25/03/2025
LIMPOPO BUDGET
Vote 1: Office of the Premier
The Office of the Premier is allocated R1.724 billion over the next three years of which R554.810 million is made available for the 2025/26 financial year. The 2025/26 allocation is inclusive of R109.568 million earmarked funding for ICT related projects in the province.
Vote 2: Provincial Legislature
The Provincial Legislature is allocated a total budget of R2.120 billion over the next three years of which R671.660 million is made available for the 2025/26 financial year. This allocation is mainly for the operational expenditure of the Provincial Legislature essentially to expand the oversight capacity of the institution.
Vote 3: Education
The highest share of the provincial budget is allocated to Department of Education which receives R133.808 billion over the next three years in line with the provincial government’s commitment to continue providing quality education in the province and to implement programmes vital for improving learners’ performance across all grades. Of the total MTEF allocation, R110.588 billion or 82 per cent is directed towards funding Public Ordinary School Education to cater for 1.648 million learners in No Fee Public Ordinary Schools in line with the National Norms and Standards for School Funding.
The 2025 MTEF budget includes R902.101 million additional funding for wage agreement critical to sustain the salaries of teachers in the province who provide quality education to our learners.
In the next financial year, a total of R42.529 billion is made available for the Education sector and this includes R158.086 million for Presidential Youth Employment Initiative for the teacher assistants’ programme; R100.000 million for E-Education, R100.000 million for Storm Damaged Schools project; R70.000 million for Improvement of Matric Results Project; and R41.880 million for procurement of school furniture and R3.847 billion in conditional grant funding for school feeding scheme, school infrastructure and Early Childhood Development amongst others.
Vote 4: Agriculture and Rural Development
Agriculture and Rural Development is allocated R5.927 billion over the next three financial years, of which R1.910 billion is made available for 2025/26 financial year. The 2025/26 allocation includes R32.792 million for the Revitalisation of Agriculture and Agro-Processing Value Chain (RAAVC) Projects and R10.000 million for the Lebowakgomo Broiler Houses. The Department is also allocated conditional grants amounting to R346.013 million in 2025/26 which will grow to R370.734 million in 2027/28.
Vote 5: Provincial Treasury
Over the next three years, the Provincial Treasury is allocated a total budget R1.640 billion, of which R512.897 million is made available for the 2025/26 financial year. Included in the 2025/26 financial year is R5.962 million for Infrastructure Capacity Building Programmes and R12.332 million for Municipal Intervention Capacity Building Programmes.
Vote 6: Economic Development, Environment and Tourism
In response to the call made by the Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba when she said and “our resolve is driven by the need to see Limpopo’s economy growing and creating jobs”, the Department of Economic Development Environment and Tourism is allocated a budget of R5.181 billion over the next three financial years, of which R2.287 billion is made available for the 2025/26 financial year. Included in the 2025/26 allocation is R1.144 billion set aside for transfers to Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA), R102.064 million for Limpopo Tourism Agency and R72.143 million Limpopo Gambling Board. The transfer to LEDA is inclusive of R730.788 million for the implementation of Musina Makhado Special Economic Zone and Fetakgomo Tubaste Industrial Hub catalytic projects and other economic development enablers. This budget also allocates a total of R206.667 million to Great North Transport in 2025/26 financial year for the acquisition of buses to provide much-needed relief to the existing ageing fleet, enhancing operational efficiency and passenger experience.
The Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism’s 2025/26 allocation also includes R68.500 million for waste management and air quality control; and for the completion, refurbishment, maintenance, operationalisation and equipping of various state resorts. The department is also allocated R4.500 million for National Tourism Career Expo.
Vote 7: Health
The health function is allocated R82.500 billion over the next three financial years to support the equitable provision of public health services, including free primary healthcare. About R54.974 billion or 70 per cent of the health budget is directed to funding District Health Services particularly district hospitals, primary healthcare facilities such as clinics, community health centres and HIV/AIDS programmes, which also provide outreach services. Furthermore, the 2025 MTEF budget includes R512.996 million additional allocation for the wage agreement.
In 2025/26 financial year, R26.074 billion is made available and this allocation will ensure that the department continues sustaining the salaries of medical health professionals and the procurement of medicine for distributions to public hospitals and clinics across the province. Included in the 2025/26 budget is R54.654 million for the procurement of additional ambulances to cover areas that are in dire need of these ambulances and R4.202 billion conditional grant funding for District Health Care, HIV/AIDS, Health Profession Training, Health Tertiary Services, National Health Insurance and health infrastructure.
Vote 8: Transport and Community Safety
The budget for Department of Transport and Community Safety is R9.314 billion over the next three financial years, of which R3.025 billion is made available for the 2025/26 financial year.
Included in the 2025/26 allocation is R281.188 million for the implementation of provincial priorities which include R56.000 million for the Electronic Vehicle Monitoring System, R3.500 million for moving violation recorder and R221.688 million for various infrastructure projects.
The 2025/26 allocation also includes R152.898 million set aside for transfer to Gateway Airport Authority Limited (GAAL), of which R97.898 million will be used for the implementation of GAAL’s Service Delivery Improvement Plan Projects and R55.000 million for operational costs. The 2025/26 allocation also includes conditional grant funding of R485.037 million, mainly for Public Transport Operations.
Vote 9: Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure
The allocation for the Department of Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure is R15.274 billion in the next three financial years. In 2025/26 an allocation of R5.627 billion is made available, which includes conditional grant funding of R2.068 billion for provincial roads maintenance.
In the 2025/26 financial year, a total of R577.675 million is earmarked for the implementation of provincial priorities and this includes R150.000 million for the settlement of municipal rates and taxes, R100.000 million for procurement Road Fleet and Equipment, R100.000 million for the procurement of office building and R89.000 million for the construction of 15 additional parliamentary houses.
The department’s 2025/26 financial year allocation also includes R958.617 million set aside for transfer to Road Agency Limpopo (RAL) to improve the provincial roads network. The allocation to RAL includes allocation for the implementation of roads infrastructure and maintenance projects which have been allocated R420.000 million and R280.869 million, respectively. A further R125.000 million is allocated to RAL for ST Engenas Zion Christian Church (ZCC) R71 Interchange project.
Vote 10: Sport, Arts and Culture
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture receives a total budget of R2.381 billion for the next three financial years, of which of R877.492 million is allocated for the 2025/26 financial year. The 2025/26 allocation is inclusive of R216.000 for the construction of the Provincial Theatre and R10.000 million for the Provincial Archives maintenance and upgrading. Included in the allocation to the department is R233.855 million conditional grant funding for Mass Participation and Sport Development and Community Library services.
Vote 11: Co-Operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs
The Department of Co-Operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs receives a total budget of R7.751 billion for the next three financial years. Of this, R2.573 billion is allocated in the 2025/26 financial year and this allocation includes R25.000 million for Construction of Traditional Council Offices and R5.000 million for furniture for Traditional Council Offices and conditional grant funding of R925.163 million for Human Settlements Development and R181.106 million for Informal Settlement Upgrading.
Vote 12: Social Development
The Department of Social Development is allocated R7.226 billion for the next three financial years for the delivery of welfare services, development initiatives, empowerment programmes, gender equality initiatives and advocacy for children, women, youth, the elderly and individuals with disabilities.
In 2025/26 financial year, the department receives R2.295 billion and this includes R13.903 million to fight gender-based violence and femicide, R16.653 million for social workers and R17.872 million for HIV prevention programmes.
Now that we have received our fair share of the cow, ensuring that every part has been allocated for the sustenance of our province, let us commit to utilising this budget for the intended purpose, with responsibility and accountability.
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