On Tuesday, 24 November 2015, the North West Provincial Legislature adopted the Division of Revenue Amendment bill 2015 (DORA) and the North West Appropriation Adjustment bill 2015 during the last Sitting of the Legislature held at Tlokwe Local Municipality.
This came after the Legislature conducted public hearings throughout the four districts in the province, on Sunday, 22 November where the community had the opportunity to listen and make inputs on the proposed adjustments.
Members of the Legislature were in agreement and voted in favour of the Adjusted Appropriation Bill as presented by the MEC Wendy Nelson, the additional amounts are as follows:
|
Vote |
Department |
Total Adjustment |
Total Adjusted Appropriation |
|
1. |
Office of the Premier |
R65 256 000 |
R795 904 000 |
|
2. |
Provincial Legislature |
R32 481 000 |
R305 500 000 |
|
3. |
Department of Health |
R179 634 000 |
R9 083 705 000 |
|
4. |
Department of Arts, and Traditional Affairs |
R25 518 000 |
R654 157 000 |
|
5. |
Department of Community Safety and Transport Management |
R50 000 000 |
R1 881 742 000 |
|
6. |
Department of Economy and Enterprise Development |
R55 000 000 |
R310 098 000 |
|
7. |
Finance |
Reduced by R30m |
R456 002 000 |
|
8. |
Department of Education and Sports Development |
R187 538 000 |
R13, 619,859b |
|
9. |
Department of Local Government and Human Settlements |
R3 726 000 |
R2 519 750 000 |
|
10. |
Department of Tourism |
No adjustment |
R145 050 000 |
|
11. |
Public Works and Roads |
R104 169 000 |
R2 670 543 000 |
|
12. |
Department of Social Development |
R2 237 000 |
R1 336 349 000 |
|
13. |
Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development |
Reduced by R17 333 000 |
R1 103 988 000 |
The following allocations include donations made to various departments in assisting with outstanding projects set in the previous year and shortfalls.
According to the presentation made by the Department of Finance, Economic and Enterprise Development, the bill caters for unforeseeable and unavoidable expenditures such as disasters that could have occurred in the previous financial year, emergencies, utilisation of unspent funds and the roll-over of unspent funds.
A total of R 33 billion is the adjustment made by the national Department of Finance, which has an additional R181, 698 million rendering for the equitable share and conditional grants. This does not include the financing from the provincial department and donations made to certain departments in the province.
Amounts allocated for the Department of Health, has set aside monies to pay for unfunded amounts of accruals, accumulated in the 2014/15 financial year and donation of R438m from Netcare for the two Emergency Medicine Registrar posts to be filled in the Dr. Kenneth Kaunda. The R828m donated by the Embassy of Japan is to fund more ambulances.
The Department of Community Safety will see a donation of R40million to erect weighbridges in the province from the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) to charge tow-trucks that have a certain weight that normally pass through some districts.
The Department of Public Works has received monies to deal with the backlog of upgrades of roads, which were not completed in the 2014/15 financial such as the road that travels from Ganyesa to Bona Bona.
Enquiries:
Tebogo Chaane
Cell: 072 330 9494
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