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PART E: FINANCIAL INFORMATION

NOTES TO THE APPROPRIATION STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED

31 MARCH 2021

The low spending is mainly due to slow appointment of the special allocation for the Social Workers towards the
Presidential Fund programme to address the impact of the COVID-19 and lesser planned community outreach
programmes due to Covid-19 lockdown restrictions

Social Policy and Integrated Service 346 073 318 322 27 751 8.02%
Delivery
Current payments 126 780 99 195 27 585 21.76%
Transfers and subsidies 218 389 218 548 - 159 -0.07%
Payments for capital assets 904 579 325 35.95%

The low spending is mainly due to slow filling of vacancies and the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions

4.2 Per economic classification Final Actual Variance Variance as a %
Appropriation Expenditure of Final
Appropriation

R’000 R’000 R’000 R’000

Current payments 999 528 786 705 212 823 21.29%
Compensation of employees 630 793 528 853 101 940 16.16%
Goods and services 368 735 257 852 110 883 30.07%
Interest and rent on land

Transfers and subsidies 229 795 843 228 127 910 1 667 933 0.73%
Provinces and municipalities 1 411 399 1 411 399 - 0.00%
Departmental agencies and accounts 7 706 774 7 706 554 220 0.00%
Foreign governments and international 7 318 3 817 3 501 47.84%
organisations
Non-profit institutions 42 620 38 774 3 846 9.02%
Households 220 627 732 218 967 366 1 660 366 0.75%

Payments for capital assets 11 927 8 087 3 840 32.20%
Machinery and equipment 11 235 8 018 3 217 28.63%
Intangible assets 692 69 623 90.03%

The low spending is mainly due to staff turnover and Lesser community outreach programmes conducted due to the
COVID-19 lockdown restrictions

4.3 Per conditional grant Final Actual Variance Variance as a %

Appropriation Expenditure of Final
Appropriation

R’000 R’000 R’000 R’000

ECD Conditional Grant 1 411 399 1 411 399 -

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