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Parliamentary Budget Office: Notes on Vote 26: Military Veterans 2022 Appropriations Bill Briefing Additional Notes on Vote 26: Military Veterans- Notes on Vote 26: Military Veterans Vote purpose: Formulate policies and standards aimed at providing a comprehensive delivery system to military veterans and their dependants in recognition of their role in the democratisation of South Africa.
Mandate: The Department of Military Veterans derives its mandate from the Military Veterans Act (2011), which requires it to provide national policy and standards on socioeconomic support to military veterans and their dependants, including benefits and entitlements to help realise a dignified, unified, empowered and self-sufficient Table 1 shows a core set of performance indicators developed by the Department of Military Veterans to deliver on its mandate.
Table 1: Performance indicators, actual performance and targets set for the medium term Indicator Programme MTSF priority Audited performance Estimated performance MTEF targets Number of military veterans provided with newly built houses per year Number of bursaries provided to military veterans and their dependants per year Total number of military veterans with access to health care services Number of military veteran memorial sites facilitated per year Priority 5: Spatial integration, human settlements and local government Priority 3: Education, skills and health Socioeconomic Support Socioeconomic Support Socioeconomic Support Empowerment and Stakeholder Management Priority 6: Social cohesion and safer communities 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/ Source: National Treasury, Estimates of National Expenditure Table 2 shows the expenditure estimates between 2021/22 to 2024/25 per programme and economic classification.
The table includes the average growth and proportions of the budget spent in terms of the economic classification over the previous medium term and over the 2022 medium term expenditure framework (MTEF).

The Department estimates to spend 55.2 per cent of its MTEF budget on programme 2: Socioeconomic support.

The biggest proportion of the budget, amounting to 44.8 per cent is allocated for goods and services.
The second largest proportion amounting to 30.9 per cent is allocated for transfers and subsidies to households.

Table 2: Expenditure Estimates Programme Revised estimate 2021/22 R million 132.9 1.

Administration 2.

Socioeconomic Support 305.3 3.
Empowerment and Stakeholder Management 169.2 607.4 Total Economic classification Current payments Compensation of employees Goods and services Transfers and subsidies Foreign governments and international organisations Households Payments for capital assets Machinery and equipment Heritage assets Software and other intangible assets Total 375.8 129.9 245.9 189.0 – 189.0 42.6 41.6 – 1.0 607.4 Average growth rate (%) Average: Expenditur e/ Total (%) 2018/19 - 2021/22 -0.2% -3.2% 2.6% -1.1% -0.9% 2.0% -2.3% -6.9% – -6.9% 83.6% 111.7% – -25.5% -1.1% 26.5% 54.4% 19.0% 100.0% 67.6% 24.6% 43.0% 29.8% 0.0% 29.8% 2.3% 2.3% 0.0% 0.1% 100.0% Source: National Treasury, Estimates of National Expenditure Medium-term expenditure estimate 2022/23 2023/24 2024/ Average growth rate (%) Average: Expenditure/ Total (%) 2021/22 - 2024/25 1.8% 8.7% -1.8% 4.5% 6.7% 1.7% 9.1% 4.0% – 3.9% -17.1% -38.5% – 141.2% 4.5% 20.6% 55.2% 24.3% 100.0% 64.9% 20.0% 44.8% 31.0% 0.1% 30.9% 4.2% 2.6% 0.0% 1.5% 100.0% Table 3 shows the expenditure estimates on goods and services between 2021/22 to 2024/25.
The table includes the average expenditure of the budget per item over the previous medium term and over the 2022 medium term expenditure framework (MTEF).

The Department estimates to spend 33.4 per cent of its goods and services MTEF budget on contractors, followed by travel and subsistence, amounting to 15.5 per cent and training and development amounting to 9.5 per cent.
The Department did not allocate funds for entertainment, but does plan to spend 1.3 per cent of the goods and services budget on catering over the 2022 MTEF.
Table 3: Expenditure on Goods and Services Average: Expen- diture/ Total (%) 2018/19-2021/22 Adjusted appropria tion 2021/22 Medium-term expenditure estimate 2023/24 2024/25 2022/ – 0.8% 0.7% 1.4% 8.3% 0.2% 1.4% 11.1% 7.6% 0.1% 2.0% 100.0% 2.3 5.6 2.8 6.3 0.6 3.9 12.5 14.3 13.3 5.3 105.2 6.3 (0.5) 2.4 7.3 8.3 10.8 1 8.7 51.2 28.5 0.2 11.3 307.2 2.3 5.5 2.9 6.4 0.6 3.9 12.5 14.7 13.0 5.3 104.1 6.3 (0.6) 3.2 7.2 8.2 11.4 1 8.7 50.8 28.0 0.2 11.3 306.4 2.4 5.7 3.1 6.6 0.6 4.1 13.0 15.0 13.2 5.5 108.4 6.6 (0.6) 3.3 7.5 8.6 13.1 1 8.9 52.6 29.1 0.2 11.9 319.5 Average growth rate (%) Average: Expen- diture/ Total Vote (%) 2021/22 - 2024/25 3.4% -4.4% -6.1% 2.5% 3.4% 4.6% 3.4% 1.8% 7.3% 3.4% 12.6% 25.8% -629.8% 9.2% 17.8% 7.5% 3.0% -20.2% 17.5% 22.9% 2.9% -28.6% -5.1% 9.1% 0.8% 2.0% 1.0% 2.2% 0.2% 1.3% 4.2% 4.9% 4.3% 1.8% 33.4% 1.9% -0.1% 1.0% 2.2% 2.7% 4.0% 0.3% 2.7% 15.5% 9.5% 0.1% 4.1% 100.0% R million Administrative fees Advertising Minor assets Audit costs: External Bursaries: Employees Catering: Departmental activities Communication Computer services Consultants: Business and advisory services Legal services Contractors Agency and support/outsourced services Entertainment Fleet services (including government motor transport) Consumable supplies Consumables: Stationery, printing and office supplies Operating leases Rental and hiring Property payments Travel and subsistence Training and development Operating payments Venues and facilities Total Source: National Treasury, Estimates of National Expenditure Please do not hesitate to contact Dr N Orlandi for further clarity: norlandi@parliament.gov.za