional grants 14,1 per cent of available resources
• Health conditional grants second largest share
• Performance and evolution of conditional grants need
thorough review
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Intergovernmental Fiscal System (6)
Consolidated Provincial Revenue
Table 8.1 Provincial revenue and expenditure, 2002/03 – 2008/09
2002/03
2003/04
Outcom e
2004/05
2005/06
Prelim inary
outcom e
107 317
122 673
137 836
153 782
176 679
196 351
217 481
Equitable share
93 895
107 538
120 885
135 292
150 753
167 701
187 100
Conditional grants
13 422
15 134
16 951
18 490
25 926
28 649
30 382
Provincial ow n receipts
5 844
6 312
6 241
7 380
6 552
6 983
7 365
Total reciepts
113 161
128 984
144 076
161 161
183 231
203 333
224 846
Total expenditure
116 275
131 858
141 954
161 145
183 020
201 903
221 873
-3 114
-2 874
2 123
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211
1 430
2 973
94,8%
95,1%
95,7%
95,4%
96,4%
96,6%
96,7%
Equitable share
83,0%
83,4%
83,9%
83,9%
82,3%
82,5%
83,2%
Conditional grants
11,9%
11,7%
11,8%
11,5%
14,1%
14,1%
13,5%
5,2%
4,9%
4,3%
4,6%
3,6%
3,4%
3,3%
Total receipts
100,0%
100,0%
Source: National Treasury provincial database
100,0%
100,0%
100,0%
100,0%
100,0%
R m illion
Transfers from national
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
Medium -term estim ates
of which:
Surplus(+)/deficit(-)
Share of total provincial revenue
Transfers from national
of which:
Provincial ow n receipts
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Provincial expenditure trends (1)
• Biggest budgets at provincial level
– 51,4 per cent of non-interest spending taking place in
provinces
– Education, health and social development constitute
76,5 per cent of provincial spending
– Non-social services include on average 23,5 per cent
of provincial spending
• Housing and sustained human settlements
• Agricultural support to farmers
• Construction & maintenance of provincial roads
• Running provincial administrations & governance
– Greater focus on provincial budgets, expenditure and
performance needed
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Provincial expenditure trends (2)
• Total spending between 2002/03 and
2005/06
– Increased by R45 bn to R161,1 bn between
2002/03 2005/06
• Real growth of 6,6 per cent per year (exclude social
security grants)
– Budgeted to reach R221,9 bn by 2008/09
• A further R60 bn added (Real growth of 9 per cent
per year)
– Areas of growth
• Education, health and social development
• Capital spending more than doubled from R8,2 bn in
2002/03 to R19,8 bn in 2008/09
– Delivery capacity improving
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Provincial expenditure trends (3)
Table 8.5 Consolidated provincial expenditure, 2002/03 – 2008/09
2002/03
2003/04
Outcom e
2004/05
R m illion
Education
53 151
60 255
64 670
Health
32 860
36 987
40 599
2 743
3 209
88 754
Social development
Total social services
Contingency reserves
Non-social services
Total
2005/06
Prelim inary
outcom e
71 957
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
Medium -term estim ates
79 051
87 008
94 865
47 116
51 686
55 993
60 647
3 650
4 220
5 289
6 145
7 430
100 452
108 919
123 293
136 026
149 145
162 942
–
–
–
381
631
918
1 328
27 521
31 406
33 035
37 472
46 363
51 840
57 603
116 275
131 858
141 954
161 145
183 020
201 903
221 873
Shares of total provincial expenditure
Social services
76,3%
76,2%
76,7%
76,5%
74,3%
73,9%
73,4%
Education
45,7%
45,7%
45,6%
44,7%
43,2%
43,1%
42,8%
Health
28,3%
28,1%
28,6%
29,2%
28,2%
27,7%
27,3%
2,4%
2,4%
2,6%
2,6%
2,9%
3,0%
3,3%
23,7%
23,8%
23,3%
23,5%
25,7%
26,1%
26,6%
100,0%
100,0%
100,0%
100,0%
100,0%
100,0%
100,0%
Social services
13,2%
8,4%
13,2%
10,3%
9,6%
9,3%
Education
13,4%
7,3%
11,3%
9,9%
10,1%
9,0%
Health
12,6%
9,8%
16,1%
9,7%
8,3%
8,3%
Social development
17,0%
13,8%
15,6%
25,3%
16,2%
20,9%
Non-social services
14,1%
5,2%
14,6%
24,1%
12,3%
11,7%
Total
13,4%
7,7%
13,5%
13,6%
10,3%
9,9%
Social development
Non-social services
Total
Percentage grow th
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Provincial expenditure trends (4)
• Spending on social services
– Education, health and social development
– Makes up 76 per cent of total provincial
spending
– Spending nearly doubles from R88,8 bn in
2002/03 to R162,9 bn in 2008/09
• Grew 6,7 per cent in real terms annually between
2002/03 and 2005/06
• Budgeted for real growth of 4,9 per cent a year over
the next three years
• Bulk of social services are pro-poor
• Rural provinces share of social services higher than
urban provinces
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Education
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Education (1)
• Education spending
– Nearly doubles from R53,2 bn in 2002/03 to
R94,9 bn in 2008/09
– Equity and access improved
– Capital spending grows sharply
– Spending on LSM grows
• New curriculum statement
• NPNC also growing strongly
– Pay progression for educators
• Backlogs
• Career-pathing, scarce skills, management
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Education (2)
Table 2.8 Provincial education expenditure by economic classification, 2002/03 – 2008/09
2002/03
2003/04 2004/05
Outcom e
R m illion
2005/06
Prelim inary
outcom e
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
Medium -term estim ates
49 614
55 185
58 947
65 358
70 915
77 773
84 199
45 522
49 677
53 413
58 175
62 241
66 691
70 935
Goods and services
4 088
5 506
5 490
7 165
8 669
11 077
13 259
Transfers and subsidies
1 806
1 731
2 498
2 572
3 222
2 500
3 791
2 808
4 558
3 578
5 183
4 052
5 712
4 953
Total
53 151
60 255
Percentage of provincial education expenditure
64 670
71 957
79 051
87 008
94 865
Current payments
of which:
Compensation of employees
Payments for capital assets
Current payments
of which:
Compensation of employees
Goods and services
Transfers and subsidies
Payments for capital assets
Total
93,3%
91,6%
91,2%
90,8%
89,7%
89,4%
88,8%
85,6%
7,7%
82,4%
9,1%
82,6%
8,5%
80,8%
10,0%
78,7%
11,0%
76,6%
12,7%
74,8%
14,0%
3,4%
3,3%
4,1%
4,3%
5,0%
3,9%
5,3%
3,9%
5,8%
4,5%
6,0%
4,7%
6,0%
5,2%
100,0%
Percentage grow th (average annual)
Current payments
100,0% 100,0%
2002/03 – 2005/06
100,0%
100,0%
100,0%
100,0%
2005/06 – 2008/09
9,6%
8,8%
of which:
Compensation of employees
8,5%
6,8%
Goods and services
20,6%
22,8%
Transfers and subsidies
28,0%
14,6%
Payments for capital assets
17,5%
20,8%
Total
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Education (3)
• There appears to be a lag in quality improvements
• Trends in matriculation results suggests improved
quality and reduced inefficiencies:
– actual numbers passing the exam increased from 322
492 in 2003 to 347 184 in 2005
– Matriculation pass rate improved from below 50% in
1997 to 73,2% in 2003. Drops to 68 % in 2005.
– Growing trends in passes in maths (55 % of those who
wrote) and science (71,1 % of those who wrote)
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Health
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Health (1)
• Health spending
– South Africa’s total health expenditure as a
proportion of GDP is relatively high
• Public sector funding at 3.4% of GDP compares
favorably with middle income countries.
• Relatively high expenditure influenced by large
private health sector, escalating wage costs and the
growing burden associated with HIV / Aids
– Nearly doubles from R32,9 bn in 2002/03 to
R60,6 bn in 2008/09
– Grows 5,9 per cent in real terms annually
• Improving equity
• Primary health care, emergency ambulance and HIV
and AIDS programme funding growing strongly
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Health (2)
• Health spending
– Capital more than doubles between 2002/03
and 2008/09
• From R2,2 bn in 2002/03 to R5,5 bn in 2008/09
• Growth in both buildings and equipment budgets
• Growth in per capita health funding
– Spending grow from R853 per head in 2002/03
to R1 178 in 2005/06
• Primary health care more than doubles
– R5,6bn in 2002/03 to R11,7 bn in 2008/09
• Emergency medical services
– Significant step up (14,3 % real growth)
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Health (3)
• Improved equity and access
• Net gain of 16 000 health professionals
– Over 10 000 additional nurses being employed
– Increase in EMS personnel
– Gradual improvement in public sector doctors
per 1 000 uninsured persons
• All rural provinces show a net gain
• moderate decrease in WC and Gauteng
• 77 doctors per 100 000 uninsured population
remains a concern
– 32 282 health science students in training
in various disciplines
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Social development
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Social Development
• This chapter reviews the role of provincial
social development:
– in the context of vulnerability;
– the institutional arrangements underpinning
social development;
– policy initiatives and legislative reforms;
– spending, budget and service delivery trends
in the sector
– as well as focusing on overall expenditure
and performance in the different programmes
and large subprogrammes.
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Fundamental Restructuring in
the sector
• Social Security moved to the National Sphere
in
– No longer part of provincial budgets from 1 April
2006
– Administered by SASSA
• Provincial Social Development Responsible
for Community Development and Welfare
services.
• Provinces are now able to focus on
improving the funding and delivery of
developmental social welfare services.
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Social Development (2)
• Social development spending
– Social welfare services programme
• Child care, protection services, care for older persons,
substance abuse, prevention and rehabilitation, disabilities,
victim empowerment, HIV and Aids
• Largest share of social development budgets
• Stepped up significantly; set too grow 22 per cent per year over
the next three years
– The Children‘s, Old Persons, Child Justice Bills to have
an impact on social services budgets moving forward
– Development and research
– Stepping up of welfare personnel spending
• To increase the number of social workers
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Social Development (1)
• Social development spending
– More than doubled from R2,7 bn in 2002/03 to R7,4 bn
in 2008/09
• An annual growth of nearly 21 per cent in real terms
• Significant step up of social welfare services
• All provinces experience very high growth rates from 16,6 per
cent in Western Cape and 34,0 per cent in Eastern Cape
– Strong growth in transfers to NGOs
• More double over period under review
• Recognises greater role of NGOs
– Capital spending set to grow sharply
• From R145 million in 2005/06 to R391 million in 2008/09
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Table 4.4 Social Development economic classification, 2002/03 – 2008/09
2002/03
2003/04
Outcome
2004/05
R million
Compensation of
employees
949
1 102
1 225
Other current payments
530
667
750
Transfers and subsidies
1 143
1 323
1 128
2005/06
Preliminary
outcome
1 352
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
Medium-term estimates
1 843
2 161
2 436
799
1 056
1 248
1 510
1 506
1 924
2 151
2 438
3 093
1 225
1 403
1 671
1 876
2 153
2 717
122
116
169
145
239
298
391
2 743
3 209
3 650
4 220
5 289
6 145
7 430
of which:
Non-profit institutions
Payments for capital assets
Total
Percentage of total
Compensation of
employees
34,6%
34,3%
33,6%
32,0%
34,8%
35,2%
32,8%
Other current payments
19,3%
20,8%
20,5%
18,9%
20,0%
20,3%
20,3%
Transfers and subsidies
41,7%
41,2%
41,2%
45,6%
40,7%
39,7%
41,6%
41,1%
38,2%
38,4%
39,6%
35,5%
35,0%
36,6%
4,4%
3,6%
4,6%
3,4%
4,5%
4,8%
5,3%
of which:
Non-profit institutions
Payments for capital assets
Total
100,0%
Percentage growth (average annual)
100,0%
100,0%
2002/03 – 2005/06
100,0%
100,0%
100,0%
100,0%
2005/06 – 2008/09
Compensation of employees
12,5%
21,7%
Other current payments
14,7%
23,6%
Transfers and subsidies
19,0%
17,1%
14,0%
17,6%
6,0%
39,2%
15,4%
20,8%
of which:
Non-profit institutions
Payments for capital assets
Total
Source: National Treasury provincial database
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Non-social services
spending
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Non-social services spending
• Include, among others,
– public works, roads and transport, housing and
agriculture
• Key in economic growth, job creation and food security
– Approximately 25 per cent of provincial spending
– More than doubles between 2002/03 and 2008/09
• Sharp growth in housing expenditure to fund
comprehensive housing strategy (R4 bn in 2002/03 to
R8,7 bn in 2008/09)
• Sharp increase in roads budgets (from R5,2 bn in
2002/03 to R11,7 bn in 2008/09)
• Growth in agriculture budgets (R2,6 bn in 2002/03 to
R5,2 bn in 2008/09)
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HOUSING
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Defining the Public Housing environment
• SA public housing driven by government policy to provide
low and medium income h/hlds with affordable housing
• This is achieved through a range of delivery mechanisms
incorporating essential services i.e. water, sanitation,
roads and electricity
• It aims to attract a range of community services
necessary for integrated and sustainable human
settlements i.e. Public transport ,Municipal services,
Social infrastructure i.e. Schools, health and recreational
facilities, Commercial
33
Delivery progress
• Construction of 1,9 million new houses
• Transfer of 1,6 million government-owned
houses to residents
• Over 2,8 million subsidies approved since the
introduction of the programme
• Property assets worth over R37 billion have
been transferred to poor households
• Spending more than double from R4 bn in
2002/03 to R8,7 bn in 2008/09
34
Agriculture and land
35
Background
• A range of policies aim to modernize the
sector and promote broad inclusiveness and
equity i.t.o land ownership
• The land and agrarian reforms programmes
are by far the most important programs driving
transformation
• Agriculture contributes
– 4% to GDP
– 10% of total employment
– Significantly to foreign exchange earnings
36
Institutional arrangements
• Agriculture is a concurrent function shared
between national and provincial departments
• National is responsible for formulating policies
while provinces are the implementing spheres
• National is separated into two departments:
– Land Affairs – responsible for land reform programmes
– Dept of Agriculture – accountable mainly for farmer
settlement and support
• The sector also enjoy support from numerous state
agencies such as Land Bank, Agriculture Research
Council, ARC, etc
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Budget trends in National Dept of agriculture
and sub-programmes
Subtotal
2006/07 2007/08 2008/09
Medium-term estimates
2003/04
Outcome
2004/05
169
58
192
71
210
269
210
680
247
747
262
919
275
951
237
421
343
368
246
258
281
135
136
162
187
241
253
265
335
375
424
466
477
501
527
933
1 195
1 408
1 912
1 958
2 193
2 300
394
839
1 183
1 906
3 369
3 838
2 500
416
454
454
555
907
1 274
2 896
810
1 293
1 636
2 460
4 276
5 111
5 396
1 744
2 488
3 045
4 372
6 234
7 305
7 696
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R million
Agriculture
Administration
Livelihoods, Economics and
Business Development
Bio-security and Disaster
Management
Production and Resources
Management
Sector Services and
Partnerships
2005/06
Preliminary
outcome
2002/03
Land Affairs
of which
Restitution
Redistribution and tenure
reform
Subtotal
Total
Provincial restitutions and claims
Claims
Households
Beneficiaries
Hectares2
16 040
42 178
157 494
56 686
211 541
585 993
Free State
2 120
3 956
24 107
44 464
9 846
46 858
Gauteng
13 133
12 981
58 365
3 555
62 537
620 323
Kw aZulu-Natal
13 813
39 702
238 509
339 200
726 853
808 304
Limpopo
2 717
27 480
148 344
203 355
696 161
51 689
Mpumalanga
2 075
29 366
151 228
100 122
502 957
67 021
Northern Cape
3 518
7 525
45 971
237 398
74 482
119 025
North West
3 441
15 794
87 019
79 271
127 103
162 520
Western Cape
14 788
17 685
92 514
3 101
8 096
509 099
Total
71 645
196 667
1 003 551
1 067 152
2 419 577
2 970 832
Eastern Cape
Land cost
Financial
compensation
(R thousand) (R thousand)
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Provincial budget and expenditure
trends
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
Outcome
2005/06
Preliminary
outcome
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
Medium-term estimates
R million
Eastern Cape
572
752
822
787
870
955
1 059
Free State
146
183
177
299
224
246
263
Gauteng1
61
82
87
87
139
134
137
Kw aZulu-Natal1
444
487
637
787
853
985
1 078
Limpopo
718
786
733
981
1 029
1 203
1 252
Mpumalanga1
228
244
285
414
426
436
486
Northern Cape
60
65
91
132
129
149
167
North West1
241
255
364
322
378
436
463
Western Cape
131
161
197
259
254
287
305
2 602
3 015
3 393
4 068
4 301
4 831
5 210
Total
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Personnel vs Non-Personnel
Expenditure
Compensation of employees
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
Outcome
R million
Eastern Cape
2005/06
2006/07
Preliminary
outcome
2007/08
2008/09
Medium-term estimates
407
450
459
408
439
465
491
Free State
96
116
124
133
145
153
161
Gauteng1
29
35
38
42
69
73
73
Kw aZulu-Natal1
250
285
336
359
368
393
420
Limpopo
540
592
478
484
509
592
617
Mpumalanga1
113
117
126
144
156
162
172
Northern Cape
33
35
40
42
53
55
58
177
185
204
220
233
248
264
74
85
93
107
139
146
153
1 718
1 901
1 897
1 937
2 111
2 289
2 409
North West1
Western Cape
Total
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Provincial expenditure by
programme
Administration1
R million
Eastern Cape
Sustainable
Resource
Management
Farmer
Support
and
Development
Veterinary
Services
Technology
Research
and
Development
Services
Agricultural
Economics
Structured
Agricultural
Training
Total
243
55
323
89
42
6
30
787
Free State
94
62
87
24
19
2
11
299
Gauteng1
39
–
24
18
6
–
–
87
Kw aZulu-Natal1
115
44
451
72
75
–
29
787
Limpopo
140
127
547
16
98
18
35
981
Mpumalanga1
33
68
180
44
22
45
22
414
Northern Cape
33
32
35
17
14
2
–
132
North West1
70
41
135
45
7
5
19
322
Western Cape
35
48
72
26
51
8
20
259
800
477
1 854
351
334
86
167
4 068
Total
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Provincial expenditure by
programme
• The majority of expenditure is for
administration and farmer support and
development
• Total expenditure for the 2005/06 financial
year amounts to R4,1 billion and is budgeted
to increase to R5,2 billion by 2008/09
• Spending is driven mainly by the farmer
support and development programme which
primarily aimed at unlocking the agricultural
potential of the provinces
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Concluding Remarks
• Government continues to streamline
agricultural reform by ensuring representivity
by all citizens of South Africa
• Through programmes such as CASP, LRAD
and MAFISA, support is provided to
beneficiaries to ensures sustainability of all
reform projects
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Roads and transport
45
Consolidated spending on roads
• The three spheres of government spent a total of
R12,9 billion on roads in 2005/06.
– National accounts for R1.8 billion (13,9%) of the total
aggregate.
– Provinces account for R7.6 billion (58,7%)
– Municipalities account for R3.5 billion (27,4%) of the total
aggregate
• In 2005/06
– 890 km of surfaced roads upgraded and 2 218 resealed
– EPWP programme extensive in roads sector
• 47 000 jobs created
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Provincial transport spending
• Provincial spending on roads
– Roads expenditure account for 4,7% of
total provincial budgets
– Strong growth from R5,2 bn in 2002/03 to
R7,6 bn in 2005/06
– Set to reach R11,8 bn by 2008/09
• Spending on road traffic management
and safety stepped up
– Provinces currently spending R1,5 bn
– Budget to spend R1,8 bn by 2008/09
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Provincial transport spending
• Overload control
– Remain a priority to minimise damage to
road network
– 1,1 million heavy vehicles weighed at 97
weighbridges country wide
– 64 362 penalties issued
• Public transport
system prioritised
infrastructure
and
– Spending doubled from R684 million in
2002/03 to R1,3 bn in 2006/07
– Set to grow sharply as funds are committed
for 2010
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