Economic Development Annual Report

Annual Report 2023/2024 Mpumalanga: Department of Economic Development and Tourism - Vote 6

Table 3.1.1 Personnel expenditure by programme for the period 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024

Programme Total

Personnel expenditure (R’000)

Training expenditure (R’000)

Professional and special services expenditure (R’000)

Personnel expenditure as a % of total expenditure

Average personnel cost per employee (R’000)

Total Number of Employees

expenditure (R’000)

1 614

Administration

116 211

74 919

0

64

586

117

164

Integrated Economic Development Services Trade and Sector Development Business Regulation & Governance

740 428

30 220

0

4

862

35

15

26 514

14 917

0

56

829

18

43

127 006

16 639

0

13

666

25

165

0

88

953

Economic Planning

18 365

16 193

17

0

Tourism

537 585

3 877

0 0

1

775 688

5

Total 217 The total expenditure R 1 614 000.00 for Administration is based on R 704 000.00 for internal training of officials and R 910 000.00 for the training of 10 unemployed youth who are participating on the New Venture Creation Learnership Programme. Table 3.1.2 Personnel costs by salary band for the period 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024 1 566 109 156 766 2 001 10

Salary band

Personnel expenditure (R’000)

% of total personnel cost

No. of employees Average

personnel cost per employee (R’000)

Lower skilled (Levels 1-2)

2 342

1.50

15

156

Skilled (level 3-5)

5 182

3.33

13 81

399 530

Highly skilled production (levels 6-8) Highly skilled supervision (levels 9-12) Senior and Top management (levels 13-16)

42 911

27.63

69 095

44.49

77

897

30 181

19.43

22

1 371

Contract (Levels 1-2) Contract (Levels 3-5) Contract (Levels 6-8) Contract (Levels 9-12) Contract ( Levels >= 13)

176 653

0.09 0.42 0.66 2.47 0.87 100

1 3

176 218

1 035 3 837 1 354

11

94

4 1

959

1 354

Total

156 766

228

688

141