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Overview

Table: Conditional Grant Spending as at 31 December 2007

Summary: Conditional Grant Spending as at 31 December 2007

Challenges Departmental Interventions Provincial Treasury: Monitoring

Mechanisms Provincial Treasury: Interventions Recommendation

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Conditional Grant Spending as at 31 December 2007

Departments Division of

Revenue Act,

No. 1 of 2007

Government

Gazette,

20 December

2007

Total available

2007/08

Approved

Payment

Schedule

Transferred

from National

to province

Provincial

actual

payments

%

Provincial

actual

payments

Projections to

March 2008 Transferred -

Spent by province

Projected

(over)/under

spending as

at 31 March

08

R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 R'000 G-I

Agriculture 45,338 45,000 90,338 51,270 36,270 25,716 57% 12,268 10,554 52,354

(a) Agricultural Disaster Management Grant - 45,000 45,000 15,000 - - -

(b) Land Care Programme Grant: Poverty Relief and Infrastructure Development4,205 - 4,205 3,364 3,364 3,835 91% 1,985 (471) (1,615)

(c )Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme Grant41,133 - 41,133 32,906 32,906 21,881 53% 10,283 11,025 8,969

Education 159,669 9,073 168,742 130,366 130,366 120,211 71% 48,531 10,155 -

(a) Further Education and Training College Sector Recapitalisation Grant40,055 7,621 47,676 40,655 40,655 32,434 68% 15,242 8,221 -

(b) HIV and Aids (Life Skills Education) Grant 13,010 - 13,010 9,758 9,758 7,508 58% 5,502 2,250 -

(c) National School Nutrition Programme Grant106,604 1,452 108,056 79,953 79,953 80,269 74% 27,787 (316) -

Health 393,737 18,336 412,073 291,214 291,214 216,202 52% 133,412 75,012 62,459

(a) Comprehensive HIV and Aids Grant 121,190 - 121,190 90,891 90,891 101,535 84% 19,655 (10,644) -

(b) Forensic Pathology Services Grant 52,628 18,336 70,964 35,384 35,384 20,621 29% 39,625 14,763 10,718

(c) Hospital Revitalisation Grant 107,843 - 107,843 80,883 80,883 31,302 29% 22,203 49,581 54,338

(d) Health Professions Training and Development Grant57,081 - 57,081 42,810 42,810 34,878 61% 24,800 7,932 (2,597)

(e) National Tertiary Services Grant 54,995 - 54,995 41,246 41,246 27,866 51% 27,129 13,380 -

Integrated Housing and Human Settlement Development Grant526,286 150,000 676,286 392,695 392,695 382,755 57% 126,406 9,940 167,125

Culture,Sport and Recreation 38,814 - 38,814 29,269 29,269 21,810 56% 17,004 7,459 -

Mass Sport and Recreation Participation Programme Grant15,954 - 15,954 12,124 12,124 10,538 66% 5,416 1,586 -

Community Library Services Grant 22,860 - 22,860 17,145 17,145 11,272 49% 11,588 5,873 -

Provincial Infrastructure Grant 519,929 45,339 565,268 389,947 259,964 405,749 72% 175,104 (145,785) (15,585)

- -

Total 1,683,773 267,748 1,951,521 1,284,761 1,139,778 1,172,443 60% 512,725 (32,665) 266,353

CONDITIONAL GRANTS SPENDING AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2007

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Conditional Grant Spending as at 31 December 2007

Conditional Grant adjusted budget R1 951bn Expenditure to-date: R1 172 bn or 60% Projections : Four grants will under-spend their adjusted

budgets Seven grants project to spend their entire budgets The spending on the infrastructure grant exceeds amounts

transferred due to the withholding of the third instalment by the National Treasury

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Infrastructure Challenges in the department of Education and Health

Delays in concluding the Key Programme Documents

The Operational Support Teams have expressed concerns over the delays in concluding the programme management and implementation plans for the 2007/08 financial year.

Department officials are not always available to take decisions on these issues. Treasury has initiated a discussion on these issues with affected departments and has already engaged the department of Agriculture & Land Administration, Department of Education, Department of Public Works and the department of Health & Social Services.

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Infrastructure Challenges in the department of Education and Health

Lack of forward planning and poor alignment of planning and budgeting cycle for infrastructure projects

Budgets for large multi-year projects are committed to one financial year instead of apportioning the budget in accordance with planned cashflow requirements for the project across the MTEF

Late submission of infrastructure plans to the implementing agents. Bid process is too long as the projects are not staggered and thus

the evaluation and bid committees are overloaded with a large number of bids.

High Reliance on Operational Support The risk of placing too much reliance on the OSTs, needs to be

carefully managed by the Heads of Departments. The issue of limited capacity of the departments is contributing to this risk through prolonged recruitment processes.

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Infrastructure Challenges

in the department of Education and Health

Timeous and quality reporting on service delivery outcomes Prolonged tendering processes Land Related matters Late or poor planning and ineffective communication

between the Department of Public Works and Client departments

Shortage of internal project managers and project management units

High rate of variation orders Lack of accountability both internally and externally with

regards to project completion and quality reporting-04 2001

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Provincial Treasury Intervention

Continuous engagements with departments in a cooperative manner to jointly seek solutions;

Provincial Treasury initiated an intervention in the form of Operational Support Teams (OST) directed to infrastructure delivery.

Seven identified departments are fully participating in the initiative.

The impact of the OST support in ensuring that the infrastructure plans are developed and submitted is evident in that all the infrastructure plans for 2008/09 financial year have been prepared and submitted to the National Treasury in line with the grant framework.

The department of Public Works and Education is supported at a strategic level by the Provincial Technical Assistants teams who have been seconded by the National Treasury.

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Departments Interventions

Accounting Officers have weekly meetings with programme managers to monitor expenditure against targets as outlined in the annual performance plans;

Joint Operation Committees have been established between Infrastructure delivery departments.

Confirmation of scope has been done albeit late for some projects.

Clustering of projects and mitigating strategies developed Close out of old projects is continuing.

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Recommendation

It is recommended that the Select Committee on Finance notes the presentation

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Thank you!

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Health

DORA 2007 AdjustmentsAdjusted budget

Spent by Province

spent as % of DORA

National Tertiary Services 54 995 54 995 27,866 51%

Health Professions Training and Development 57 081 57 081 34 878 61%

Comprehensive HIV and Aids 121 190 121 190 101 535 84%

Forensic Pathology Services 52 628 18 336 70 964 20 621 29%

Hospital Revitalisation 107 843 107 843 31 302 29%

Provincial Infrastructure Grant 72 790 72 790 56 989 78%Total 466 527 18 336 484 863 273 191 56.3

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Comprehensive HIV and Aids Grant

Service Delivery Outcome

Post Exposure Prophyluxis٭ Two provincial policy review meetings conducted

High Transmission Areas (HTA) & Interventions٭ 39 HTA sites provincial target was reached٭ 935 400 Condoms distributed against the target of 750 000٭ 50 peer educators against the target of 40 and 150 inmates trained on

life skills Home Based Care (HBC)

٭ 9 monitoring and evaluation visits, 3 district review meetings conducted and 1 provincial HBC policy developed

٭ 105 HBC organization received Funding for stipends the target was reached

Comprehensive Care Management and Treatment Plan (CCMT)٭ 96 PHC nurses and 15 coordinators oriented on CCMT٭ 3 provincial reviews on the provincial implementation of the plan٭ 24 216 patients received ART against a target of 21111٭ 24 Facilities accredited to provide treatment (22 Hospitals and 2 CHC’s)

againts the target of 25 Hospitals and 5 CHC’s

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Comprehensive HIV and Aids Grant Cont…..

Service Delivery Outcome

1 Functional Regional Training Center٭ 1 stakeholders meeting and 5 policy review meetings conducted٭ 313 health care workers trained on clinical HIV management and

adherence counselling Step down care

٭ Are being provided in 7 Hospitals against the target of 11٭ 16 facility visits conducted

Voluntary Counselling and Testing٭ HIV rapid test kits were procured ٭ 333 sites offering VCT against the target of 344٭ 626 Lay Councilors are trained and is receiving stipends against the

target of 628٭ 11 provincial policy and progress review meetings were conducted

PMTCT (Prevention of Mother to child transmission)٭ Proportion of Antenatal Clients tested for HIV = 75% the provincial

target was reached٭ Nevirapine dose to babies born from HIV positive mothers = 42%

against a target of 50%٭ 302 facilities are providing PMTCT against the target of 287

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National Tertiary Services Grant

Service Delivery Outcome Orthopedic implants purchased Outsourced renal dialysis Magnetic Risonaut Imaging and Computerised Tomography Payment for private medical services specifically ICU Theatre instruments for orthopedics Procure and C –Arm and 4 anesthetic machines and 1

blood-gas machine

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Health Professions Training and

Development Cont…

Service Delivery Outcomes • Different categories of health workers eg Nurses,

Admin staff, Therapists, Doctors, Dentists, Social Workers, Radiographers have been trained on different courses among others in Advanced Trauma Life Support, Advanced cardiac Life Support, Basic Life Support and Advanced Pediatric Life Support at identified Hospitals. (i.e. The full 100 professional staff targeted to be developed in the second quarter have been developed).

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Education

DORA 2007 AdjustmentsAdjusted budget

Spent by Province

spent as % of DORA

FET College Sector Recapitalisation 40 055 7 621 47 676 32 434 68%

HIV and Aids (Life Skills Education) 13 010 13 010 7 508 58%

National School Nutrition Programme 106 604 1 452 108 056 80 269 74%

Infrastructure Grant 155 980 45 389 201 369 6 410 3%Total 315 649 54 462 370 111 126 621 34.2

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EDUCATION GRANTSHIV and Aids (Life Skills)

• Service Delivery Outcomes

٭ Advocacy campaigns for school governing bodies were conducted to strengthen existing awareness.

٭ Targeted 600 but 698 educators received training on peer support programme and were capacitated to monitor and support the standardised peer education.

٭ Targeted 264 but the department empowered 456 community members including educators on policy development and management of HIV and AIDS.

٭ LTSM’s were procured for 1359 educators against a target of 800 educators: target for learners 300 : 420 were procured.

٭ Some schools are taking care of learners who are infected by administering medication and extending Nutrition programmes to feed such learners twice a day

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HIV and Aids (Life Skills) Challenges

The increasing number of orphans and vulnerable children in schools

Learners admitted in schools without birth certificates and identity documents-the child cannot access the grant which then affects the children’s effectiveness in school

High rate of absenteeism by girl learners to queue for child support grant

Suspension of workshops due to the recovery plan led to under expenditure

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HIV and Aids (Life Skills)Corrective measures

Intensify care and support programmes in schools More schools to be trained into Nodes of Care and Support

of Orphaned and Vulnerable Children The collaboration of all government departments

(Lethimpilo) campaign to deliver service to the community assist in addressing issues of grants, birth certificates and identity documents

ABSA bank assist schools with applications for opening bank accounts

Utilization of weekends to address the backlog caused by the recovery plan

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NATIONAL SCHOOL NUTRITION GRANT

Service Delivery Outcomes

• Attendance of food handlers in food safety workshops held in the four regions

• R76000 was donated to Lindani Primary school for the building of a green house and for the benefit of other schools in the area

• Agricultural Research Council donated seedlings to Lindani Primary

• The School Governing Body built a kitchen at Jongilanga school in Ximungwe Circuit, Bushbuckridge region

• Service providers in Bushbuckridge managed to deliver a fruit per learner in all circuits

• Ehlanzeni, Nkangala and Gert Sibande schools benefited from the food mountain after the world food day

• SGB’s built kitchens in the following schools in Gert Sibande: Father Charles, Ebuhleni and D and C Primary school

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National School Nutrition ProgrammeChallenges

Bushbuckridge region is still faced with the challenge of unavailability of vehicle monitoring

Honoraria is still a big challenge, since a number of food handlers are not yet paid

Service providers in Nkangala region delivered pumpkins or butternut only and never delivered the green leafy vegetables

At Gogo Mhlanga primary the food is still prepared on bare ground

Schools in Kanyamazane are faced with a big challenge of water and that creates a problem in cooking

Imagagane has been earmarked for delivering repackaged food

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National School Nutrition ProgrammeCorrective Measures

The transport section has been requested to fast track the process of registering the government vehicles

Monitors were requested to collect all food handlers claims from the schools at the beginning of the financial year

Service providers meetings were held and they were urged to comply wit specifies menu

The challenge of a kitchen at Gogo Mhlanga school was referred to resource planning at the region

Nthole Woman Trading was called to comply with the delivery time which is between 7:30-13:30

Schools in Kanyamazane were advised to buy water containers for use when there is no water

Imagagane has been warned about the repackaging of food, that his contract would be terminated if the same incident reoccurs

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Local Government and Housing

DORA 2007 AdjustmentsAdjusted Budget

Spent by Province % spent

Integrated Housing and Human Settlement Development 526 286 150 000 676 286 382 755 57%

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Integrated Housing and Human Settlement


Informal settlement upgrading, project linked: Phase approach:2 the targeted output: 2475, actual output 458.

Hostels targeted output: 762, actual output: 209 Old projects targeted: 3547, actual: 7481, farm worker

targeted: 444, actual: 0 Rural housing 1000, actual: 0

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Challenges Severe staff shortages especially within the Technical

Directorate Lengthy legal processes in resolving fraud cases Lengthy processes of converting Social Housing

institutions into Municipal entities Lack of Project management capacity Land matter- Land use change issues, Environment

Impact Assessments, and land claim disputes Cross verification – Physical verification of completed

projects

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Roads and Transport



Infrastructure Grant 259 965 12 803 272 768 231 632 85%

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Roads Infrastructure Grant

SERVICE DELIVERY OUTCOMES

The bulk of the Roads budget was utilised for Construction and Rehabilitation projects, with 13 projects being completed in the 2007/08 financial year.

Capital, or preventive maintenance comprised of 45 projects in 2007/08,consisting of 617 km completed.

Routine maintenance was performed on virtually all of the targeted 5 031 km surfaced roads and 8 937 km gravel roads.

19 EPWP projects formed part of the above and 1 578 jobs created.

For routine road maintenance the Siyatentela program that focuses primarily on female headed households was expanded, now employing 832 people.

As part of the bridge maintenance program, various bridge projects were started, the biggest one being the Bruno bridge.

The appointment of a Consultant for the Road Asset Management System in December 2007 is part of the Department’s intention to improve its systems and related planning exercises

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Agricultureand Land Administration

DORA 2007 Adjustments

Adjusted Budget


Land care programme 4 205 0 4205 3 835 91%

Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme 41 133 0 41133 21 881 53%

Provincial Infrastructure Grant 193 842 -35388 158454 114 618 72%Total 239 180 -35388 203792 140 334 69%

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LAND CARE

Service delivery outcomes

• 180 of targeted 200 hectors of virgin soil approved to be ploughed

• 6 of the annual target of 10 hectors for new land zoned for agricultural purposes, have been finalized

• Eight of the targeted 12 farm plans for farming purposes have also been approved to date.

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Comprehensive Agriculture Support Programme


• Establishment of Macadamia projects: all of the 11 targeted macadamia plants projects, land has already been prepared.

• Livestock production projects: only two of the eight houses for commercial broilers have been completed to date.

• Developing vegetable tunnels and irrigation infrastructure: All of the targeted 100 irrigation of infrastructure development on vegetables and fruits projects were achieved.

• Facilitate the implementation of the Agro Based Local economic development in municipal areas:

• All of the targeted two municipal joint work plans have been developed

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Comprehensive Agriculture Support Programme

Challenges

Lack proper project planning and implementation Prolonged tendering processes Delay in identification of suitable and capable farmers in

particular to Farmer support and Farmer settlement programmes.

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Culture, Sport and Recreation



Mass Sport and Recreation Participation Programme 15 954 0 15954 10 538 66%Community Library Services 22 860 0 22860 11 272 49%TOTAL 38 814 38 814 21 810 56%

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Mass Sport and Recreation Participation Programme Grant

Service Delivery Outcomes:• School Sport Mass Participation, 276 Educators were

capacitated in implementing the programme, 13 234 learners have been registered in all the 105 schools to participate in 6 Sporting codes

• Only 3 000 learners participated in the programme due to that others had to attend the school recovery programme

• Sporting equipment has been delivered during December 07.• Siyadlala Mass Participation, 90 participants represented

Mpumalanga in the National Indigenous Games that were held in Badplaas representing the various Hubs,

• Hub festivals were conducted in all the Hubs, • The Activity Coordinators have been trained in delivering the

programme

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Mass Sport and Recreation Participation Programme Grant

Challenges Process of appointing volunteers will be reviewed by the

Department so that it is fast tracked. The advertisement for tenders on the provision of equipment

will be done a year before to avoid delays. More Hub and Regional Games have been planned for

Siyadlala School Holiday games have been planned for the 53

schools.

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Community Library

R2 637m of the budget has been transferred to three district municipalities for ICT infrastructure.

R4 3m has been committed for the purchase of new books for libraries, the process is underway.

R10 616m for library infrastructure and equipment, construction has commenced in the libraries and the budget is expected to be spent this financial year.

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Community Library Services Grant Challenges

• There were delays in appointments at the beginning of the financial year.

• These appointments have since been made during the second quarter.

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Thank you!