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By OBAKENG MAJE
North West MEC for Finance, Motlalepula Rosho said the 2023/24 Provincial Adjustment Budget seeks to address the ever-evolving needs and challenges facing the people of the province.
Rosho, who tabled the budget recently, emphasised that the budget considered the service delivery needs of the community, especially towards the provision of education, health services, water, and sanitation as well as the provinces’ road network.
She further said the North West Provincial Fiscal Framework for the 2023/24 financial year has been adjusted upwards by R1.860 billion from R50.856 billion to R52.716 billion. Rosho added that several reductions have been made to the provincial conditional grants for 2023/24 amounting to R581.327 million due to the fiscal challenges faced by the government.
“Furthermore, the National Treasury has approved conditional grant rollovers from the previous financial year amounting to R574.879 million. The North West Department of Agriculture and Rural Development conditional grants have been reduced by R22.041 million and the approved rollovers amount to R28.125 million, mainly relating to the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme and Illima/Letsema Projects Grants.
“The North West Department of Education conditional grant rollovers amounting to R151.217 million have been approved and the reduction on conditional grants amounts to R169.331 million, primarily affecting the Education Infrastructure Grant and the Early Childhood Development Grant,” she said.
Rosho said the conditional grant reductions in the North West Department of Health amount to R106.922 million on the District Health Programme Grant and the Health Facility Revitalization Grant (HFRG). She said an amount of R168.413 million was approved as rollovers for the National Health Insurance Grant, National Tertiary Services Grant, and the HFRG from the previous year.
“The North West Department of Public Works and Roads has been allocated a rollover on the Provincial Road Maintenance Grant (PRMG) of R206.309 million and the reduction on their conditional grants equals R55.179 million on the EPWP and PRMG grants.
“The North West Department of Human Settlements has a reduced conditional grant allocation based on the national conditional grant reduction of R212.496 million, namely on the Human Settlement Development Grant by R167.735 million together with the Informal Settlement Upgrading Partnership Grant by R44.761 million,” she said.
Rosho said an amount of R6.565 million has been approved as rollovers from the previous financial year.
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