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Number of library subscriptions renewed The department will present the research report from Provincial Treasury as well as the recommendations in terms of the subscriptions to the Bid Adjudication Committee for approval. Due to the nationwide lockdown, this process will continue in the 2020/21 ¿ nancial year. Number of archival contributions to National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System (NAAIRS) The records will be uploaded electronically from 2020/21 on the NAAIRS system. Changes to planned targets, 2019/20 The following three Programme 3: Library and Archives Services targets were added/ changed to the adjusted 2019/20 APP. Table 47: Programme 3: Library Information and Archival Services - changes to planned targets, 2019/20 PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TYPE OF ADJUSTMENT TOTAL 2019/20 Number of new libraries built (sector indicator) 3 libraries under construction Planning for 3 new libraries Number of hospital libraries established New target added 1 Linking performance with budgets The Library and Archival Services ¿ nal budget appropriated was R312 793 million. Actual expenditure was R268 059 million (85.7%). The underspending of 14.3% was due to the following factors: • Delays in ¿ nalising the tender processes to procure library books, furniture and library trollies. • Some of the service level agreements between DSACR and non-pro ¿ t organisations in the library sector were not concluded. • Under-expenditure on infrastructure projects is attributed to delays in the construction of the Akasia and Rust Ter Vaal community libraries due to community riots whilst the delay in relation to the Impumelelo Number of Born to Read programmes implemented New target added 10

Community Library was because the designs were not approved timely. • The feasibility study for three new community libraries was not concluded.

The Management sub-programme spent R 3 583 million (86.3%) of its allocations. The sub-programme Library Services that includes the recapitalisation of community libraries grant spent R247 199 million (88.5%) of its allocated budget. The delays in the recruitment of the Community Libraries Grant of ¿ cials contributed to the under-spending. The Archives sub-programme spent R17 277 million (58.8%) of its allocated budget; the under-spending was due to delays in ¿ nalising the operationalisation of the Provincial Archives Centre.

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