THE Gauteng Provincial Government’s budget has increased by R7-billion increase to R149.5-billion, Gauteng Finance and E-government MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko announced on December 9.
Presenting Gauteng’s 2021 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement and the Adjustments Budget, she noted that this budget had been formulated against the backdrop of severe resource constraints and fiscal consolidation measures that were necessary in the short to medium term, and which are expected to end in the 2024/25 financial year.
The 2021 Adjustments Budget continued the focus on four priority areas, namely defeating the Covid-19 pandemic, re-igniting the Gauteng economy, recalibrating social policy and improving governance, she added.
The infrastructure budget has been adjusted to R11.1-billion. Of this, R10.6-billion is allocated to the departments of Human Settlements, Health, Education and Roads and Transport, while the remaining R506.7-million is allocated to the departments of Economic Development, Social Development, Agriculture and Rural Development, Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation and Infrastructure Development.
“These departments must improve the impact of investment on
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