Limpopo Gambling Board Annual Report

Strategy to overcome areas of under-performance Not Applicable.

Performance in relation to Standardised Outputs and Output Indicators for Economic Development Sector with Concurrent Functions Not Applicable.

Programme expenditure Programme 3 : Compliance

2020/2021

2021/2022

Final Appropriation

Actual Expenditure

(Over)/ Under Expenditure

Final Appropriation

Actual Expenditure

(Over)/ Under Expenditure

R’000

R’000

R’000

R’000

R’000

R’000

0

0

0

0

0

0

Capital budget

14 435

14 475

(40)

16 064

15 293

771 364

Personnel Budget

380

380

0

1 029

665

Operational Budget

Total

14 815

14 855

(40)

17 093

15 958

1 135

5.4 Programme 4: Law Enforcement

The purpose of this programme is to combat illegal gambling throughout the Province by conducting investigations of illegal gambling activities and crime awareness campaigns.

This programme does not have any sub-programmes.

The institutional outcomes that programme 4 contributes towards: Outcome 5: All modes of illegal gambling activities combatted

Outcomes, outputs, output indicators, targets and actual achievements Due to COVID-19 regulations and budget cut, investigations on illegal gambling activities were halted. Law Enforcement Unit operated only on emergency investigations upon invitations from SAPS. The under-performance of the organisation had a huge impact on the collection of Provincial revenue, as illegal gambling activities had since mushroomed tremendously from March 2020. The mushrooming of illegal gambling activities also had a huge impact on the well-being of society as illegal gambling operators or illegal gambling dens do not implement the Responsible Gambling Programme. Due to the non implementation of the Responsible Gambling Programme by illegal gambling Operators, the youth, women, and people living with disabilities are affected as they cannot access any form of assistance in the form of counselling which results from gambling addictions. It will be imperative that the Entity puts sufficient resources in place in the form of investigating officers and sufficient budget to combat illegal gambling activities in partnership with the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).

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