Social development spending for the first quarter of the 2009/10 financial year is recorded at 21.2 per cent or R2 billion of the R9.3 billion social development budgets.
Personnel expenditure, in aggregate, is at 24.1 per cent or R38.2 billion of the R158.6 billion personnel budget. This is significantly higher by 109.7 per cent or R834.3 million more than spending over the same period of the previous financial year.
21.2 per cent or R1.6 billion against their R7.
39.5 per cent or R466.2 million more than the same period for 2008/09.
The greatest share of provincial capital is on the budgets of public works, roads and transport departments at 33.2 per cent. The sector spent 23.8 per cent or R1.8 billion against its combined capital budgets of R7.7 billion.
The budgeted figures for provinces are based on the 2009/10 provincial budget statements (main budgets) tabled in the various provincial legislatures during February 2009.
Table 1 indicates that provinces have spent 24.9 per cent or R72.4 billion of budgeted expenditure of R290.6 billion for the first quarter into the current financial year. Spending to date is at a higher level in percentage terms compared to spending against budgets over the same period in the 2008/09 financial year (24 per cent).
However, in nominal terms, spending is 21.1 per cent or R12.6 billion more than for the same period last year when provinces had spent R59.7 billion. Between provinces, spending ranges from the lowest share of 22.9 per cent in Free State and 23.3 per cent in Northern Cape, to the highest at 27.2 per cent in Gauteng and 26.4 per cent in Eastern Cape.
Limpopo 27 239 085 4 798 280 2 438 385 34 475 750 6 284 455 1 265 718 501 534 8 051 707 23.4% 6 403 098 25.
Western Cape 21 243 848 5 397 981 2 392 513 29 034 342 4 946 533 1 270 639 576 944 6 794 116 23.4% 5 287 567 28.
Total 220 722 848 46 686 703 23 183 753 290 593 304 53 663 333 13 246 153 5 445 160 72 354 646 24.9% 59 748 582 21.
Provinces have budgeted R210.2 billion for social services, which includes spending on education, health and social development. Spending on social services is recorded at R53.1 billion or 25.3 per cent of the total provincial social services budgets for the first quarter of 2009/10.
24.1 per cent and North West at 24.2 per cent to the highest in Gauteng at 27.6 per cent and both Mpumalanga and Free State at 26.2 per cent.
Spending on goods and services (which includes learner and teacher support material) in education is recorded at 21.2 per cent or R2.9 billion of its R13.7 billion budget. It comprises approximately 11.6 per cent of total provincial education budgets, which is exactly the same percentage share compared to the 2008/09 financial year.
Spending by provinces ranges from the lowest in North West at 22.3 per cent and both Western Cape and Mpumalanga at 23.4 per cent, to the highest in Limpopo and Eastern Cape at 25.5 per cent and 24.4 per cent respectively.
Education capital expenditure is at 29.1 per cent or R1.6 billion of the R5.5 billion budget. This is a significant increase of 109.7 per cent or R834.3 million more than the R760.5 million spent on capital over the same period last year.
Spending by provinces ranges from the lowest in Mpumalanga at only 17.5 per cent and Gauteng at 18.9 per cent to the highest in Free State at 57.4 per cent and Northern Cape at 41.9 per cent.
Health budgets totalling R82.4 billion comprise 28.3 per cent of total provincial budgets. Table 6 indicates that health expenditure is at 25.4 per cent or R20.9 billion of the total health budget, representing an increase of 22.2 per cent or R3.8 billion compared to spending over the same period in 2008/09.
Northern Cape 2 213 662 528 823 23.9% 28.6% 38.3% 426 412 24.
North West 4 919 308 1 207 064 24.5% 24.9% 36.3% 964 409 25. The highest shares are recorded in Eastern Cape at 28.3 per cent and Mpumalanga at 27.9 per cent.
Table 7 indicates that health personnel expenditure is R11.4 billion or 24.7 per cent of the health personnel budget, an increase of R1.2 billion or 11.4 per cent compared to the R10.2 billion spent over the same period in 2008/09.
Spending on non-personnel non-capital items in health, which includes medicines, drugs and other current expenditure, is recorded at 27.7 per cent or R7.9 billion of the R28.6 billion budget. This is a significant increase of 38 per cent or R2.2 billion compared to the R5.7 billion spent over the same period in 2008/09.
Capital expenditure in the health sector is at 21.2 per cent or R1.6 billion. This represents a significant increase of 39.5 per cent or R466.2 million more than the R1.2 billion spent over the same period last year.
Between provinces, with a varying degree of spending, the lowest rate of health capital spending is in Northern Cape at 14.2 per cent and Limpopo at 15.2 per cent with both North West and KwaZulu-Natal recording the highest rate of spending at 30.6 per cent and Mpumalanga at 26.5 per cent.
Social development budgets, at R9.3 billion, comprise 3.2 per cent of total provincial budgets.
Provinces registered spending of 21.2 per cent or R2 billion of their R9.3 billion budget. This represents an increase of 16.9 per cent or R285 million above the R1.7 billion spent over the same period last year.
Between provinces, there are varying degrees of spending, with the lowest being in Limpopo at only 17.2 per cent and Mpumalanga at 17.9 per cent while the highest are KwaZulu-Natal at 29 per cent and Eastern Cape at 21.7 per cent. This represents a significant increase of 71.7 per cent or R1.9 billion more than the R2.6 billion spent over the same period last year.
Spending varies between provinces with the lowest being in North West at 16.9 per cent and KwaZulu-Natal at 20.5 per cent while the highest are Gauteng at 34.9 per cent and Limpopo at 32.9 per cent.
Eastern Cape 2 133 805 515 863 24.2% 4.6% 57.4% 347 638 48.
Free State 1 248 877 343 303 27.5% 8.2% 83.8% 340 927 0.
Gauteng 3 996 268 1 392 816 34.9% 9.3% 83.0% 610 897 128.
KwaZulu-Natal 3 708 849 760 435 20.5% 5.2% 47.9% 389 302 95.
Eastern Cape 1 313 378 295 926 22.5% 2.6% 9.3% 192 070 54.
Free State 962 759 287 761 29.9% 6.9% 9.0% 283 110 1.
Gauteng 3 187 086 1 155 773 36.3% 7.7% 36.2% 426 156 171.
North West and both Mpumalanga and Free State recorded the lowest rate of personnel spending at 22.7 per cent and 23.2 per cent respectively while Eastern Cape and Limpopo recorded the highest rates at 26 per cent and 25.1 per cent respectively. This is significantly higher by 32.5 per cent or R1.3 billion more than the R4.1 billion spent over the same period last year.
Table 13 provides capital spending information by province, which indicates low rates of spending in Free State at 16 per cent and Northern Cape at 17.5 per cent and high rates in North West at 36.9 per cent and KwaZulu-Natal at 25.4 per cent. However, in absolute terms, KwaZulu-Natal has spent the most at R1.4 billion followed by Eastern Cape at R855.6 million and North West at R599.3 million.
The biggest capital budgets in provinces are in public works, roads and transport departments at 33.2 per cent of the total provincial capital budget of R23.2 billion. Spending by these departments is at 23.8 per cent or R1.8 billion against its combined capital budgets of R7.7 billion.
Between provinces, with various degrees of spending, the lowest rate is recorded in Free State at only 3 per cent and Limpopo at 10.1 per cent, while North West and Eastern Cape recorded the highest rates of spending at 51.3 per cent and 31.7 per cent respectively.
KwaZulu-Natal 5 615 139 1 424 980 25.4% 9.8% 26.2% 1 062 560 34.
Spending on the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme grant (also Schedule 4) is subsumed in a range of programmes and therefore no separate reporting is required in terms of the Division of Revenue Act, 2009. The Public Transport Operations grant provides supplementary funding towards public transport services provided by provincial departments of transport. The Expanded Public Works Programme Incentive grant (Schedule 8) is dealt with in terms of Section 23 of the Division of Revenue Act, 2009.
Against the total allocation of R27.2 billion, this excludes Schedules 4 and 8 grants, the rate of conditional grants spending amounts to 24.8 per cent or R6.8 billion. However, when excluding the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link grant, the conditional grant expenditure amounts to R5.4 billion or 22.1 per cent against a total allocation of R24.4 billion.
Specific grants that show low rates of spending include Overload Control (no spending), Health Disaster Response (Cholera) (2.1 per cent), Sani Pass Roads (3.4 per cent), Community Library Services (7.
(7.8 per cent), Land Care Programme (10.7 per cent), Mass Sport and Recreation Participation Programme (12.
(14.2 per cent).
Total excluding Schedules 4 and 8 grants 27 246 268 8 209 808 6 767 813 24.
Total excluding Schedules 4,8 grants & Gautrain 24 413 577 7 105 084 5 398 102 22.
The Expanded Public Works Programme Incentive Grant (Schedule 8) is dealt with in terms of Section 23 of the Division of Revenue Act, 2009 (Act No. 12 of 2009).
Table 15 indicates selected conditional grant spending rates as at 30 June 2009. It further indicates that five or more provinces have spent less than 15 per cent of their grants budgets after the first quarter for the following grants: Land Care Programme, Community Library Services, HIV and Aids (Life Skills Education), Devolution of Property Rate Funds, Mass Sport and Recreation Participation Programme and Public Transport Operations.
The table also indicates the number of provinces spending at slightly higher levels between 15 and 25 per cent and greater than 25 per cent of their conditional grant budgets.
Percentages represent actual expenditure of main budgets as published in the Division of Revenue Act, 2009 (Act No.12 of 2009).
Provincial revenue includes budgeted equitable share allocations of R231.1 billion, conditional grants of R49.3 billion and own revenue of R9.6 billion. The total provincial revenue received and collected to date is recorded at 25.7 per cent or R74.5 billion of total budgeted revenue of R289.9 billion.
National government transferred 25.3 per cent or R58.
28.4 per cent or R14 billion in conditional grants, to provinces after the first quarter of the current financial year.
After the first quarter, provinces have collected 22.1 per cent or R2.1 billion of the budgeted own revenue of R9.6 billion which is 6.7 per cent or R134.2 million more than what was collected by the end of June for the previous financial year.
The collection rate varies from 16.6 per cent in Gauteng and 20.6 per cent in Free State, to a high of 27.8 per cent in Northern Cape and 27 per cent in Eastern Cape.