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SUMMARY OF REVISED DEPARTMENTAL ALLOCATIONS

The Adjustment Budget gives expression to the Premier’s vision of transformation; modernisation and re-industrialisation. The total main appropriation has been adjusted upward by R 237.7 million from R86.9 billion to R87.2 billion.

RE PRIORITISATION

• The Department of Economic Development plans to use an amount of R24.7m in its baseline along with an additional R160m redirected from the Gambling Board to fund the  development of township enterprises;

• The Gauteng Department of Finance has reprioritised R333 million towards the Gauteng Broadband Network and other ICT related aspects to give effect to the modernisation of the public service and speed up the connectivity  provincial government sites in this financial year;

• As part of the process of modernising public transport, R30 million is set aside for the Automated Fare Collection System to provide Gauteng residents with the convenience of traveling on different modes of transport using a single ticket. In addition, R22 million will be used to conduct feasibility study on the extension of the Gautrain network to different regions within the province;

• The Department of Education has reprioritized R60 million towards the infrastructure delivery programme for building smart schools and classroom of the future as their contribution towards the modernization of public service.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Health: R369.4m is allocated to the department.  Of this amount, R308m is allocated for the increased expenditure on non-negotiable items such as infection control, medicine and increased tariffs for security and municipal services. It will also be used for the maintenance of medical and allied equipment as well as diesel for the boilers used in hospitals. The Health and Welfare Sector Education Training Authority (HWSETA) availed R4.4m to fund the learnership programme in the province in order to bridge a gap for essential skills in the sector and to train health professionals including nurses and radiographers. In addition, R57m is allocated for the increased intake of student doctors;

• Education: R300m is allocated to fund an increase in personnel costs due to the learner growth in the province, the opening of new schools and the filling of vacant educator posts so that the Department is ready for the start of the 2015 school year;

• Human Settlements: to kick start the programme of radical spatial transformation and building new cities, the department receives R133.7m which comprises of R70m for the planning and design of the Syferfontein project; R13.7m for the Obed “Mthombeni” Nkosi Project to fund electricity reticulation; and R50m towards the bulk infrastructure for Savannah City;

• Community Safety: R58.9m is allocated to the department to fund spending pressures and fund  initiatives for reducing road fatalities, including increased visibility of Gauteng Traffic Police during the festive season;

• Agriculture and Rural Development: The Land Bank availed R18.7m to support various agricultural and environmental projects in 2014/15 which supports the department’s contribution to the radical economic transformation pillar;

• GPT: The department receives additional funding amounting to R25 million for the establishment of a project preparation facility within the Gauteng Infrastructure Financing Agency;

• DID: R10 million is allocated for the planning and preparation for the Tshepo 500 000 to kick start this large scale skills development and entrepreneurial programme

• Office of the Premier: R12m is allocated to fund the in-year spending pressures in goods and services and augment the transfers to the GCRO for the research work that is currently undertaking for the province;

• Provincial Legislature: R198 298 is allocated to reimburse the Legislature for the expenditure incurred in respect of the remuneration of public office bearers in the previous financial year;

• Social Development: R500 000 is allocated to augment funding for the operational requirements of the MEC’s office after the transfer of the MEC’s budget line item from Agriculture and Rural Development to Social Development as from 1 September 2014.

ROLL OVERS
In line with Section 31 of the PFMA, as part of the Adjustment Budget, the following roll overs on both conditional grant and equitable share have been considered:

• R 1. 6 million for the Tertiary Secondary Schools Recapitalisation Grant;
• R81. 6 million for the Health Revitalization Grant;
• R3.2 million for the National Health Insurance Grant;
• R12.9 million for the Human Settlement Development Grant.
• R6.9 million for Economic Development

Issued by Gauteng Provincial Government