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Annual Report 2022-2023

programme. To date, the Department spent 98% of the current year’s budget compared to 99% in the previous financial year. The programme underspent by R55 million in the current year compared to R21 million in the previous financial year. The 2% underspending in the current year relates to a property valuation project that was only evaluated by SCM at the end March 2023; prior year credits received from the municipalities that were used to settle current year billing and property lease invoices that were submitted after the payment run cut off.

Programme 3

This programme form part of the key priorities of the province since it develops and empowers communities and contractors. The aim is to improve the skills of the beneficiaries and empower them to be self-sufficient after they have exited the program. EPWP programme was allocated a budget of R149 million compared to previous financial year’s budget of R166 million. The decrease in the budget allocation was because of reduction in the training budget. This programme accounts for 4% of the overall budget allocation for the Department. The programme managed to spend 83% of the allocated budget compared to 86% for the previous financial year. Programme support spent 99% and Community Development spent 79% of their allocated budget. Underspending of R26 million result from most of EPWP beneficiaries exiting the programme in the third quarter.

Virements/roll overs

Adjusted Appropriation

Shifting of Funds

Final Appropriation

Programme Name

Virement

R’000

R’000

R’000

R’000

417 907

- - - -

61 331 (48 331) (13 000)

479 238

Administration

2 774 708

2 726 377

Public Works Infrastructure

162 620

149 620

Expanded Public Works Programme

Total

3 355 235

-

3 355 235

Funds Shifted

The shifting of funds requested is to alleviate overspending on items which were underfunded during the current financial year. The shifts are only cosmetic and are movement from underspending items to defray over-expenditure on another item and will not affect the baseline of each programme.

Virements/Roll-Overs

The virements requested are in line with the PFMA and within the prescribed 8% limit of the allocated budget of the programmes.

Programme 1 The programme will increase by an amount of R61,3 million which will be allocated to goods and services.

Programme 2 An amount of R48,3 million will be shifted from Programme 2 to defray over-expenditure on goods and services, which were due to a review on OHS Health projects and the interest paid on court award for Virtual Gas.

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