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Foreword

The world economy is recovering from “the great recession”, but the return to growth is both uneven and fragile. The two-speed recovery is marked by dynamic growth in emerging markets and an anaemic performance in developed countries. To counteract the effects of the recession, many countries deployed extraordinary fiscal and monetary policies to stimulate growth. These measures will have to be withdrawn carefully to prevent a relapse.

In South Africa, the economy is growing and has begun to create jobs, but it will be some time before we are able to replace the 1 million jobs lost during 2008-2009. As we set out on a New Growth Path for sustainable job creation, we have to rebuild our defences to ensure that we can withstand future crises.

As recent events around the world have demonstrated, fiscal mismanagement can make social programmes, no matter how progressive, unaffordable.

To create jobs and eliminate the scourge of poverty, we have to create confidence in our economy. Building that confidence requires long-term fiscal planning, predictable actions and credible polices. The fiscal space that enabled us to respond to the recession was not something that we borrowed from ourselves: it is what we have borrowed from our children — and our children’s children. We would not be good parents if we did not repay our children and their descendants. To support sustainable job creation and healthy public finances, the 2011 fiscal stance builds on three principles: countercyclicality, long-term debt sustainability and inter-generational equity.

This is the first budget since Cabinet Ministers signed delivery agreements with the President. It has been a tough balancing act and a considerable change-management project for the National Treasury. The burden was not borne by us alone: the Ministers’ Committee on the Budget (MinComBud) worked diligently, providing political guidance in the minefield that is the prioritisation of priorities. A special word of thanks goes to Minister Gordhan, who chaired the MinComBud with immense political skill. Thanks also to Deputy Minister Nene, whose calm character brought sobriety to an otherwise turbo-charged Treasury team.

Age in the National Treasury is not measured by birthdays, but by budgets. This is the 15th budget that I have been a part of since joining the National Treasury, and the eighth since I was appointed Director-General. I have been privileged to be part of this amazing team of people — the staff of the National Treasury — who continue to define excellence in public service. We have moved from adhering to global best practice to setting the international benchmarks for budget transparency. Your diligence, dedication, commitment and professionalism have ensured that once again, we have produced high-quality budget documents.

On behalf of the National Treasury, I have the honour of presenting the 2011 Budget documentation to Parliament and the people of South Africa.

Realeboga! Pula nala!

Lesetja Kganyago
Director-General: National Treasury

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Contents


Chapter 1	Inclusive growth and development	1
	Introduction to the 2011 Budget	1
	Social and economic progress: key indicators	5
	Summary of the 2011 Budget Review	8
	Budget documentation	14

Chapter 2	Economic policy and outlook	15
	Overview	15
	Global developments	21
	Balance of payments	23
	Real output trends	27
	Employment and remuneration	32
	Domestic expenditure	33
	Conclusion	37

Chapter 3	Employment	39
	Overview	39
	A global employment crisis	40
	Towards recovery in the domestic labour market	42
	Policies for faster job creation	44
	New Growth Path job targets	48
	Conclusion	48

Chapter 4	Fiscal policy	49
	Overview	49
	The budget framework	50
	Revisions and forward estimates for the consolidated government budget	60
	Public-sector borrowing requirement	61
	Conclusion	62

Chapter 5	Revenue trends and tax proposals	63
	Overview	63
	Budget revenue — revised estimates	64
	Overview of tax proposals	67

Chapter 6	Asset and liability management	79
	Overview	79
	Developments in South African debt markets	80
	Consolidated borrowing and financing	83
	National borrowing requirement	84
	Financing the national borrowing requirement	85
	National government’s debt portfolio	90
	State-owned entities’ capital programmes	92
	Development finance institutions	96
	Conclusion	98

Chapter 7	Social security and health care financing	99
	Overview	99
	Social assistance	100
	Social security funds	104

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	A pressing need for administrative reform	106
	Retirement industry reforms	107
	Restructuring public health care	108

Chapter 8	Medium-term expenditure and division of revenue	109
	Sustaining quality service delivery	109
	Division of revenue	110
	Expenditure outcome and revised estimate: 2009/10 and 2010/11	115
	Consolidated government expenditure	115
	Savings, reprioritisation and changes to expenditure plans	117
	Revised expenditure plans by function	118
	Conclusion	129

Annexure A	Report of the Minister of Finance to Parliament	133
	Introduction	133
	Budgetary review and recommendation reports	133
	Joint recommendations on the fiscal framework	134
	Recommendations of the Select Committee on Appropriations	138
	Standing Committee on Appropriations on the 2010 Division of Revenue	141

Annexure B	Statistical tables	145
	Explanatory notes on the statistical tables	145

Annexure C	Miscellaneous tax amendments	179
	Tax expenditure statement: February 2011	179
	Direct tax proposals	182
	Indirect tax proposals	185
	Miscellaneous tax amendments	189
	Employment, individuals and savings	189
	Business	190
	International	192
	Value-added tax	193
	Securities transfer tax: miscellaneous legislative proposals	194
	Technical corrections	195

Annexure D	Budget summary	198

Annexure E	Glossary	201

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Tables


1.1	Macroeconomic outlook — summary	9
1.2	Consolidated government fiscal framework	10
1.3	Summary of tax proposals	11
1.4	Projected state debt and debt costs	11
1.5	Division of revenue	13
1.6	Consolidated expenditure by function	14

2.1	Macroeconomic projections, 2007 — 2013	19
2.2	Macroeconomic projections, 2009/10 — 2013/14	19
2.3	Annual percentage change in GDP and consumer price inflation, selected regions/countries, 2010 — 2012	22
2.4	Summary of South Africa’s balance of payments, 2006 — 2010	23
2.5	Composition of South Africa’s trade and trade performance, 2009 — 2010	24
2.6	Measures implemented since January 2010 to manage capital flows and reduce exchange rate appreciation	27
2.7	Growth in manufacturing output by sector, 2010	29
2.8	Contribution to gross domestic expenditure growth, 2006 — 2010	33
2.9	Bank credit extension to households and companies, 2008 — 2010	35

3.1	Employment response to falling output during the recession in selected countries	40
3.2	Composition of youth employment	42
3.3	Non-agricultural formal sector employment, 2008 — 2010	43
3.4	Sector employment scenarios	44

4.1	Consolidated government fiscal framework, 2007/08 — 2013/14	50
4.2	Consolidated government revenue, 2007/08 — 2013/14	51
4.3	Public sector infrastructure expenditure and estimates by sector, 2010/11 — 2013/14	55
4.4	Major infrastructure projects	56
4.5	Revised estimates of consolidated government revenue and expenditure, 2009/10 and 2010/11	60
4.6	Consolidated government budget medium-term estimates, 2011/12 — 2013/14	61
4.7	Public-sector borrowing requirement, 2007/08 — 2013/14	62

5.1	Budget estimates and revenue outcome, 2009/10 and 2010/11	65
5.2	Estimates of revenue before tax proposals, 2010/11	66
5.3	Budget revenue, 2007/08 — 2013/14	67
5.4	Impact of tax proposals on 2011/12 revenue	68
5.5	Personal income tax rate and bracket adjustments, 2010/11 — 2011/12	69
5.6	Changes in specific excise duties, 2011/12	74
5.7	Total combined fuel taxes on petrol and diesel, 2009/10 — 2011/12	75

6.1	Financing of consolidated government net borrowing requirement, 2007/08 — 2013/14	84
6.2	National government net borrowing requirement, 2009/10 — 2013/14	84

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6.3	Financing of national government net borrowing requirement, 2009/10 — 2013/14	85
6.4	Loan redemptions, 2009/10 — 2013/14	86
6.5	Treasury bill issuance, 2010/11 — 2011/12	87
6.6	Domestic long-term market loan issuance, 2010/11	88
6.7	Interest rates on government retail bonds	88
6.8	National government cash balances, 2007/08 — 2013/14	89
6.9	Total national government debt, 2007/08 — 2013/14	90
6.10	Maturity distribution of domestic marketable bonds, 2008/09 — 2010/11	91
6.11	Composition of domestic debt by instrument, 2007/08 — 2010/11	91
6.12	National government debt-service costs, 2009/10 — 2013/14	92
6.13	Major state-owned entities’ capital expenditure programmes, 2009/10 — 2014/15	93
6.14	Projected major sources of funding for state-owned entities and development finance institutions, 2009/10 — 2014/15	93
6.15	Guarantee exposure against major state-owned entities and development finance institutions, 2009/10 — 2010/11	94
6.16	Composition of provisions and contingent liabilities, 2009/10 — 2013/14	96

7.1	Social grants values, 2010/11 and 2011/12	101
7.2	SASSA expenditure, 2007/08 — 2013/14	102
7.3	Social grants beneficiary numbers by type and province, 2007/08 — 2013/14	103
7.4	Social grants expenditure by type and province, 2007/08 — 2013/14	103
7.5	Social security funds, 2007/08 — 2013/14	104
7.6	UIF benefits and recipient numbers, 2007/08 — 2010/11	105
7.7	Benefits and administrative expenditure of five social security entities, 2010/11 — 2013/14	107

8.1	Division of nationally raised revenue, 2007/08 — 2013/14	111
8.2	Conditional grants to provinces, 2010/11 — 2013/14	113
8.3	National transfers to local government, 2007/08 — 2013/14	114
8.4	Consolidated government expenditure by function, 2010/11 — 2013/14	116
8.5	2011 Budget priorities — additional MTEF allocations, 2011/12 — 2013/14	117
8.6	Transport expenditure, 2007/08 — 2013/14	119
8.7	Energy, communication and general economic affairs expenditure, 2007/08 — 2013/14	120
8.8	Agriculture, forestry, fishing and land affairs expenditure, 2007/08 — 2013/14	121
8.9	Housing and community amenities expenditure, 2007/08 — 2013/14	122
8.10	Education expenditure, 2007/08 — 2013/14	123
8.11	Health expenditure, 2007/08 — 2013/14	124
8.12	Social protection expenditure, 2007/08 — 2013/14	125
8.13	Recreation and culture expenditure, 2007/08 — 2013/14	126
8.14	Public order and safety expenditure, 2007/08 — 2013/14	127
8.15	Defence expenditure, 2007/08 — 2013/14	128
8.16	General public services expenditure, 2007/08 — 2013/14	129

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Figures


1.1	Unemployment, 2002 — 2010	4

2.1	GDP growth, selected countries and regions, 2010 — 2011	16
2.2	Export volume growth, selected regions, 1980 — 2011	17
2.3	Gold, platinum, oil and food price trends, 2005 — 2011	22
2.4	Export and import prices, 2005 — 2010	25
2.5	Trade-weighted rand indices, 1994 — 2010	26
2.6	Composition of GDP, selected countries, 2010	27
2.7	Sector trends in fixed-capital formation, 2000 — 2010	28
2.8	Manufacturing production, 2004 — 2010	29
2.9	Formal sector non-agricultural employment, 2006 — 2010	32
2.10	Debt-to-disposable-income and debt-service costs, 1994 — 2010	34
2.11	Contributions to CPI inflation, 2009 — 2010	35

3.1	Peak-to-trough fall in output and employment, selected countries, 2007 — 2010	41
3.2	Sector contributions to employment growth in selected economies, 2003 — 2007	44
3.3	Labour productivity growth, 1990 — 2008	45

4.1	Structure of tax revenue 1996/97 — 2013/14	51
4.2	Consolidated government expenditure	53
4.3	Structure of consolidated government expenditure, 2002/03 — 2013/14	54
4.4	Revenue and expenditure, 2002/03 — 2013/14	58
4.5	Budget balance and structural budget balance, 2002/03 — 2013/14	58
4.6	Current balance, 2007/08 — 2013/14	59
4.7	Private, public and foreign savings, 1995 — 2009	59

6.1	Bond yields and net purchases by non-residents of bonds and equities, 2009 — 2011	81
6.2	Domestic government bond ownership, 31 December 2010	82
6.3	Turnover on domestic and international bond exchanges, 1995 — 2010	82

7.1	UIF payments and beneficiaries, 2009 — 2010	105

8.1	Structure of government accounts	115

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Inclusive growth and development


▀		Introduction to the 2011 Budget

South Africans want a faster pace of development and social progress

South Africans rightly want a faster pace of development and social progress. Though much has been done since 1994 to extend public services and dismantle barriers from the past, there is widespread frustration that poverty persists, inequality remains high and transformation is sluggish.

Worldwide discontent fuelled by inequality

Around the world there are related markers of discontent. The global financial crisis and subsequent recession have exposed vulnerabilities and structural imbalances in major economies. Income levels have diverged sharply in many countries. Anger over inequality has played a role in sparking social mobilisation in societies that have repressed dialogue and political participation for a generation. While rapid growth in leading emerging economies has raised living standards for many, it has heightened pressure on global resources. The international community confronts difficult questions about trade and financial flows, climate change, access to commodities, social mobility and remuneration trends.

Access to opportunity in South Africa is no longer cast rigidly along racial lines, but for poor communities the barriers to progress still seem insurmountable. Marginalised communities around the world now have access to advanced information technology and aspire to a better life, yet stable earning opportunities, income security and modern infrastructure amenities remain out of reach for hundreds of millions of people.

The New Growth Path

Every nation has to chart its own course

We are living through a sea change in the world economy, and every nation has to chart its own course. For South Africa to achieve a more inclusive and equitable economic future, rapid progress is needed on

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several fronts. Government has set out five priorities: education, health care, fighting crime, rural development and creating jobs. These, in turn, are reflected in 12 outcomes adopted by Cabinet.

The Cabinet outcomes

•		High-quality basic education

•		Improved health and life expectancy

•		Greater public protection and safety

•		More rapid employment creation and inclusive growth

•		A skilled and capable workforce

•		Efficient economic infrastructure networks

•		Vibrant rural communities and food security

•		Sustainable human settlements and improved quality of household life

•		Responsive and accountable local government

•		Protection of environmental assets and natural resources

•		International cooperation for a better and safer world

•		A development-oriented public service and inclusive citizenship

‘The creation of decent work is at the centre of our economic policies. We urge every sector and every business entity ... to focus on job creation’
— President Jacob Zuma

This wide-ranging programme has been translated into detailed delivery agreements and targets for national and provincial departments, agencies and municipalities. While these commitments address government’s broad mandate, the New Growth Path identifies a single encompassing objective of public policy: for the period ahead, employment creation will be the principal barometer of South Africa’s progress.

Job creation is an outcome of business investment and a thriving enterprise economy, as well as government activities and the regulatory environment. The New Growth Path will mobilise the public and private sectors to meet the goal of creating 5 million jobs over the decade ahead. The 2011 Budget sets out a series of proposals to accelerate job creation, including a youth employment subsidy and a Jobs Fund. Several complementary aspects are elaborated on in this Budget Review:

•		Education and skills development are the first priority in government expenditure allocations, boosted over the medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) period through additional allocations for further education colleges, student financial assistance, school buildings and facilities, and learner support materials.

•		Investment in infrastructure of more than R800 billion is planned over the next three years. Building the power plants, ports, pipelines, roads, water and sanitation infrastructure that the country needs is central to economic growth. Improved maintenance of roads and other facilities is also critical, and will contribute significantly to job creation.

•		Social security reforms will be phased in over the period ahead. Proposals for alignment of social security arrangements and retirement savings arrangements will be tabled this year. Meanwhile, the 2011 Budget takes the first steps in implementing national health insurance (NHI) as part of the Minister of Health’s 10-point plan for restructuring public health.

•		In response to a request from Parliament, the National Treasury has prepared draft fiscal policy guidelines for consideration, based on the principles of stability over the business cycle, a sustainable public debt level and inter-generational fiscal equity.

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Highlights of the 2011 Budget

Towards inclusive growth and equitable development

•		South Africa’s New Growth Path aims to create 5 million jobs over the decade ahead

•		Education and skills development remain top priorities in government expenditure

•		Investment in infrastructure of over R800 billion over the next three years

•		Phased implementation of social security and national health insurance reform

•		Key fiscal policy guidelines: stability over the business cycle, sustainability and inter-generational equity

Economic recovery and employment

•		Economic growth of 3.4% is projected for 2011, increasing to 4.4% by 2013

•		Consumer price inflation fell from 7.1% in 2009 to 4.3% in 2010, and is expected to rise to 5.5% by 2013

•		The current account deficit is projected to rise from 3.2% in 2010 to 5% in 2013

•		63 000 formal non-agricultural jobs were created between April and October 2010, and unemployment fell from 25.3% in the 3rd quarter to 24% in the 4th quarter

•		Job creation potential of 485 000 over the next three years in trade and construction sectors

•		Investment incentives for manufacturing, with a special focus on job creation

•		R9 billion Jobs Fund to co-finance employment initiatives with self-sustaining potential

•		Youth employment subsidy to create net 178 000 jobs over three years

•		Expansion of FET college and university enrolment, skills development and extension of learnership allowances proposed

Fiscal framework

•		Additional R94.1 billion in government expenditure plans over the next three years

•		Budget deficit of 5.3% projected in 2010/11, 4.8% in 2011/12 and 3.8% in 2013/14

•		National government net loan debt projected to rise from R526 billion at the end of 2008/09 to over R1.4 trillion in 2013/14

Tax proposals

•		Personal income tax relief of R8.1 billion

•		A third rebate for individuals 75 years and older

•		Conversion of medical tax deductions to tax credits

•		Transfer duty relief

•		General fuel levy increase of 10c a litre, and 8c a litre more for the Road Accident Fund

•		Increases of 4.5%-10.3% in taxes on alcohol and tobacco products

•		Taxation of gambling winnings

Additions to spending plans over the next three years

•		R10 billion for job creation, small enterprise development, youth employment

•		R10.4 billion for public transport, roads and rail infrastructure

•		R9.5 billion to increase enrolment at further education colleges and promote skills development

•		R8.2 billion for upgrading school facilities and improved learner support materials

•		R7.9 billion to improve primary health care, revitalise hospitals and combat HIV and Aids

•		R7.2 billion for human settlement upgrading, municipal services and water infrastructure

•		R2.8 billion for rural development and emerging farmer support

•		R8.9 billion for social security benefits and social grants; old age and disability grants increase by R60 to R1 140 a month and a further R20 to R1 160 a month for those over the age of 75; the child support grant will increase to R260 in April and R270 in October

•		R1.8 billion for municipalities and provinces to deal with immediate disaster needs, and R600 million for post-recovery and reconstruction following the floods in early 2011.

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How will South Africa create jobs?

Recession reversed five years of employment gains

Between 2003 and 2008 South Africa made steady progress in reducing the unemployment rate, but these gains were reversed during the 2009 recession.

Figure 1.1 Unemployment, 2002 — 2010


Source: Statistics South Africa

Only two out of five South Africans have regular work

There are 13.1 million South Africans who have regular work — just 41 per cent of the working-age population. Of these, just over 8 million have formal, non-agricultural employment. To achieve the average emerging markets employment ratio of 56 per cent, and taking into account population growth, South Africa would have to create 9 million jobs over the next 10 years. The unemployment rate is particularly high for young people. Half of the population between 18 and 25 is unemployed.

Economic growth is the principal driver of employment creation. National Treasury projections suggest that economic expansion of 4 per cent a year over the next three years would generate about 900 000 jobs, mainly in the trade, construction and business services sectors.

Sustainable growth depends on improved industrial and trade performance

But sustainable growth depends on improved industrial and trade performance — strengthening those sectors in which South Africa has competitive potential in global markets. Chapter 2 illustrates how South Africa’s economic outlook is linked to global performance — higher commodity prices assist in sustaining export earnings, and in turn contribute to investment in mining and agricultural capacity. Further regulatory certainty needs to be created in the mining sector, and investment in commercial agriculture also depends on certainty of marketing arrangements and land rights.

Over the period ahead, a more stable and competitive currency is expected to enhance industrial competitiveness. Yet a weaker rand can only contribute so much. If South African industry and exports are to grow more rapidly, skills development, technology modernisation, and effective logistics investments are necessary building blocks of sectoral growth strategies.

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Government is taking steps to ensure that the growth path is more inclusive

Steps are also required to ensure that the growth path is more inclusive. As South Africa’s labour capacity is also its most underutilised productive resource, well-targeted initiatives focused on job creation will also contribute over time to enhancing the economy’s growth capacity. Over the next three years, key employment initiatives will include the following:

•		Investment in further education and training (FET) colleges — expansion of enrolment, curricular improvements and improved access to student financial assistance

•		Stepped-up training for work-seekers under the auspices of Sector Education and Training Authorities and the National Skills Fund

•		Expansion of public works programme activities, including community-based projects, and maintenance of roads and infrastructure

•		Renewed tax incentives for manufacturing investment, with a focus on job-creation potential

•		Increased investment in housing, and residential infrastructure and services

•		Small enterprise development initiatives, including consolidated small business finance support and a focus on employment activation by the National Youth Development Agency

•		A youth employment subsidy, implemented through the tax system

•		A Jobs Fund to co-finance innovative public- and private-sector employment projects

•		Initiatives to promote rural employment, and stepped up support for agricultural producers, particularly emerging farmers

•		Support for renewable energy, environmental protection and “green” economy initiatives.

Employment — especially for youth — must be at the centre of economic development

For many years ahead, employment will have to be at the centre of South Africa’s growth and development path — especially the creation of work and learning opportunities for young people. But the aim is not jobs for the sake of employment alone. South Africa’s New Growth Path is about job creation that forms part of a broad framework for improving living conditions, greater social cohesion, a competitive and dynamic economy — and a more equal and inclusive society. Alongside job-creation initiatives, steps are therefore under way to improve income security and social protection of employees, and to construct an NHI system.

These are long-term objectives, yet they must proceed with vigour. Success rests on stronger economic growth, effective implementation, and sound fiscal and financial management of the economy.


▀		Social and economic progress: key indicators

The 2010 Development Indicators, issued by the Presidency, provides a wide-ranging gauge of South Africa’s social and economic progress. Though the 2009 recession brought significant setbacks in economic performance and employment, the Indicators show steady improvements over the past decade in most of the 10 categories measured.

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•		In the Economic growth and transformation category, real per capita GDP growth was negative in 2009 for the first time in 10 years, and gross fixed capital formation declined as a percentage of GDP after seven years of strong growth. Government debt has declined from nearly 50 per cent of GDP in the late 1990s to 28 per cent in 2009/10. Expenditure on research and development has improved. The percentage of senior managers who are black or female has increased.

•		Under Employment, the severity of the 2009 recession is evident, with nearly half of the jobs gained between 2003 and 2008 lost between December 2008 and June 2010.

•		There is mixed progress in Poverty and inequality. Real income and poverty headcount indicators show improvements in living standards of the poor, explained in part by rising social grants transfers. The percentage of the population below a poverty line of R283 per month per person (2008 prices) fell from 38 per cent in 2000 to 22 per cent in 2008. Inequality between black and white South Africans has narrowed, but overall inequality remains high and may have widened.

		Under Housing assets, it is recorded that nearly 3 million housing units have been financed by the Department of Human Settlements and its predecessor since 1994. The percentage of households in formal dwellings has increased from an estimated 64 per cent in 1996 to

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		76 per cent in 2009. Access to clean water, electricity and sanitation has improved. Progress in land redistribution lags well behind targets.

•		Health shows significant gains in several indicators and deterioration in others. Child mortality and malnutrition have fallen and immunisation coverage has improved to over 95 per cent of children. HIV prevalence appears to have stabilised. The incidence of malaria has decreased. A steep rise in maternal mortality is evident, associated with HIV/Aids- related infections, hypertension and obstetric haemorrhage.

•		Education — the learner-educator ratio in public ordinary schools has declined from 34 in 1999 to 31 in 2009, gender equity has been achieved in both primary and secondary schooling, and adult literacy has improved from under 70 per cent in 1998 to 76 per cent in 2008. Measures of language and numeracy achievement in grades 3 and 6, and senior certificate mathematics performance, indicate significant shortcomings in the quality of schooling.

•		Indicators of Social cohesion suggest that there has been some deterioration in voter participation. South Africans are broadly confident in the future and are positive about race relations, though both measures have deteriorated somewhat since 2005.

•		Safety and security indicators show general reductions in the incidence of crime since 2002, with the exception of aggravated robberies. The court conviction rate has increased from 82 per cent in 2002/03 to 89 per cent in 2009/10.

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•		Indicators of progress in International relations include positive real GDP growth in sub-Saharan Africa, growth in the contribution of tourism to the economy and an increased number of diplomatic missions abroad. The number of democratic governments in Africa rose steadily between 1991 and 2006, but has since declined.

•		Indicators of Good governance include growth in the size of the income tax register from just over 3 million in 1996/97 to about 8 million today, and some improvement in provincial and local government financial management evidenced in audit reports. Public opinion on the delivery of basic services has deteriorated since 2004.

Measures of development now reflected in ministerial and departmental performance agreements

The Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation will bring greater rigour and consistency to the measurement of service delivery, and identify corrective steps where needed.


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Economic outlook and employment

China, India and Brazil are driving global growth

A recovery in the global economy is well under way, driven by strong growth in China, India, Brazil and other emerging economies. The South African economy is benefitting from resulting growth in trade and buoyant commodity prices. GDP growth is projected to be 3.4 per cent in 2011, rising to 4.4 per cent in 2013.

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Table 1.1 Macroeconomic outlook — summary


Real growth	2010		2011		2012		2013
Percentage	Estimate				Forecast

Household consumption		4.6		4.2		4.3		4.5
Capital formation		-3.6		3.9		5.5		6.8
Exports		5.3		6.0		6.4		7.3
Imports		10.4		8.5		7.0		7.4
Gross domestic product		2.7		3.4		4.1		4.4

Consumer price inflation (CPI)		4.3		4.9		5.2		5.5

Balance of payments current account (percentage of GDP)		-3.2		-4.2		-4.9		-5.0

Fiscal and monetary policies support higher growth

Chapter 2 explains how South Africa’s economic recovery has progressed, and reviews developments in the balance of payments and sectoral output trends. Macroeconomic and fiscal policy aims to support stronger economic growth. Spending will be directed towards core social priorities and economic infrastructure. Interest rates have fallen and inflation has moderated, which should support growth in household consumption. Business confidence and private fixed-capital formation have also improved in recent months.

The rand strengthened in 2010 but the exchange rate weakened in early 2011 in response to global capital movements and South Africa’s accumulation of foreign exchange reserves. The weaker rand will boost exports, as long as inflation remains in check.

New Growth Path targets infrastructure, construction, and greater economic efficiency

Government’s New Growth Path includes policies to accelerate growth and employment, focusing on job-creation targets and sector-based initiatives. Jobs drivers include substantial public investment in infrastructure, expansion of labour-absorbing sectors such as agriculture and light manufacturing, “green economy” initiatives and support for rural development — and improving efficiency across the economy This emphasis on jobs is the cornerstone of the government’s policies. Even though the economic recovery has led to an improvement in South Africa’s labour market following the sharp fall in employment in 2009 and early 2010, unemployment remains at critical levels.

Government needs to partner with the private sector, which creates most jobs

As Chapter 3 indicates, job creation around the world has lagged behind the economic recovery over the past year. Long-term joblessness has increased and youth unemployment has risen. These problems are especially severe in South Africa. As a result, the government is focused on creating millions of jobs and bringing more people into economic activity. Achieving large-scale job creation and a sustained reduction in employment will require greater cooperation between the public sector and the private sector — where most job creation takes place.

The fiscal framework

South Africa is committed to a sustainable fiscal path

Chapter 4 discusses fiscal policy and changes to the budget framework. Fiscal policy is the management of revenue, expenditure and debt in the context of a dynamic economic environment. By defining a sustainable fiscal path, government is able to pay for existing programmes without jeopardising the affordability of government services and policies.

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The deficit will narrow from 5.3 per cent in 2010/11 to 3.8 per cent in 2013/14

Government’s share of GDP rose from 28.5 per cent in 2007/08 to 33.8 per cent in 2009/10. Growth in spending is expected to moderate over the medium term, bringing government’s expenditure ratio to GDP down to 32.6 by 2013/14. As the economic recovery gathers pace, budget revenue is expected to recover from 27.2 per cent of GDP in 2009/10 to 28.8 per cent by 2013/14. This means the deficit will narrow from 5.3 per cent in 2010/11 to 3.8 per cent by the end of the period.

Table 1.2 Consolidated government fiscal framework

2010/11

Revised

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

R million

estimate

Medium-term estimates

Revenue

755.0

824.5

908.7

1 017.2

Percentage of GDP

28.3

28.4

28.8

Expenditure

897.4

979.3

1 061.6

1 151.8

Percentage of GDP

33.6

33.2

32.6

Budget balance

-142.4

-154.8

-152.9

-134.6

Percentage of GDP

-5.3

-4.8

-3.8

Gross domestic product

2 666.9

2 914.9

3 201.3

3 536.0

Public-sector infrastructure expenditure to total R808.6 billion over next three years

Infrastructure expenditure by the public sector is projected to total R808.6 billion over the next three years. Eskom’s expansion of power generation capacity is responsible for much of this amount, alongside investment in ports and transport infrastructure by Transnet and other non-financial public enterprises. Over the MTEF period capital investment expenditure by the public sector will average 8.4 per cent of GDP.

The public-sector borrowing requirement is estimated at 10.5 per cent of GDP in 2010/11, and will moderate to 6.3 per cent by 2013/14. This includes financing for the major capital spending projects of state-owned enterprises and municipalities.

Fiscal guidelines to support sustainable public finances well into the future

In response to a request from Parliament, the National Treasury has developed a set of draft fiscal guidelines for discussion. The guidelines propose that government adopt an annual target for the structural budget balance consistent with long-term growth, the desired level of public debt and inter-generational considerations, and make explicit the costs of existing and new programmes that require expenditure commitments over the long term.

Tax policy

Tax revenues have begun to improve in line with economic growth

Chapter 5 discusses tax policy and proposals. Tax revenues have improved in 2010/11 in line with the economic recovery and are expected to grow steadily over the medium term. Recent data suggest a strong recovery in customs duties and value-added tax (VAT) revenues during 2010/11, while the recovery in corporate income tax revenue has been slower to respond owing to the lagged effects of the recession.

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Table 1.3 Summary of tax proposals

2010/11

2011/12

Budget

Revised

Budget

R billion

estimate

Tax revenue (gross)

647.9

672.2

745.7

Non-tax revenue

10.4

12.3

10.0

Less: SACU payments

-15.0

-21.8

Other adjustments¹

—

-2.9

—

Total revenue

643.2

666.6

Revenue before tax proposals

734.0

Tax proposals

-4.1

(Net) personal income tax relief

-8.9

Business taxes

0.5

Taxes on property

-0.8

Taxes on goods and services

5.0

Revenue after tax proposals

729.9


1.		Payments to SACU partners in respect of a previous error in calculation of the 1969 agreement.

Businesses to receive tax breaks to support skills development and job creation

The 2011 Budget tax proposals are intended to broaden the tax base. Various loopholes will be closed and tax equity will be improved by reforming the treatment of medical expenses and contributions to retirement funds. The secondary tax on companies is to be abolished and a new dividends tax will be introduced. Businesses will receive incentives to support skills development and job creation. Levies on fuel and taxes on alcohol and tobacco products will be raised.

Financing national health insurance will require adjustments to tax structure

Over the medium to long term, the revenue requirements of the NHI system will require upward adjustments in the tax structure. Increases in VAT, payroll taxes and a surcharge on the personal income tax base are financing options under consideration.

Government borrowing

Chapter 6 discusses government’s debt management and borrowing strategy. South Africa’s countercyclical response to the economic crisis generated a significant national government borrowing requirement, which peaked at 6.8 per cent of GDP in 2009/10. However, sound economic and fiscal policies, deep and liquid domestic capital markets, and the availability of international funding enabled government to finance the 2010/11 budget deficit at a lower cost than originally projected.

Table 1.4 Projected state debt and debt costs

R billion

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Net loan debt

822.4

998.8

1 199.7

1 388.3

Percentage of GDP

30.8

34.3

37.5

39.3

Net domestic debt

784.3

970.6

1 148.0

1 313.1

Foreign debt

38.1

28.2

51.7

75.2

State debt cost

66.6

76.6

90.8

104.0

Percentage of GDP

2.5

2.6

2.8

2.9

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Debt-service costs are R4.8 billion lower than expected in 2010/11

As a result, debt-service costs for 2010/11 are R4.8 billion lower than expected. Lower debt-service costs create more space to fund investment in economic infrastructure, which creates jobs, and to increase spending on social priorities such as education and health. While the gap between expenditure and revenue is projected to narrow in line with the economic recovery, national government borrowing in the current year remains substantial at 5.4 per cent of GDP, declining to 4.2 per cent of GDP in 2013/14. Debt-service costs are expected to increase gradually to 2.9 per cent of GDP in 2013/14.

South Africa and other emerging markets experienced a surge of global capital flows in 2010

During 2010, emerging markets experienced a surge of global capital flows. South Africa attracted net inflows of R92 billion into bonds and equities from non-resident investors, whose holdings of government bonds grew by 58 per cent. Government has continued to support the Reserve Bank’s accumulation of foreign exchange reserves, moderating the impact of capital flows on the exchange rate and reducing the external vulnerability of the economy. In 2010, official foreign exchange reserves rose by US$3.7 billion.

Social security and health finance

Social security is part of the social wage, and plays a crucial role in alleviating poverty and supporting retrenched workers

Chapter 7 reviews the role of the social security system in providing income support for retrenched workers and helping to alleviate poverty. In 2010/11 the number of people receiving social grants will exceed 15 million people. This figure will rise in coming years due to the extension of the child support grant and an increase in the means test threshold for certain grants.

South Africa’s social security arrangements are being reformed to increase efficiency, improve service delivery and ensure effective use of funds. The consolidation of administrative capacity across social security entities is a key part of this process, and will lead to significant savings. Coordinated policy-making across these entities will also help to make their programmes more effective.

While there are considerable institutional challenges to social security reform, significant progress has been made this year in developing alternative arrangements to replace the costly and inequitable Road Accident Fund with a no-fault scheme. The Unemployment Insurance Fund has already demonstrated the benefits of effective reforms.

Government begins to roll out NHI as part of implementing the 10-point plan for public health

This year will also witness the first stages of NHI, and further steps in implementing the 10-point programme for improving health services. Money is set aside in this budget for investment in revitalised public health facilities, improved quality of care, family health teams and tighter monitoring and regulation of health services. Cost implications and financing arrangements for NHI are under review.

Medium-term expenditure and the division of revenue

Chapter 8 presents government’s spending priorities over the medium term and the division of nationally raised revenue.

South Africa has made progress in raising living standards over the past decade, yet the quality of public services too often falls short of

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expectations, and increased expenditure has not always been matched by a commensurate improvement in services.

Budget channels resources to improve frontline services

Chapter 8 outlines initiatives aimed at addressing inefficiencies in the public sector, while targeting resources to improve the effectiveness of frontline services. It is noted that improved maintenance of infrastructure and capital spending needs to be prioritised alongside growth in the public service and improvements in conditions of service. Management of the public-sector wage bill is a key element in ensuring a balanced and well-targeted government expenditure framework.

The 2011 Budget is aligned to the objectives of the New Growth Path, to bolster economic growth, create jobs and promote equity. Over the next three years, spending is targeted to bring about higher rates of growth and development, with priority given to job creation, education and skills, health, infrastructure and rural development.

Table 1.5 Division of revenue

R billion

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

National allocations

359.1

380.2

408.4

439.0

Provincial allocations

323.1

357.9

380.4

404.3

Equitable share

265.1

288.5

305.7

323.6

Conditional grants

57.9

69.4

74.7

80.6

Local government allocations

61.2

70.2

77.0

82.3

Total allocations

743.4

808.3

865.9

925.6

Changes to baseline

National allocations

—

9.9

14.7

24.2

Provincial allocations

2.4

9.5

13.4

17.3

Equitable share

4.2

7.8

10.3

12.0

Conditional grants

-1.8

1.7

3.1

5.3

Local government allocations

0.2

1.3

1.5

2.3

Total

2.6

20.7

29.6

43.8

2011 Budget provides R743.4 billion to be shared between national, provincial and local government in 2011/12

After setting aside debt-service costs and a contingency reserve, the 2011 Budget provides for R743.4 billion to be shared between national, provincial and local government in 2011/12. The division of nationally raised revenue over the period ahead provides for strong growth in provincial and local government allocations, in support of education, health services, housing and community infrastructure.

Estimated consolidated government expenditure, including provincial departments, social security funds and public entities, amounts to R979.3 billion in 2011/12, of which R76.6 billion goes to debt-service costs. Excluding the interest bill, general public services, housing and community amenities and environmental protection are the fastest-growing categories of expenditure over the MTEF period ahead.

Government’s outcomes approach lays the basis for achieving greater efficiency in public services, providing a platform for increased scrutiny of state programmes and measuring performance by results. The Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation will oversee reporting of progress against the agreed outputs and targets. This approach requires closer cooperation between national, provincial and local government, and with all agencies responsible for delivery of key services.

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Table 1.6 Consolidated expenditure by function


					% Average
	2010/11		2011/12		growth
	Revised		Budget		2010/11 —
R billion	estimate		estimate		2013/14

General public services		51.3		55.4		5.8	%
Defence		34.0		38.4		8.9	%
Public order and safety		84.0		90.9		7.5	%
Economic affairs		140.3		130.5		2.1	%
Environmental protection		4.7		6.0		9.1	%
Housing and community amenities		102.1		121.9		10.7	%
Health		102.5		112.6		7.5	%
Recreation and culture		6.4		6.4		2.9	%
Education		172.7		189.5		7.6	%
Social protection		132.8		146.9		9.0	%
Contingency reserve		—		4.1

Non-interest expenditure		830.8		902.7		7.2	%
State debt cost		66.6		76.6		16.0	%

Total expenditure		897.4		979.3		8.7	%


▀		Budget documentation

The printed Budget Review includes several annexures:

•		A: Report of the Minister of Finance to Parliament

•		B: Statistical tables

•		C: Miscellaneous tax amendments

•		D: Budget summary

•		E: Glossary

Two further annexures are available on the National Treasury website:

•		W1: Explanatory memorandum to the division of revenue

•		W2: Structure of the government accounts

The Budget Review accompanies several other documents and submissions tabled in Parliament on Budget Day. These include:

•		The Budget Speech

•		The Division of Revenue Bill

•		The Appropriation Bill

•		Estimates of National Expenditure

•		The People’s Guide to the Budget.

•		Response of the National Treasury to the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Reports of the Portfolio Committees.

Two other documents are being released on Budget Day: A policy document entitled A Safer Financial Sector to Serve South Africa Better and a discussion document entitled Confronting Youth Unemployment: Policy Options for South Africa.

These and other fiscal and financial publications are available at www.treasury.gov.za.

Economic policy and outlook

n Overview

The global economy is strengthening, and South African GDP growth is expected to reach 3.4 per cent in 2011

Economic prospects continue to improve in the wake of “the great recession”. Dynamic emerging economies, particularly China, India and Brazil, have fuelled global growth. The South African economy is expected to recover gradually over the medium term, with projected gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 3.4 per cent in 2011, rising to 4.4 per cent in 2013. Fiscal and monetary policies remain supportive of the recovery. Spending is focused on core social priorities and economic infrastructure, and interest rates remain low. The New Growth Path will support economic and employment growth.

Domestic economic activity has gathered pace in recent months, with a pickup in business confidence and private-sector fixed-capital formation. The rate of unemployment has started to decline. Demand for labour, however, is only expected to grow moderately, and it will be some time before employment levels recover from the loss of 1 million jobs during 2009 and 2010.

Government continues to monitor the effect of capital flows on the rand

If the rand continues to depreciate and is sustained at a more competitive level — and if inflation remains in check — a stronger recovery in South African industry and exports can be expected. The National Treasury has studied measures used to offset the impact of capital inflows on currencies internationally, and analysed their effectiveness and appropriateness. Government will continue to monitor the effects of capital flows.

Opportunities for South Africa in the changing world economy

The financial crisis in developed countries accelerated the shift in world manufacturing, trade and investment that had been under way for some time. Up until the turn of the century, advanced economies accounted for

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about 80 per cent of global output. The emergence of China and other fast-growing countries as major sources of economic growth has led the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to forecast that by 2015, developing countries will account for two-fifths of world economic output. This sea change in the world economy heralds an array of new opportunities and risks for South Africa, and for the African continent as a whole.

Figure 2.1 GDP growth, selected countries and regions, 2010 — 2011


Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF), National Treasury forecasts for South Africa

Risks to the global outlook include a weak recovery in advanced economies and higher inflation in developing countries

South Africa’s economic prospects are highly dependent on global trade and investment patterns, and risks to the global outlook must be considered. These risks include the anaemic recovery in many advanced economies and the possibility of sovereign debt contagion in Europe. In emerging markets, stronger growth has resulted in higher inflation from rising food and oil prices, which threaten renewed social tension in some regions, and the possibility of tighter monetary policies.

Notwithstanding these concerns, the strengthening global recovery provides important growth opportunities for the South African economy over the medium term. The capital infrastructure programme offers significant potential for job creation, as do services and construction. Commodity exporters continue to benefit from high prices. Taking advantage of these opportunities is essential to realise progress on the ambitious job-creation targets set out in government’s New Growth Path.

The unwinding of global imbalances presents South Africa and the region with opportunities to expand

Over the longer term, the unwinding of global imbalances is expected to result in more competitively priced imported capital inputs from advanced economies. Currency appreciation and rising price levels in Asia should also support higher exports by South African producers. As retooling and industrial expansion become more affordable, and as locally produced goods become more competitive, South African and African businesses can expand their market reach. Such long-term industrial possibilities can be realised with more focused efforts to promote economic growth, draw more people into economic activity, and pursue regional and global economic integration.

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BRICS: a gateway to dynamic emerging markets

South Africa’s participation in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) will give local firms expanded access to fast-growing markets and investment opportunities, and strengthen beneficial trade links for the African continent. Economic expansion in Africa has been robust and durable, with sub-Saharan Africa growing by a cumulative 74 per cent since 2000.

The primary opportunity facing South Africa is to advance the transition to an inclusive, diversified economy by encouraging a virtuous cycle of savings and investment, economic participation and sustainable job creation, infrastructure development and skills upgrading.

Figure 2.2 Export volume growth, selected regions, 1980 — 2011


Source: IMF. 2010-2011 are estimates.*

The New Growth Path and job creation

New Growth Path aims to create 5 million jobs over the next decade

The New Growth Path outlines an approach to accelerate growth and employment, focusing on job-creation targets and sector-based actions that will help to achieve them. Jobs drivers are identified as:

•		Continuing public investment in infrastructure, creating employment directly in construction, operation, maintenance and the production of inputs, and indirectly by improving efficiency across the economy.

•		Targeting more labour-absorbing activities in the agricultural and mining value chains, manufacturing, construction and services.

•		Promoting innovation through “green economy” initiatives.

•		Supporting rural development and regional integration.

Sound macroeconomic policy enables South Africa to fund social and economic priorities

Prudent macroeconomic policy that takes into account global volatility and the need to sustain growth will support the New Growth Path. While many countries are tightening their fiscal belts, South Africa’s macroeconomic approach affords government the space to grow expenditure at a moderate pace to support social and economic priorities. Public spending in support of social programmes has been strong and, if combined with more rapid job creation, will significantly increase inclusion and income equality.

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Over the period ahead, fiscal and monetary policy will work together in a countercyclical fashion to keep inflation and interest rates at low and stable levels, and to reduce the cost of capital. This will support a stable and competitive real exchange rate, foster greater competitiveness and create an environment conducive for investment, growth and employment.

Rebalancing the world economy

Leading up to the global financial crisis, the world economy was marked by growing imbalances, principally those between countries running large current account surpluses (China, Japan and Germany) and those with large deficits (the United States, Spain, United Kingdom and Australia).

These imbalances arose from an overreliance on US consumption patterns and China’s export model, large-scale international reserve accumulation, lax banking regulation and ballooning asset bubbles in the US and several European countries.

To achieve more balanced and sustainable global growth, traditional patterns of investment, consumption and savings need to change. Countries running large deficits need to promote higher savings and rely less on credit-fuelled consumption, and countries with large surpluses need to encourage the growth of their domestic markets. The growing weight of developing countries in world trade is contributing to the rebalancing that is already under way.

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa

Over the next five years, the BRICS economies are expected to account for 36 per cent of world economic growth, increasing their combined share of global GDP to about 22 per cent, equivalent to that of the US. In December 2010, partly in recognition of its role as a gateway to the African continent, South Africa was invited to join this grouping, providing new opportunities for trade and investment.

Ranking and % share of global GDP, 2000 — 2015


2000			2010			2015

1 United States	31.0	%	1 United States	23.6	%	1 United States	22.0	%
2 Japan	14.5	%	2 China	9.3	%	2 China	12.2	%
3 Germany	5.9	%	3 Japan	8.7	%	3 Japan	8.0	%
4 United Kingdom	4.6	%	4 Germany	5.3	%	4 Germany	4.5	%
5 France	4.1	%	5 France	4.1	%	5 France	3.6	%
6 China	3.7	%	8 Brazil	3.3	%	7 Brazil	3.4	%
9 Brazil	2.0	%	10 Russia	2.4	%	8 Russia	3.0	%
13 India	1.5	%	11 India	2.3	%	9 India	2.9	%
19 Russia	0.8	%	27 South Africa	0.6	%	26 South Africa	0.6	%
30 South Africa	0.4	%
BRIC	8.0	%	BRIC	17.2	%	BRIC	21.6	%


Source: IMF

Contribution to global growth

The Group of 20: promoting sustainable growth

The G-20 agenda supports international cooperation to resolve global imbalances. Work has focused on a mutual assessment process that will strengthen multilateral cooperation to identify country-specific structural reforms that are necessary to achieve stronger, balanced, sustainable growth. Other focus areas include reform of the international monetary system, reducing commodity price volatility and strengthening financial regulation. Member states are also discussing measures to fight corruption, promote trade and encourage infrastructure development.

Reform of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank

In recognition of the growing economic weight of developing countries, the boards of the World Bank and IMF have agreed to reforms to allow for more equitable representation. The Bank has increased the voting power of developing and transition economies by 3 per cent, and the IMF will shift 6 per cent of quota shares to emerging and developing countries, and transfer a further 6 per cent from over-represented to under- represented countries. South Africa continues its effort to improve representation on the IMF board. Less-developed countries also need access to financial resources and technical assistance to support growth.

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The domestic outlook

Key domestic indicators

The domestic economy grew by an estimated 2.7 per cent in 2010. Improving household consumption and accelerating investment will support a gradual increase in economic growth over the medium term. Real GDP growth is projected to reach 3.4 per cent in 2011, 4.1 per cent in 2012 and 4.4 per cent in 2013.

Table 2.1 Macroeconomic projections, 2007 — 2013


	2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
Calendar year			Actual				Estimate				Forecast

Percentage change unless otherwise indicated
Final household consumption		5.5		2.2		-2.0		4.6		4.2		4.3		4.5
Final government consumption		4.1		4.7		4.8		4.6		4.4		4.1		3.9
Gross fixed-capital formation		14.0		14.1		-2.2		-3.6		3.9		5.5		6.8
Gross domestic expenditure		6.3		3.4		-1.7		4.1		4.2		4.4		4.6
Exports		6.6		1.8		-19.5		5.3		6.0		6.4		7.3
Imports		9.0		1.5		-17.4		10.4		8.5		7.0		7.4
Real GDP growth		5.6		3.6		-1.7		2.7		3.4		4.1		4.4

GDP inflation		8.1		8.9		7.2		6.3		5.3		5.4		5.8
GDP at current prices (R billion)		2 016.2		2 274.1		2 396.0		2 615.7		2 846.5		3 122.0		3 445.9

Headline CPI inflation		6.1		9.9		7.1		4.3		4.9		5.2		5.5
Current account balance (% of GDP)		-7.0		-7.1		-4.1		-3.2		-4.2		-4.9		-5.0

Table 2.2 Macroeconomic projections, 2009/10 — 2013/14


	2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
Fiscal year	Actual		Estimate				Forecast

Percentage change unless otherwise indicated
Real GDP growth		-0.9		3.1		3.6		4.2		4.4
GDP inflation		6.6		5.9		5.5		5.4		5.8
Headline CPI inflation		6.3		4.2		4.8		5.3		5.5
GDP at current prices (R billion)		2 442.6		2 666.9		2 914.9		3 201.3		3 536.0

The macroeconomic forecast

Low interest rates and inflation will support household consumption growth

Low nominal interest rates, low inflation and steady employment gains in the outer years of the forecast are expected to boost disposable incomes, supporting household consumption and investment. Household consumption growth is projected to add about 2.8 percentage points to GDP growth in each of the next three years. Overall employment is expected to grow by an average of 1.8 per cent a year over the medium term.

Private gross fixed-capital formation increased in the second and third quarters of 2010 — a marked turnaround after five successive quarters of decline. Total investment is expected to grow by 3.9 per cent in 2011, 5.5 per cent in 2012 and 6.8 per cent in 2013.

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Defining inclusive growth

The New Growth Path outlines government’s commitment to inclusive growth. South Africa’s economic development must contribute to and reinforce complementary efforts to overcome widespread poverty and income inequality.

Inclusive growth also aims to address the low quality of life associated with poverty and inequity — poor education, poor health and poor opportunities of all kinds. As Amartya Sen argues, “While economic growth is an important boon for enhancing living conditions, its reach depends greatly on what we do with the fruits of growth.”¹

Sustained economic growth can reduce poverty by lifting average incomes (both poor and rich float on a rising tide), but high inequality must also be addressed. Raghuram Rajan, former chief economist of the IMF, argues in a recent article² that rising income inequality in the US was one of the “fault lines” that led to the financial crash and the widespread damage it caused.

Research has led several observers to conclude that developed countries with high levels of inequality are more likely to experience poorer average health outcomes, worse violence, weaker social cohesion and other ills. “The relationships between inequality and poor health and social problems are too strong to be attributable to chance,” write Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.³

Government’s view is that higher levels of economic growth, accompanied by sustainable job creation through efficient and competitive enterprises and appropriate government interventions, can reduce poverty and inequality directly. In addition, economic and employment growth will provide growing revenues to finance public-sector investment in housing, education and health services, enabling millions of South Africans to seize the opportunities that poverty and inequality have denied them.


1.		Sen, A. “Growth and other concerns”. The Hindu, 14 February 2011.

2.		Rajan, R. “How inequality fuelled the crisis”. www.project-syndicate.org, 9 July 2010

3.		Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K.2009. “The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Nearly Always Do Better.”

Growth in non-commodity exports is expected to remain sluggish

Real growth in exports is expected to average 6.5 per cent a year over the medium term as commodity exports benefit from strong demand and high prices. Overall growth in non-commodity exports is expected to remain sluggish, although key sectors such as autos and components have responded quickly to increased foreign demand. Import growth is expected to be strong throughout the forecast period.

Relative strength of the rand contributed to low consumer inflation during 2010

Inflation is forecast to remain within the target range of 3 — 6 per cent, edging towards the upper end of the range in 2013 as the economy strengthens. While interest rates are expected to remain low over the medium term, risks to the benign inflation outlook have recently emerged in the form of higher food and oil prices.

The current account deficit narrowed to an estimated 3.2 per cent of GDP in 2010, down from 4.1 per cent in 2009. The current account deficit is expected to widen to 4.2 per cent this year and 5 per cent in 2013.

The rand appreciated by 12 per cent against a trade-weighted basket of currencies in 2010. From December 2010 to mid-February 2011, the currency has depreciated by about 10 per cent. Government will continue to assist the Reserve Bank to accumulate foreign exchange reserves and engage in foreign currency swaps to moderate the effect of capital flows on the exchange rate. While capital flows to developing economies are expected to continue over the long term, they remain inherently volatile.

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n Global developments

‘The world economic recovery continues. But it remains a two-speed recovery.’
— Olivier Blanchard, IMF chief economist

After contracting by 0.6 per cent in 2009, the world economy grew by 5 per cent in 2010, supported by strong growth in developing countries, estimated at 7.1 per cent. The IMF expects world growth to moderate to 4.4 per cent in 2011 and 4.5 per cent in 2012 as stimulus measures are gradually removed.

Macroeconomic and fiscal risks to the global outlook

South Africa’s fiscal position and level of debt represent substantial strengths in the present global context.

Debt contagion in Europe — Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain have implemented austerity measures to stabilise debt levels and contain upward pressure on borrowing costs. Banks in these countries remain vulnerable to falling asset prices. Eurozone contagion remains a serious risk.

Overheating in emerging markets — Fast-growing emerging markets are experiencing rising inflation fuelled by strong domestic demand and steep increases in commodity prices. Tighter monetary policy is necessary to rein in demand and reduce the risk of boom/bust economic cycles.

Volatile capital flows — Net private capital flows to emerging markets increased to US$908 billion in 2010 from US$581 billion in 2009. The Institute for International Finance expects these flows to remain elevated during 2011. High capital flows can finance domestic investment, but can also contribute to overvalued currencies and domestic asset bubbles. When large imbalances build up, a reversal of capital flows can fuel inflation, and harm growth and employment. Countercyclical fiscal and monetary policies are required to offset imbalances and reduce upward pressure on exchange rates. The IMF is promoting international “rules of the road” to manage capital flows and forestall the rush to protectionism or competitive devaluations.

Fiscal deficits by country, 2011

Gross government debt, 2011


Source: IMF

•		In 2010, the US economy grew by 2.8 per cent, supported by fiscal and monetary stimuli. Growth is projected at 3 per cent in 2011.

•		The eurozone recorded growth of 1.8 per cent in 2010. Slower growth of 1.5 per cent is projected in 2011. The German economy remains resilient due to a strong rebound in household consumption and investment, but fiscal austerity measures in several countries, including Ireland, Greece and Spain, will weigh on regional growth.

•		The Chinese economy is projected to grow by 9.6 per cent in 2011, down from 10.3 per cent in 2010. The authorities have started to tighten monetary and credit policies to manage inflation.

•		Sub-Saharan Africa is well positioned to benefit from high commodity prices, strong Chinese demand and low global interest rates. Growth is projected to increase from 5 per cent in 2010 to 5.5 per cent in 2011.

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Table 2.3		Annual percentage change in GDP and consumer price inflation, selected regions/countries, 2010 — 2012


Region / Country	2010		2011		2012		2010		2011		2012
Percentage	GDP projections¹						CPI projections²

World		5.0		4.4		4.5		3.7		3.1		2.9
US		2.8		3.0		2.7		1.6		1.7		1.8
Eurozone		1.8		1.5		1.7		1.6		1.8		1.7
UK		1.7		2.0		2.3		3.3		3.3		2.0
Japan		4.3		1.6		1.8		-0.8		-0.3		0.0
Emerging markets and developing countries		7.1		6.5		6.5		6.3		6.0		4.8
Developing Asia		9.3		8.4		8.4		6.1		4.2		3.2
China		10.3		9.6		9.5		3.3		4.3		3.6
India		9.7		8.4		8.0		9.7		6.9		6.6
Middle East and North Africa		3.9		4.6		4.7		6.8		6.2		6.2
Sub-Saharan Africa		5.0		5.5		5.8		7.5		7.0		6.3
South Africa³		2.7		3.4		4.1		4.3		4.9		5.2


1.		GDP projections: IMF World Economic Outlook, January 2011.

2.		Country data: Consensus Economics, January 2011; aggregate data: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2010 and January 2011.

3.		National Treasury forecasts.

Commodity trends

Continued boom in commodity prices is sustained by investment and a weak US dollar

Sustained demand and a weaker US dollar have supported commodity price increases over the past year. The IMF’s all-commodity index increased by 22 per cent between June and December 2010, with the metals index rising by nearly 30 per cent over the same period. Prices are expected to remain high, with inflationary consequences.

Figure 2.3 Gold, platinum, oil and food price trends, 2005 — 2011


Source: Bloomberg, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation

•		The gold price reached a record high of US$1 423/oz in November 2010 and averaged US$1 362/oz in January 2011.

•		The oil price has risen since the third quarter of 2010 on improved prospects for global growth and concerns about political stability in the

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		Middle East. The price of Brent crude oil has increased from US$75/barrel in July 2010 to about US$100/barrel in February 2011.

•		The platinum price rose from US$1 448/oz in December 2009 to average $1 612/oz during 2010 and US$1 789/oz in January 2011.

•		The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation index of global food prices recorded a 37 per cent increase between June 2010 and January 2011, when it reached a record high.

n Balance of payments

Current account deficit narrowed to 3.2 per cent of GDP in 2010

The current account deficit narrowed to an estimated 3.2 per cent of GDP in 2010 from 4.1 per cent in 2009 as the trade surplus increased and net service, income and transfer payments to the rest of the world declined. The current account deficit is expected to rise to 4.2 per cent of GDP in 2011 and 5 per cent in 2013, as domestic demand strengthens and dividend payments to non-resident investors increase. Net purchases of South African bonds and equities by non-residents reached R92 billion in 2010 compared with R102 billion in 2009. Strong net inflows of foreign capital exceeded the external financing requirement, which contributed to the appreciation of the rand exchange rate — an experience common to other emerging markets and commodity producers.

Table 2.4 Summary of South Africa’s balance of payments, 2006 — 2010


Percentage of GDP	2006		2007		2008		2009		2010¹

Total current account		-5.3		-7.0		-7.1		-4.1		-3.4
Trade balance		-1.7		-1.8		-1.6		0.1		0.4
Net services, income and current transfer payments		-3.7		-5.2		-5.6		-4.1		-3.8
Net service payments		-0.8		-0.9		-1.5		-1.0		-1.1
Net income payments		-2.0		-3.4		-3.2		-2.2		-2.0
Net dividend payments		-1.6		-3.1		-2.6		-1.6		-1.5
Net current transfer payments (mainly SACU)		-0.9		-0.8		-0.8		-0.9		-0.7
Current account excluding net current transfers		-4.4		-6.1		-6.2		-3.1		-2.7
Financial account balance		7.0		9.3		8.3		4.8		5.1
Net portfolio investment		7.3		3.6		-5.9		3.9		5.2
Net direct investment		-2.5		1.0		4.4		1.5		-0.2
Net other investment		1.2		3.0		5.7		-0.7		-0.1
Unrecorded transactions		0.9		1.7		4.0		0.0		0.2
Change in net reserves due to BoP transactions		1.7		2.4		1.1		0.7		1.7


1.		Includes data for the first three quarters of 2010, seasonally adjusted and annualised.

Source: Reserve Bank

Current account

A solid performance for exports and imports during the first three quarters of 2010

South Africa’s exports and imports recovered strongly in the first nine months of 2010, with volume growth of 5.1 per cent and 9.1 per cent respectively compared with the previous year. Strong demand for raw materials pushed up the prices of major export commodities, boosting the country’s terms of trade by 5.5 per cent. In value terms, merchandise exports grew by 14.4 per cent and imports by 8.2 per cent in 2010.

Given tepid demand for capital goods imports, this helped to lift the trade surplus to 0.4 per cent of GDP in the first three quarters of 2010. Export

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receipts were boosted by strong increases in precious metals, base metals and steel, coal and vehicles. Stronger domestic demand and a recovery in manufacturing production led to higher imports of transport equipment, chemicals, plastics and rubber, and vehicle components.

Initiatives to boost trade and build infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa

Between 2000 and 2010, six of the world’s 10 fastest-growing economies were in sub-Saharan Africa, and a similar pattern is expected over the next five years. External trade and investment have grown rapidly on the strength of China’s demand for raw materials. In 2000, 4 per cent of sub-Saharan Africa’s exports went to China; in 2009, China absorbed 16 per cent of the region’s exports.

Yet despite strong growth, trade within sub-Saharan Africa remains low. Transport infrastructure in much of the region is inadequate, contributing to high costs, and customs bottlenecks act as a barrier to trade. The World Bank estimates that it would cost US$93 billion a year over a decade to overcome Africa’s infrastructure deficit. The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is helping to plug this gap. The DBSA plans to invest at least R3.8 billion in infrastructure projects in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries over the next 12 to 18 months, primarily in transport and energy.

In April 2011, South Africa will host a summit to establish a large free-trade area, building on two years of talks between the East African Community, the Common Market for East and Southern Africa and the SADC. The countries making up the free-trade zone would have a combined population of nearly 600 million people and a combined GDP of US$850 billion.

Table 2.5 Composition of South Africa’s trade and trade performance, 2009 — 2010


	2010								Contribution to growth
	Share of total trade				% change y-o-y				Exports				Imports
	Exports		Imports		Exports		Imports		2009		2010		2009		2010

Precious metals and stones		25.6		1.0		18.0		20.6		-2.8		4.5		-0.6		0.2
Mineral products (oil, coal, ore)		21.3		20.0		20.8		-0.7		-2.3		4.2		-7.6		-0.2
Base metals and steel		15.8		4.7		21.6		17.3		-6.1		3.2		-1.7		0.7
Raw and processed food products		8.1		6.0		0.9		-2.7		0.1		0.1		-0.4		-0.2
Transport equipment		8.5		10.3		12.9		25.5		-3.4		1.1		-3.2		2.3
Machinery and appliances		8.0		25.4		7.3		5.3		-3.0		0.6		-5.9		1.4
Chemical products, plastics and rubber		7.0		13.7		7.8		13.0		-2.1		0.6		-2.5		1.7
Pulp and paper products		1.9		1.6		8.8		-0.2		-0.3		0.2		-0.2		0.0
Other¹		2.1		5.0		-6.0		4.5		-0.2		-0.2		-0.8		0.2
Miscellaneous manufacturers		0.8		1.6		14.4		11.8		-0.1		0.1		-0.2		0.2
Textiles, clothing and footwear		0.8		4.2		-2.2		9.3		-0.1		0.0		0.0		0.4
Vehicles components		0.0		6.5		231.3		26.5		0.0		0.0		-2.5		1.5

Total		100.0		100.0		14.4		8.2		-20.5		14.4		-25.7		8.2


1.		Other includes optical and photographical equipment, stone plaster, wood, hides, leather, skin etc. and articles thereof, works of art and unclassified products.

Source: South African Revenue Service

Total net external payments for services, income and current transfers fell to 3.8 per cent of GDP in the first nine months of 2010 from 4.1 per cent in 2009 as a whole. This component of the current account is likely to increase over the medium term as external dividend and interest payments rise.

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Figure 2.4 Export and import prices, 2005 — 2010


Source: Reserve Bank

Financial account

Capital inflows contributed to an overall surplus on South Africa’s balance of payments equivalent to 1.7 per cent of GDP in the first nine months of 2010, compared with 0.7 per cent in 2009 as a whole. Non-resident net purchases of bonds totalled R56 billion in 2010 compared with R27 billion in 2009 and a net outflow of R14 billion in 2008. Net equity purchases fell from R75 billion in 2009 to R36 billion in 2010. Between September of last year and February 2011, international investors became net sellers of R33 billion in government debt.

Exchange rate and international reserves

Capital flows to emerging markets have reversed course in recent months, with consequences for the rand

Strong capital flows to emerging markets during 2010 led to the strong appreciation of several emerging currencies, including the Brazilian real, the Indonesian rupee and the South Korean won. The rand appreciated by 12 per cent against a trade-weighted basket of currencies in 2010. Capital has begun to flow out of rand assets in recent months, resulting in a depreciation of about 10 per cent since mid-December. Rand volatility declined during 2010.

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Figure 2.5 Trade-weighted rand indices, 1994 — 2010


Source: Reserve Bank

In 2010 the Reserve Bank spent the equivalent of 2 per cent of GDP buying foreign exchange reserves

To help the exchange rate reach a more competitive level and moderate volatility, the Reserve Bank spent R53 billion on foreign exchange reserve accumulation in 2010, equivalent to about 2 per cent of GDP. Between December 2009 and the end of January 2011, South Africa’s gross foreign exchange reserves increased by US$5.8 billion to US$45.5 billion, while the international liquidity position stood at US$44.5 billion. Between August 2010 and January 2011, the Reserve Bank also entered into long-term foreign currency swaps worth US$4.3 billion to sterilise foreign currency flows related to large inward investments.

The problem of capital inflow management has largely been confined to a subset of emerging market economies — Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey. These countries received 95 per cent of portfolio equity flows, 78 per cent of short-term debt and nearly 50 per cent of bond flows to emerging markets in 2010. In most cases, these capital inflows have added to money supply and the expansion of demand, resulting in higher inflation and pushing economies towards overheating. The appreciation of exchange rates has weakened export competitiveness and shifted the composition of growth towards non-tradables.

In 2010, reserve accumulation was the tool most widely used to manage capital inflows

In 2010, reserve accumulation was the tool most widely used to manage capital inflows. The IMF estimates that world reserves rose by US$492 billion, of which two-thirds were purchased by emerging markets. Other measures taken to offset the effects of global capital movements are described in Table 2.6. Current trends suggest that the measures announced when the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement was tabled in October 2010 may be having the desired effect.

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Table 2.6		Measures implemented since January 2010 to manage capital flows and reduce exchange rate appreciation


Country	Measure	Objective

Colombia	Reimpose withholding tax on income from foreign borrowing by domestic companies	Reduce foreign borrowing and financial vulnerability
Costa Rica	Impose reserve requirements on banks for short-term foreign borrowing
Indonesia	Reinstate limit on short-term foreign borrowing by domestic lenders
Peru	Raise reserve requirements for foreign currency bank loans

Brazil	Increase tax on fixed-income securities from 2% to 6%	Reduce foreign demand
Taiwan	Limit foreign holdings of local bonds	for local bonds and
Thailand	Impose withholding tax on interest earned and capital gains on government and state-owned enterprise bonds	financial vulnerability

Brazil	Impose reserve requirements on banks’ short positions in the currency	Reduce speculative trading and volatility
Indonesia	Impose one-month minimum holding period for bond ownership
Israel	Impose reserve requirements for foreign exchange swaps and forward transactions and increase reporting requirements for large bond transactions by foreigners
Peru	Limit local bank trading in foreign exchange derivative transactions
South Korea	Restrict local and foreign banks’ derivative positions in the foreign exchange market
Taiwan	Limit banks’ holding of foreign exchange derivatives

Chile	Increase limits on foreign investments by pension funds	Encourage capital
South Africa	Reduce restrictions on overseas FDI and portfolio investments	outflows
Thailand	Reduce restrictions on overseas FDI and portfolio investments

n Real output trends

During 2010 the real economy grew by about 2.7 per cent. Growth of 4.6 per cent in the first quarter was tempered by growth rates below 3 per cent in the second and third quarters, partly as a result of industrial action.

Figure 2.6 Composition of GDP, selected countries, 2010


Other industry: mining, utilities, construction. India, Indonesia, SA (2009), China (2008)

Source: Economist Intelligence Unit, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

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Manufacturing has contributed more than any other sector to South Africa’s growth in 2010, accounting for 0.9 percentage points of growth in value added over the first nine months of the year. Growth momentum has strengthened in recent months and the economy is projected to expand by 3.4 per cent in 2011, 4.1 per cent in 2012 and 4.4 per cent in 2013.

Agriculture

The maize harvest is expected to be lower than the prior year in response to softer prices

Real value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing fell by 2.5 per cent in the first nine months of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. After a large maize harvest (12.8 million tons) in 2009/10, and in response to weaker prices, lower production is expected in 2010/11. Production of domestic wheat and other crops is also expected to be lower as a result of unusually heavy summer rainfall.

Mining

In contrast with strong output gains across a range of minerals, gold output fell

Real value added in mining increased by 4.8 per cent in the first nine months of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. Chromium (61 per cent), manganese (58 per cent) and diamonds (47 per cent) recorded strong output gains in 2010. Production growth in the largest commodity exports was more muted. Platinum and coal output grew by 5.3 per cent and 2.1 per cent, while gold output declined by 4.6 per cent. Investment in machinery, equipment and in new construction works in the mining sector began to recover in the first nine months of 2010. The new Mining Charter, alongside measures to reduce regulatory uncertainty and improve transparency in the awarding of mining licenses, should also support higher investment.

Figure 2.7 Sector trends in fixed-capital formation, 2000 — 2010


Source: Reserve Bank

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Manufacturing

Manufacturing is recovering, but output remains below the pre-recession level

After falling by 10.4 per cent in 2009, real value added in manufacturing production increased by 5.3 per cent in the first three quarters of 2010 as global and domestic demand recovered and inventories were rebuilt. Output remains below the pre-recession level.

Figure 2.8 Manufacturing production, 2004 — 2010


PMI = Purchasing Managers’ Index

Source: Bureau of Economic Research, JP Morgan

Production of motor vehicles, parts and accessories rebounded in 2010, leading to a 37 per cent rise in the number of vehicles exported compared with 2009. Petrochemicals and iron and steel output also recorded solid growth. The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa projects export growth of 26 per cent in 2011.

Table 2.7 Growth in manufacturing output by sector, 2010


								Output
				Growth (% change)				comparison
	Weights¹			2010		from recession low²		2008 — 2010

Basic iron and steel		22.9	%		4.4		5.9		-15.0
Petrochemicals		22.1	%		6.0		6.1		-4.7
Food and beverages		15.4	%		3.8		11.9		5.9
Motor vehicles and parts		10.9	%		20.4		54.8		-8.6
Wood and paper		10.2	%		4.5		4.8		-11.0
Furniture and other		5.2	%		-2.3		-4.8		-21.9
Textiles and clothing		4.9	%		-6.4		-5.8		-19.7
Glass, etc		4.8	%		-2.9		-1.0		-15.1
Electrical machinery		2.5	%		5.2		5.2		2.2
Radio and television		1.1	%		-4.6		0.3		-11.2

Total		100.0	%		4.9		9.5		-8.4


1.		Weights are based on the large sample manufacturing survey of 2005.

2.		Seasonally adjusted manufacturing production was at its lowest level in April 2009.

Source: Statistics South Africa

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Determining the value of industrial subsidies

Government offers a range of subsidies to promote industrial development. On average, between 2005 and 2009, subsidies were worth 1.1 per cent of GDP per year, with expenditure expected to reach about R27.6 billion in 2010/11.

The overall cost is calculated as the value of tax allowances associated with industrial policies, cash grants for sectors, preferential financing from the Industrial Development Corporation, and the costs to consumers from higher prices due to import tariffs. About 40 per cent of subsidies are financed by National Treasury transfers to departments. Most subsidies take the form of tax allowances and import tariff protection.

Total value of incentives per sector per year


		Other	Agriculture
		manufact-	and
R million	Motor	uring	forestry		BPO		Film		Tourism		Total¹

2008/09	16 554	4 875		811		130		96		356	23 686
2009/10	17 249	6 717		990		254		154		417	26 696
2010/11	17 876	6 474		1 138		262		247		440	27 612


1.		Includes other incentives that are not sector specific.

Motor vehicles, parts and accessories received about 65 per cent of all incentives in 2010/11. In 2009/10, the subsidies were equivalent to 13 per cent of total sales in this sector.

Electricity, water and gas

Construction of the Medupi power plant has reached an advanced stage

Real value added in the electricity, gas and water sector grew by 2.1 per cent in the first nine months of 2010. Construction of the 4 788MW Medupi power plant is at an advanced stage, while the 4 800MW Kusile plant is in an early phase. To address water quality and infrastructure backlogs, the Department of Water Affairs plans to initiate 15 large-scale water projects over the next eight years.

Transport and communication

Johannesburg launched the bus rapid transit system and phase 1 of Gautrain began operating in 2010

Value added by the transport, storage and communications sector grew by 2.7 per cent in the first three quarters of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. Stronger economic activity boosted volumes in freight transport, and new public transport services included the opening of the bus rapid transit system in Johannesburg and the first section of the Gautrain. Broadband capacity has increased substantially in recent years. Over the long term this should help to lower prices and improve access.

Reducing the cost of broadband in South Africa

An affordable, efficient and widely distributed telecommunications network is important for raising productivity and accelerating economic growth. South Africa’s telecommunications infrastructure has improved significantly over the past few years. Two new undersea cable networks (SEACOM and EASSy) have increased available bandwidth. This has contributed to faster internet speeds and lower prices.

The cost of internet access, however, remains high and penetration is still relatively low. Only a quarter of broadband subscribers have fixed-line (ADSL) connections. Fixed-line broadband technology is cheaper and faster than wireless technology. Telkom’s monopoly of the local loop — the last stretch of infrastructure connecting homes or businesses to exchanges — means that fixed-line prices remain high. To encourage competition and stimulate growth, government aims to unbundle the local loop by November 2011.

Broadband penetration and cost


Country	Korea	Norway	Australia	Germany	Chile	Mexico	Turkey	South Africa

Subscribers per 100 inhabitants	64.7	53.5	35.3	27.5	8.4	5.3	5.3	4.6
Price range, Mbit/second (US$ PPP) 2009	0.37 - 4.9	2.36 - 21.82	0.7 - 168.33	1.03 - 17.61	n/a	9.75 - 94.64	2.39 - 76.11	130.1 - 1342.8

Source: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Research ICT Africa, National Treasury calculations

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Microeconomic reforms to promote sustainable growth

Microeconomic reforms can help alleviate constraints to rapid growth and draw more people into employment.

The Commission for Growth and Development* identified underlying policies that helped a range of countries to achieve average annual growth rates of 7 per cent for a quarter-century. Applied to South Africa, these microeconomic lessons can be distilled as follows:

•		Develop transport, telecommunications and community infrastructure that supports productivity by lowering costs and crowding-in private investment.

•		Reduce regulatory barriers and promote competition in all sectors, including transport and energy.

•		Use skills development and employment incentives to encourage businesses to hire and expand.

•		Monitor the impact of regulation on the cost of doing business and consumer welfare. Adjust rules and regulations to minimise tax and compliance burdens for small business. Ease access to finance.

•		Ensure that trade reforms lower costs for businesses and consumers, and redesign industrial development zones to support exports and job creation.

•		Improve incentives for research and development.


*		The 22-member international commission sought to identify policies and strategies underlying sustained economic growth and poverty reduction.

Construction

Construction should revive in tandem with a gradual increase in private investment

Real growth in value added in the construction sector slowed to 1.8 per cent in the first nine months of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. Construction activity slowed in the face of weak housing demand, high vacancy rates in commercial buildings and the completion of projects related to the football World Cup. Some infrastructure projects have been delayed by capacity constraints in provincial and local government. As discussed elsewhere in this Budget Review, government is working to remedy these problems.

The construction sector is expected to revive in tandem with a gradual recovery in private investment over the medium term, improved municipal spending on housing and infrastructure projects, low interest rates and rising credit extension.

Finance, insurance, real estate and business services

Subdued growth in finance, insurance, real estate and business services in 2010

The finance, insurance, real estate and business services sector recorded subdued growth of 1.4 per cent in the first nine months of 2010. The profitability of banks has been weighed down by weak credit extension, high levels of non-performing loans and sluggish housing market activity.

Growth in bank loans and advances to the private sector picked up modestly to 4.3 per cent in December 2010, mainly due to stronger credit extension to households. Credit growth should continue to rise over the medium term, supported by more relaxed lending criteria, a revival of credit demand and low interest rates.

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A safer financial sector to serve South Africa better

To promote sustained economic growth and development, South Africa needs a stable financial services sector that is accessible to all. A policy document on this topic is being released with the 2011 Budget. It sets out government’s proposals, emphasising financial stability, consumer protection and inclusion. The main proposal is to separate prudential and market conduct regulation. In addition it addresses:

•		Stability. The Reserve Bank’s mandate for financial stability will be underpinned by a new Financial Stability Oversight Committee, co-chaired by the Reserve Bank Governor and the Minister of Finance.

•		Consumer protection. Government will enhance consumer protection. The structure of the Financial Services Board (FSB) will be broadened to include a banking services market conduct regulator.

•		Access to financial services. Financial access will be broadened. The Financial Sector Charter will be reviewed and reforms undertaken to encourage “micro-insurance”.

•		Coordination. Regulatory coordination will be enhanced, and regulators strengthened as required. The Council of Financial Regulators will be formalised.

•		Comprehensiveness. All businesses in the financial sector should be licensed or registered. Institutions providing similar services should be regulated by the same agency.

New legislation will be required to implement the proposals. Several bills dealing with banking, financial markets, credit rating agencies and the regulatory powers of financial supervisors will be tabled in Parliament during 2011. The policy document will be available on www.treasury.gov.za.

n Employment and remuneration

Formal-sector employment appears to have stabilised, and unemployment stands at 24 per cent

Formal-sector employment stabilised during 2010. According to the Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Quarterly Employment Statistics survey, formal-sector non-agricultural employment contracted by 14 000 jobs between December 2009 and September 2010. The Quarterly Labour Force Survey shows that 157 000 jobs were created in the fourth quarter of 2010. Gradual recovery in most sectors, and the bottoming out of job losses in manufacturing and construction, suggest that a moderate improvement in the jobs market will occur during 2011.

Unemployment stands at 24 per cent, 2.2 percentage points higher than at the end of 2008. Many people have given up looking for work.

Figure 2.9 Formal sector non-agricultural employment, 2006 — 2010


Source: Stats SA, Quarterly Employment Statistics

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Number of discouraged workers has risen by 440 000 over past year

The labour force participation rate fell from 57.5 per cent in December 2008 to 53.6 per cent in December 2010. The number of discouraged workers has risen by 440 000 over the past 12 months, pushing the broad unemployment rate up to 32.4 per cent from 30.9 per cent in 2009. Nominal unit labour costs increased by 10.2 per cent in the first nine months of 2010.

n Domestic expenditure

Gross domestic expenditure grew by an estimated 4.1 per cent between 2009 and 2010, supported by sustained government consumption, an improvement in household consumption and the rebuilding of inventories. Household and government consumption rose by 4.6 per cent in 2010, while fixed capital investment contracted for a second year. Growth in domestic expenditure is expected to be strong over the medium term, averaging 4.4 per cent a year, and supported by higher private investment.

Table 2.8 Contribution to gross domestic expenditure growth, 2006 — 2010


Percentages	2006		2007		2008		2009		20101

Household consumption expenditure		5.2		3.4		1.3		-1.2		2.7
Government consumption expenditure		1.0		0.8		0.9		0.9		0.9
Gross fixed capital formation		2.0		2.4		2.6		-0.5		-1.0
Change in inventories		0.3		-0.2		-1.8		-1.2		1.4

Gross domestic expenditure		8.6		6.3		3.4		-1.7		3.6


1.		First three quarters of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009.

Source: Reserve Bank

Household debt and consumption expenditure

The recovery in household consumption in 2010 was underpinned by an increase in disposable income in households that were not directly affected by job losses, and supported by low inflation and nominal interest rates. Real disposable income grew by 4.5 per cent in the first nine months of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009.

Debt-service costs have subsided, but household debt levels remain high

Despite lower debt-service costs, household debt levels remain elevated at 78.3 per cent of disposable income in the third quarter of 2010. Household consumption growth is expected to average 4.3 per cent over the next three years as low interest rates and higher employment levels support a broader-based recovery in spending.

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Figure 2.10 Debt-to-disposable-income and debt-service costs, 1994 — 2010


Source: Reserve Bank

Gross fixed-capital formation

Real investment continued to contract during 2010, but momentum appears to be turning

Real investment expenditure contracted by about 3.6 per cent between 2009 and 2010. Momentum is turning, with quarterly investment growing since April 2010 and rising fixed-capital formation in several sectors, including mining and transport. The ratio of gross fixed-capital formation to GDP should remain at about 20 per cent of GDP over the medium term.

Uncertainty about the strength of global and domestic demand, subdued business confidence, and high levels of spare capacity were a drag on private investment, which contracted by 5.9 per cent in the first nine months of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. Investment by public corporations grew by 3.9 per cent in the first nine months of 2010, compared with average annual growth of 32.3 per cent over the preceding three years.

General government investment spending declined by 12.5 per cent in the first three quarters of 2010 compared with 2009. The sharp decline reflected a general reduction in spending as 2010 World Cup projects were completed, and underspending on planned investment and maintenance projects, particularly at the municipal level.

Growth in private-sector gross fixed-capital investment forecast to average 5.6 per cent a year over medium term

Gross fixed-capital formation is expected to grow by 3.9 per cent in 2011, reaching 6.8 per cent in 2013. Over the medium term, growth in fixed capital investment is forecast to average 5.6 per cent a year for the private sector, 5.7 per cent for public corporations and 4 per cent for general government.

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Money supply and credit extension

A stronger recovery in credit extension is expected in 2011 after a steady improvement in 2010

The recovery in economic activity helped to boost growth in broad money supply by 6.9 per cent in December 2010 from 1.8 per cent at the end of 2009. Credit extended to the private sector and to households has recovered modestly, while credit to companies remains weak as a result of subdued investment and high corporate savings levels. A stronger recovery in credit extension is expected in 2011.

Table 2.9 Bank credit extension to households and companies, 2008 — 2010


	% of total advances				% growth over 12 months
Percentage	2009		2010		2008		2009		2010

To household sector		55.4		56.7		15.5		2.9		6.9
To corporate sector		44.6		43.3		12.3		-4.6		1.2
By type of advance:
Mortgage advances		53.8		53.7		13.2		3.6		4.0
Instalment sale credit and leasing finance		12.7		12.4		7.5		-6.0		2.1
Overdraft		6.8		6.4		3.9		-7.2		-2.1
Credit card advances		3.0		2.9		3.8		-2.8		1.5
General advances		23.7		24.6		24.9		-4.1		8.5

Total loans and advances		100.0		100.0		14.0		-0.6		4.3


Source: Reserve Bank

Inflation and interest rates

CPI fell to 3.2 per cent in September 2010, but health, education and administered prices remain above the inflation target

Consumer price inflation reached a low of 3.2 per cent in September 2010 from its peak of 13.6 per cent in August 2008. The relative strength of the rand, lower global food and oil prices, and weak domestic demand contributed to the downward trend last year and offset pressures resulting from above-inflation wage settlements.

Core inflation, which excludes food, non-alcoholic beverages and petrol, moderated to 3.5 per cent in January 2011. Health, education and administered price inflation remained above the upper band of the target throughout 2010.

Figure 2.11 Contributions to CPI inflation, 2009 — 2010


Source: Stats SA

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The impact of rising global food prices

Food prices have increased sharply since June 2010 in response to strong demand and adverse weather in major food-producing countries such as Russia, Australia and Brazil. The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s global food price index, which includes prices of cereals, oils, sugar and meat, is at an all-time high. Food inflation is currently above 10 per cent in China, Russia, India, South Korea and Argentina.

Global food price indices, 2005-2011


Source: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation

Food inflation in emerging markets, 2011


	% change y-o-y,
	January 2011

India		15.6
Russia		14.2
Argentina¹		13.1
South Korea¹		11.6
China		10.3
Turkey¹		7.1
South Africa		2.9
Brazil		1.2


1.		CPI for food and non-alcoholic beverages.

Source: Bloomberg, National Treasury forecasts

Commodities futures suggest that prices will remain high in 2011 and 2012, with significant upside risks. For the time being, food inflation remains subdued in South Africa, with an average increase of just 0.8 per cent between January and December 2010. Subdued domestic demand, the strength of the rand and a maize surplus that lowered local prices have helped contain domestic food inflation pressures. The impact of rising food prices on headline inflation should remain moderate.

Inflation expectations are declining. According to the Bureau for Economic Research, inflation is expected to average 5.5 per cent in 2011, compared with an expectation of 6.5 per cent in June 2010.

Lower inflation enabled the Reserve Bank to lower the repo rate to its lowest point in 30 years

Lower inflation outcomes combined with weakness in the domestic economy and uncertainties about global growth prospects enabled the Reserve Bank to lower the repo rate by 1.5 percentage points in 2010 to 5.5 per cent — the lowest rate in 30 years — bringing the total reduction to 6.5 percentage points since December 2008. Keeping in mind rising food and oil prices, monetary policy cannot be expected to remain accommodative in the event of strong inflation pressures.

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Strengthening prudential regulation and modernising cross-border direct investment

Prudential foreign exposure limits

The National Treasury is releasing a research paper entitled Prudential Regulation of Foreign Exposure for South African Institutional Investors. The paper, produced by the Centre for Research into Economics and Finance in Southern Africa, discusses the definition of foreign assets for purposes of prudential regulation. It argues that the classification of foreign companies with listings on the JSE as domestic assets weakens the prudential regulatory framework.

The National Treasury will consult on these matters during 2011. However, any change to the classification system would be forward-looking and would not affect the current classification of non-resident JSE listings.

A review framework for cross-border direct investment

South Africa lacks a coherent, harmonised policy framework to regulate cross-border direct investment. As a result, government lacks a formal, coordinated policy framework that informs the responses of different departments, particularly concerning investments in strategic sectors. This has led to overreliance on the application of exchange controls to assess the benefits of cross-border investments.

To address this policy gap, the National Treasury is releasing a discussion document entitled A Review Framework for Cross-border Direct Investment into South Africa.

Invitation to comment

The discussion papers will be made available on www.treasury.gov.za. Comments on the discussion documents are invited from all interested parties. Written comments should be emailed to: financial.policy@treasury.gov.za or faxed to 012 315 5206 not later than 30 April 2011.

n Conclusion

Macroeconomic stability and sound policy will provide the foundation for growth.

The world economy is undergoing a sea change. Patterns of manufacturing, trade and investment are shifting towards fast-growing emerging markets. The G-20 is overseeing a broad-based effort to encourage more sustainable growth, and international financial institutions are beginning to reform.

South Africa faces new challenges and opportunities in this dynamic environment. The New Growth Path identifies core elements needed to promote faster, inclusive growth and job creation, including partnerships between government, business and labour.

The domestic economic recovery is expected to strengthen over the period ahead, supported by robust household consumption growth and accelerating investment. Macroeconomic stability, alongside sound countercyclical management of the public finances and monetary policy, will provide the foundation for growth.

To achieve and sustain rapid economic growth that will draw millions into the workforce and out of poverty requires concerted action to address structural and microeconomic constraints. The public-sector infrastructure programme will help to raise South Africa’s long-term growth potential, while creating large numbers of jobs over the medium term. Urgent policy adjustments need to address regulatory reform, enhance competition, and develop a better—educated, more skilled workforce. Tackling these constraints will raise the potential for inclusive growth, large-scale job creation and improved living standards for all.

Employment

n Overview

Employment is not only about earning an income —it is the condition for a decent life

South Africa faces a chronic employment crisis. Creating millions of jobs and bringing more people into economic activity is at the centre of government’s agenda. Employment is not only about earning an income — it is the condition for a decent life. The 2011 State of the Nation address emphasised government’s focus on job creation.

The 2008-2009 financial crisis led to a massive spike in global unemployment. While world economic growth picked up during 2010, job creation has lagged behind, long-term joblessness has increased and youth unemployment has risen. Recovery in the global labour market is likely to be protracted. South Africa has experienced similar trends, but domestic unemployment has its own stubborn characteristics, rooted in the structure and institutions of the economy, that require attention. Removing these barriers is critical to achieving more labour-absorbing, inclusive growth.

After a severe decline in employment in 2009 and early 2010, the labour market has started to show signs of recovery. According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), about 63 000 formal non-agricultural jobs were created between April and October 2010. Certain sectors have the potential to create tens of thousands of jobs as economic growth picks up.

The base of sustainable job creation is the growth of output by a dynamic private sector

The New Growth Path targets the creation of 5 million jobs over the next 10 years. The proposals, building on policies already in place, focus on creating jobs in infrastructure, agriculture, mining, the “green economy”, tourism, business services and manufacturing. The base of sustainable job creation is the growth of output by a dynamic private sector able to compete in expanding world markets. Achieving large-scale job creation and a sustained reduction in unemployment will require greater cooperation between the public sector and the private sector.

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Job creation and inclusion

South Africa is one of the world’s most unequal societies. Inclusive growth and poverty reduction necessitates much faster and sustained economic growth and labour absorption.

Only two out of five persons of working age are employed, and youth unemployment is a critical problem

Out of a population of nearly 50 million, 13.1 million South Africans are employed. Only two out of five persons of working age (41 per cent) have a job, compared with 65 per cent in Brazil, 71 per cent in China and 55 per cent in India. To match the emerging markets average of 56 per cent, South Africa would need to employ 18 million people — 5 million more than are employed today. To keep pace with the number of people entering the labour market, this would require the economy to create about 9 million jobs over the next 10 years.

One of the most pressing concerns is the lack of jobs for young people. The unemployment rate among working-age youth below 25 years of age is about 50 per cent. If not addressed urgently and effectively, this problem will lead to exceptionally negative consequences for South Africa.

Capital infrastructure programme will continue to create jobs

Over the medium term, government’s capital infrastructure programme will contribute to job creation. Policy will encourage an environment conducive to business investment and hiring. Enhanced employment services, more focused skills development and improved further education, will support job growth. The 2011 Budget funds two initiatives targeted at creating jobs, particularly for young people: a Jobs Fund to support projects with high employment potential, and a youth employment subsidy. Social security reform will ensure that income protection and basic savings arrangements are extended to workers currently excluded from formal employment arrangements.

n A global employment crisis

Global unemployment has risen by nearly 28 million since 2007

The human cost of the global downturn has been reflected in a large increase in joblessness. The International Labour Organisation estimates global unemployment to be 205 million, up by 27.6 million since 2007.

Table 3.1 Employment response to falling output during the recession in selected countries


					Responsive-
	GDP		Employment		ness to 1% fall
Percentage	contraction		contraction		in GDP

Korea		-4.6		-0.6		-0.1
Turkey		-12.8		-1.8		-0.1
Germany		-6.6		-1.6		-0.2
Mexico		-8.5		-2.1		-0.3
United Kingdom		-6.4		-2.3		-0.4
Chile		-4.1		-2.0		-0.5
Ireland		-14.3		-13.6		-1.0
United States		-4.1		-5.4		-1.3
Spain		-4.9		-10.2		-2.1
South Africa		-2.6		-7.5		-2.9

Source: OECD and Statistics South Africa

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Scale of job losses was large given the relatively small contraction in output

Most of this increase is attributable to the large drop in global production that accompanied the recession. As Table 3.1 shows, the scale of job losses in South Africa was large given the relatively small contraction in output.

Growth, flexibility and job creation

In some countries, flexible policies allowed governments to stave off job losses

National economic conditions played an important role in the scale of employment losses. Where housing bubbles popped, construction firms retrenched large numbers of workers. Construction sector employment relative to 2007 levels has fallen by 28 per cent in the US, 39 per cent in Spain and 68 per cent in Ireland. In contrast, where the shock to the economy was a temporary contraction in export demand or the reversal of foreign capital flows, the impact was more limited. In Germany, Korea and Mexico, which experienced temporary declines in output, government policies helped to stave off job losses. The most effective policies allowed for a flexible adjustment in wages, modification of working conditions and short-time work schemes.

Figure 3.1 Peak-to-trough fall in output and employment, selected countries, 2007 — 2010


Source:		OECD

About 400 000 jobs a year needed to return absorption rate to pre-crisis level

While net job creation is taking place internationally, it will be some time before many countries return to pre-crisis employment levels. South Africa faces similar challenges in securing both accelerated economic growth and a higher employment intensity. The National Treasury’s employment scenario analysis suggests that if labour force participation rates return to their pre-recession level of 58 per cent, about 400 000 jobs a year will be needed just to keep the unemployment rate at 24 per cent. Reducing unemployment will require a much faster pace of job creation.

Long-term unemployment

Lengthy periods of joblessness create their own inertia. The probability of finding a job declines with the length of time a person spends out of work. Moreover, the resulting depreciation of skills lowers potential growth — the rate at which an economy can grow sustainably. In South Africa there are

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2.8 million long-term unemployed persons, accounting for 68 per cent of the total, up from 61 per cent in 2008.

Youth unemployment

A global crisis of youth employment — and an acute one in South Africa

Young people were among the worst affected by the global economic crisis. Youth unemployment has increased by six percentage points in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries and stands at 19 per cent. According to the International Labour Organisation, about 38 per cent of the world’s unemployed, or 78 million persons, are between 15 and 24 years old.

Table 3.2 Composition of youth employment

Sector

Type of business

Firm size

Small

Other

Public

Private

and

Medium

Agriculture

Manufacturing

industry

Services

sector

households

micro

and large

5.6%

11.6%

12.6%

65.1%

7.2%

86.2%

5.9%

67.9%

27.8%


Source:		Statistics South Africa, Quarterly Labour Force Survey

The problem of youth unemployment in South Africa, already acute, has worsened over the past two years. Youth accounted for about 40 per cent of all job losses during this period, as employment of 15- to 24-year olds fell by 21.8 per cent (355 000) compared with an overall decline of 6.4 per cent. Fewer than half of all those who enter school successfully complete Grade 12, and about 85 per cent enter the labour market without formal further or higher education.

Almost 15 million working-age adults are under 30 years of age, equal to just under half of the country’s working-age population (46 per cent). And the population is getting younger. South Africa’s demographics present both a challenge and an opportunity. Inclusive growth requires greater participation and employment, particularly among young people.

The importance of previous work experience in finding a job

The probability of finding a job in six months’ time rises with age. An unemployed person aged 18 to 24 years old has about an 11 per cent chance of finding a job in six months, compared with 22 per cent for a person aged 25 to 54 years. Work experience reduces this disparity. The youth employment subsidy described in this chapter is one of several government initiatives, alongside training and skills opportunities, designed to help young people gain work experience.

n Towards recovery in the domestic labour market

South Africa experienced one of the largest percentage declines in employment

In South Africa, the decline in employment over the past two years has been particularly severe given the relative shallowness of the domestic recession. Output contracted by just 2.6 per cent — a low figure by international comparison — while employment fell by 7.5 per cent (1 million jobs), between its peak of 14 million in December 2008 and its low point of 13 million in September 2010. This was a larger percentage fall in employment than any OECD member country experienced, apart from Spain, Ireland and Iceland.

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Table 3.3 Non—agricultural formal sector employment, 2008 — 2010


							Employment
	Employment, end of period						change				Employment
			(thousands)				(thousands)				change (%)

	2008		2009		2010¹		2009		2010¹		2009		2010¹

Mining		518		488		503		-30		15		-5.8		3.1
Manufacturing		1 275		1 185		1 163		-90		-22		-7.1		-1.9
Electricity, gas and water		59		56		58		-3		2		-5.1		3.6
Construction		474		415		406		-59		-9		-12.4		-2.2
Trade and accomodation		1 747		1 665		1 648		-82		-17		-4.7		-1.0
Transport and communications		366		359		356		-7		-3		-1.9		-0.8
Financial, real estate and business services		1 914		1 796		1 773		-118		-23		-6.2		-1.3
Community and personal services		2 159		2 199		2 242		40		43		1.9		2.0

Total		8 512		8 163		8 149		-349		-14		-4.1		-0.2


1.		September 2010, change compared with December 2009.

Source:		Statistics South Africa, Quarterly Employment Statistics

Large job losses took place in the financial, real estate and business services sector, the trade sector and in manufacturing. In construction, employment fell by 14.3 per cent between 2008 and 2010. The weak housing market has translated into fewer building plans passed, fewer residential buildings completed and a decline in residential investment.

Falloff in global trade led to lower external demand for goods and services

The sharp fall in global trade resulted in lower external demand for South Africa’s goods and services. Manufacturing exports fell by 28 per cent in 2009 and capacity utilisation was 9 per cent below its 2007 levels, contributing to the 9 per cent fall in manufacturing employment since the end of 2008.

Over the past two years, unit labour costs spiked as real wages in the non-agricultural formal sector have risen by 14.6 per cent, despite the contraction in employment.

Nascent recovery in the labour market

Stats SA data suggests that employment has begun to increase

Employment levels have started to recover after falling sharply in 2009 and during the first quarter of 2010. The Quarterly Employment Statistics shows that employment in many services sectors rose during the second and third quarters of 2010, consistent with the strong rebound in household consumption.

The Quarterly Labour Force Survey recorded that employment rose by a net 157 000 jobs across the formal and informal sectors in the final three months of 2010.

Sectoral employment scenarios

Job creation will strengthen over the medium term

Employment growth is likely to strengthen over the medium term as business confidence improves, excess capacity declines, investment rises and companies begin hiring again. Job-creation trends leading up to the recession can help to identify sectors that are most likely to begin hiring in large numbers.

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Trade and construction sectors can create about 485 000 jobs over the next three years

The National Treasury has compiled sector employment scenarios using the Budget forecast and pre-recession employment trends as a foundation. If growth performs as expected, the trade and construction sectors can create about 485 000 jobs over the next three years.

Table 3.4 Sector employment scenarios


	Assumed		Employment
	annual		elasticity of		Employment		Employment
	growth, (%)		growth		2010		growth (%)		Job creation
	2011 — 2013		2003 — 2008		(thousands)		2011 — 2013		(thousands)

Manufacturing		4.0		0.5		1 783		5.5		97
Utilities		3.5		1.5		94		16.6		16
Construction		5.5		1.1		1 056		18.9		200
Trade		4.3		0.7		2 975		9.6		285
Transport and communications		4.0		0.7		761		8.9		68
Financial, real estate and business services		4.3		1.0		1 594		13.6		217

Figure 3.2 Sector contributions to employment growth in selected economies, 2003 — 2007

Other industry is mining, utilities and construction. Brazil data is for 2002-2006

Source: International Labour Organisation, Statistics South Africa

n Policies for faster job creation

Government encourages private investment and contributes directly through public-sector job initiatives

To achieve the higher rate of sustainable job creation envisioned in the New Growth Path, the economy needs to grow more rapidly. Government’s contribution to job creation operates on two levels. First, economic policies promote an environment that is conducive to private-sector growth and investment, including appropriate regulation and microeconomic reform. Second, government makes a direct contribution through public-sector hiring and targeted job-creation programmes.

To promote growth and investment, government will continue to provide stability, certainty and guidance through sound macroeconomic management of the economy, while encouraging reforms that enable businesses to flourish and create jobs.

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The employment cost of missing out on the commodities boom

Employment scenarios can indicate how many mining jobs South Africa may have missed out on by failing to exploit the commodities boom over the past decade. While South African gold mines are in the midst of a long-term decline, non-gold mining production and employment increased over the period 2003 to 2008. For every 1 per cent increase in value added, employment rose by 2.7 per cent.

The table presents hypothetical scenarios. What would have happened if mining had expanded at rates observed in Australia (Scenario A) or Brazil (Scenario B) over this period? Had the South African mining sector grown at the same rate as Brazil, an additional 51 000 jobs would have been created between 2003 and 2008.


	Annual rate of growth 2003 — 2008
	Production			Value added			Employment			Additional jobs
										(thousands)

Actual		1.3	%		1.9	%		5.0	%
Scenario A (Australia)¹		3.6	%		5.0	%		6.5	%		19
Scenario B (Brazil)¹		5.0	%		6.9	%		9.0	%		51


1.		Assumes employment increases by 1.3 per cent for every 1 per cent rise in value added.

Providing the right regulatory environment and incentives will be critical for South Africa to make best use of its mineral resources, and to achieve higher levels of mining investment, output and employment.

Boost productivity

To be globally competitive, South African businesses need to boost productivity

To compete in world markets, South African businesses need to increase their productivity. Unit labour costs are an important indicator of competitiveness. Over the past two decades, real wage growth in South Africa has outpaced growth in labour productivity, which has been relatively slow.

Figure 3.3 Labour productivity growth, 1990 — 2008


* China’s labour productivity growth was 305 per cent over this period

Source:		International Labour Organisation

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Develop skills and competencies

The school-to-work transition needs to be eased and more school leavers need to get work experience

To meet the demands of a growing economy, South Africa requires a skilled, well-educated workforce. In recent years government has placed more emphasis on high-quality foundation-phase education, and promoted measures to upgrade workforce skills. Policy adjustments can also facilitate the school-to-work transition by reducing high-school dropout rates and helping school leavers to obtain the work experience needed for longer-term job prospects.

Further education and training (FET) college pass rates were very low in 2009 — 9.6 per cent for level two and 12.4 per cent for level three of the national vocational certificate. These figures underscore the need for investment in quality improvements before significant skills growth can be achieved through the FET system. Government is planning to support additional training for all lecturers, targeted interventions for subjects where performance is especially low, and student support programmes. Work-placement opportunities would strengthen links between FET colleges and employers.

Reforms to SETAs are necessary

Reforms to the Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) and implementation of the new National Skills Development Strategy will promote expanded and improved skills development across the economy, stepped up training for work-seekers and higher workplace productivity. Analysis of the current scheme will improve its effectiveness and impact on job creation. As of December 2010, 33 552 workers had enrolled in training through the learnership incentive in 2010/11. The National Skills Fund and SETAs will receive an estimated R5.8 billion and R23.1 billion, respectively, over the next three years.

Several industrial policy incentives also encourage job creation and training. Renewed tax incentives for the manufacturing sector will support labour-intensive investments and provide an additional training allowance of R36 000 per employee, to be offset against taxable income.

Support for job seekers

Department of Labour is enhancing services provided at labour centres

More cohesive and extensive employment services are needed to develop job readiness, and more intensive job-search assistance is necessary to match workers with jobs. Employment services can be provided by public or private agencies, but in either case they require sufficient capacity and skills to ensure a cost-effective, long-term impact. The Department of Labour will extend the services offered at labour centres, including the registration of job seekers and placement opportunities, matching services, referrals to training and career information. Specialised services are available for youth, women and people in rural areas.

Targeted job-creation initiatives

Support for small business

Consolidation and strengthening of support for small business

Small businesses create jobs. Firms with fewer than 50 workers account for about 68 per cent of private employment and 77 per cent of all hiring that takes place. Consolidating and strengthening small business financial

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and advisory support, drawing on both public and private sector capacity, should contribute to more rapid growth of employment opportunities in this sector.

Jobs Fund

R9 billion Jobs Fund will support projects that can employ younger workers

Government has created a R9 billion Jobs Fund to support projects with the potential to create large numbers of jobs — particularly for younger workers. The fund will request proposals from public and private-sector implementing organisations, including non-governmental and civil society organisations. Projects supported by the fund are expected to employ 50 000 to 100 000 people over the medium term.

Youth employment incentives

Youth employment subsidy to result in creation of 178 000 net new jobs

Government is developing a range of incentives to promote youth employment. These include a youth employment subsidy, intended to increase demand for young workers. The subsidy will lower the relative cost of labour for businesses without affecting a worker’s wages. The experience and training gained during the period of subsidised work will improve longer-term career prospects. It is estimated that this subsidy will support 423 000 new jobs for young workers. Given that industry would have employed a certain number of young workers without the subsidy, net new job creation is projected to be 178 000 jobs. The subsidy will cost R5 billion over the three-year spending period.

Training layoff scheme

Government created the training layoff scheme to mitigate the effects of the recession on employers in distress. The scheme was allocated R2.4 billion from the National Skills Fund and the Unemployment Insurance Fund to subsidise the temporary suspension of work in favour of training. As of January 2011, the scheme had supported 7 286 workers at a cost of R21.3 million in training allowances.

Expanded public works

Expanded public works will create nearly 800 000 jobs of 104 days average duration in 2011/12

The expanded public works programme consists of infrastructure, social, environmental and community projects administered by various departments, municipalities and partner organisations. Overall expenditure is budgeted at about R73 billion over the next three years. The programme has created about 1 million short-term jobs since the beginning of the second phase in April 2009, and targets the creation of nearly 800 000 short-term jobs of 104 days average duration in 2011/12. About 440 000 of these will be in infrastructure projects, such as provincial road maintenance.

The community works programme, introduced in 2009, has grown rapidly and employed about 81 000 persons in part-time jobs by the end of 2010.

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n New Growth Path job targets

The New Growth Path aims to create 5 million jobs over 10 years. The sector targets are as follows:

•		Infrastructure development and housing — 250 000 jobs a year to 2015

•		Agriculture and agro-processing — 500 000 jobs by 2020

•		Mining — 140 000 jobs by 2020

•		Manufacturing (industrial policy action plan) — 350 000 jobs by 2020

•		Tourism — 225 000 jobs by 2015

•		“Green”, “knowledge” and “social” economies — 660 000 jobs by 2020

•		Health, education and policing — 100 000 jobs by 2020

•		Regional integration — 150 000 jobs by 2020.

n Conclusion

As the economy recovers, there is potential for stronger growth in employment

Employment levels have started to rise. Accelerating economic growth over the medium term will create the potential for more rapid job creation.

The New Growth Path proposes a range of initiatives for sectoral employment, building on policies already in place. In the near term, these proposals focus on creating jobs in infrastructure, agriculture, mining, the “green economy”, tourism, business services and manufacturing.

Cooperation between public and private sectors is needed to support massive job creation

Achieving large-scale job creation and a sustained reduction in unemployment is at the heart of the country’s inclusive growth challenge. This will require greater cooperation between the public sector and the private sector — where most job creation takes place. Government also needs to address the structural impediments to job creation and provide an enabling environment that allows the private sector to grow, invest and accelerate hiring.

Fiscal policy

n Overview

The countercyclical fiscal stance contributes to economic growth and job creation

Economic growth is the prerequisite for reducing poverty and improving livelihoods. By offsetting the effects of the business cycle, countercyclical fiscal policy contributes to growth and job creation. When the economy is doing well, the budget balance improves to build fiscal space, limit increases in the cost of financing and counteract inflationary pressures. When the economy is underperforming, government allows the budget balance to deteriorate, using the fiscal space built up beforehand to fund expenditure and stimulate economic activity.

Owing to sound management of the fiscus during the preceding six years of strong economic growth (2002-2007), government entered the 2008-2009 recession with healthy public finances and a comparatively low level of debt. This allowed for a flexible response to deteriorating economic conditions. Spending increased to reinforce the social security net during a period of exceptional hardship for many South Africans, and provided an economic stimulus through the infrastructure programme.

Government debt needs to be managed sustainably

To ensure that public expenditure is not crowded out by an ever-rising interest burden, government debt needs to be managed sustainably. Long-term fiscal planning, predictable actions and credible policies create confidence in the future of the economy. South Africa’s ability to continue building roads, schools and hospitals will depend on how quickly the economy grows, the long-term level of spending, and the choices made about financing social programmes.

The projected budget deficit in 2010/11 is R142.4 billion, or 5.3 per cent of GDP. As economic growth strengthens, and tax revenue recovers, government will reduce the budget deficit gradually to 3.8 per cent of GDP by 2013/14.

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n The budget framework

Table 4.1 summarises the medium-term budget framework. Key features of the 2011 Budget include the following:

•		Tax revenue increases from 25.2 per cent of GDP in 2010/11 to 26.2 per cent in 2013/14

•		Baseline expenditure additions total R94.1 billion

•		Real non-interest expenditure growth averages 2.8 per cent a year

•		Debt-service costs rise from 2.5 per cent of GDP in 2010/11 to 2.9 per cent by 2013/14

•		The budget deficit improves to 3.8 per cent in 2013/14.

Table 4.1 Consolidated government fiscal framework, 2007/08 — 2013/14

2010/11

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

Revised

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

R million

Outcome

estimate

Medium-term estimates

Revenue

626 705

682 997

664 840

755 023

824 466

908 714

1 017 187

Percentage of GDP

30.1

29.5

27.2

28.3

28.4

28.8

Expenditure

591 522

710 523

825 917

897 376

979 265

1 061 582

1 151 773

Percentage of GDP

28.5

30.7

33.8

33.6

33.2

32.6

Budget balance

35 183

-27 526

-161 076

-142 353

-154 799

-152 868

-134 586

Percentage of GDP

1.7

-1.2

-6.6

-5.3

-4.8

-3.8

Gross domestic product

2 078 822

2 312 965

2 442 593

2 666 894

2 914 862

3 201 299

3 536 002

Government will consolidate the fiscal position in line with economic growth

Over the next three years, as economic growth strengthens, government will consolidate the fiscal position by moderating the rate of expenditure growth. Priority spending will continue to be financed as government stabilises its borrowing. Fiscal policy will maintain this trajectory as long as economic growth continues to strengthen, rebuilding fiscal space to respond to future crises.

National Treasury proposes fiscal guidelines for South Africa

‘Nothing is free, absolutely nothing ... it is paid for from revenue collected from those who pay taxes.’ — President Jacob Zuma

The current debt crisis in several European countries, which has tested the durability of the currency union, is a stark reminder that fiscal mismanagement can make social programmes unaffordable. During 2010, Parliament asked the National Treasury to investigate how government could sustainably afford its expenditure over the long term. In response, the National Treasury is proposing guidelines for sustainable management of the public finances. The guidelines are informed by three principles:

•		Countercyclicality: The budget balance should be set to counteract variations in the business cycle.

•		Long-term debt sustainability: Spending levels must ensure that debt and interest costs do not rise indefinitely.

•		Inter-generational equity: The long-term costs of spending programmes should be considered.

Developing fiscal policy based on these principles will strengthen parliamentary oversight of the budget process, encourage greater transparency and enhance public accountability. It will also facilitate sustainable progress on the New Growth Path by encouraging investment, a more stable economy and higher growth. To give effect to these principles, the National Treasury proposes that government:

•		Adopt an annual target for the structural budget balance consistent with long-term growth, the desired level of public debt and inter-generational considerations.

•		Make explicit the costs of existing and new programmes that require a long-term commitment.

•		Set out a timeline to bring the budget back on target following large fiscal shocks.

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Revenue

Tax revenue expected to recover as economy grows and tax base broadens

Tax revenue, which accounts for most revenue available to government, has become more sensitive to changes in the economic cycle since the tax base was restructured in the early 1990s. As a result, tax revenue tends to accelerate when the economy is doing well, and to slow sharply when the economy is underperforming. If revenue does not cover expenditure, borrowing is a short-term solution, but higher government expenditure as a share of GDP ultimately requires a growing tax base or higher tax rates. At the height of the recession in 2009/10, revenue underperformed expectations by R60.6 billion. Over the medium term, tax revenue is expected to recover as the economy grows and the tax base broadens.

Figure 4.1 Structure of tax revenue, 1996/97 — 2013/14

Table 4.2 presents consolidated government revenue outcomes from 2007/08 to the present, and the three-year projection.

Table 4.2 Consolidated government revenue, 2007/08 — 2013/14


										2010/11
	2007/08			2008/09			2009/10			Revised			2011/12			2012/13			2013/14
R million				Outcome						estimate			Medium-term estimates

Tax revenue		572 815			625 100			598 705			672 200			741 620			827 310			927 960
Percentage of GDP		27.6	%		27.0	%		24.5	%		25.2	%		25.4	%		25.8	%		26.2	%
Non tax revenue¹		12 693			12 616			8 889			12 254			10 001			11 540			12 351
of which:
Mineral royalties		—			—			—			3 712			4 890			5 150			5 430
Estimate of SACU payments²		-24 713			-28 921			-27 915			-14 991			-21 763			-32 432			-35 997
Other adjustment³		—			—			—			-2 900			—			—			—
Provinces, social security funds and selected public entities		65 910			74 201			85 162			88 460			94 609			102 296			112 873

Budget revenue		626 705			682 997			664 840			755 023			824 466			908 714			1 017 187
Percentage of GDP		30.1	%		29.5	%		27.2	%		28.3	%		28.3	%		28.4	%		28.8	%

Gross domestic product		2 078 822			2 312 965			2 442 593			2 666 894			2 914 862			3 201 299			3 536 002


1.		Includes mineral and petroleum royalties, mining leases and departmental revenue.

2.		Estimates are based on National Treasury projections. Actual payment will be determined by outcomes of customs and excise revenue collections in line with the SACU agreement.

3.		Payments to SACU partners in respect of a previous error in calculation of the 1969 agreement.

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Payments to SACU partners have been revised upwards as customs revenue has begun to recover

Non-tax revenue, made up of departmental revenue and mineral royalties, remains about 0.4 per cent of GDP over the forecast period. Changes in interest income and dividend payments account for revisions to departmental revenue estimates since February 2010. Revenue from mineral royalties is expected to be higher than projected a year ago given high commodity prices. Payments to South Africa’s Southern African Customs Union (SACU) partners have been revised upwards as a result of a recovery in customs and excise revenue since 2009/10.

Budget revenue also includes revenue from the social security funds, provinces, the RDP Fund and extra-budgetary institutions. According to the medium-term projection, social security fund revenue will benefit from increased contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Fund and Compensation Funds, while a higher fuel levy (see Chapter 5) will boost income for the Road Accident Fund. Provincial and extra-budgetary institution revenue is expected to remain in line with previously published estimates.

The financial crisis and Southern African Customs Union reforms

Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa are members of SACU. The customs and excise revenue of each member state is collected in a common revenue pool, distribution of which is governed by a revenue-sharing formula. SACU revenues make up between 20 and 70 per cent of total government income for South Africa’s SACU partners.

The global downturn has resulted in a major loss of income to the SACU common revenue pool. As a result, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland have taken steps to adjust their public finances:

•		On the revenue side, measures include the introduction of VAT (Swaziland), increases in VAT rates and taxes (Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland), and improved tax administration (Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland).

•		Spending reductions are planned for public-sector wages and non-priority consumption expenditure.

The dependency of South Africa’s fellow SACU members on the volatile revenue pool resulted in a decision by the Council of Ministers to review the arrangement. The goals of this review are to identify a more equitable distribution of revenue and to enhance economic integration. An independent study has recommended the following reforms:

•		An entitlement based on the taxes that each country generates through customs and excise duties, combined with an adjustment based on the extent to which a member state benefits or is disadvantaged by belonging to SACU.

•		A fund to support infrastructure and trade projects that promote regional integration and development.

Expenditure

Fiscal framework adds R94.1 billion to baseline expenditure over the medium term

The fiscal framework adds R20.7 billion to expenditure in 2011/12, R29.6 billion in 2012/13 and R43.8 billion in 2013/14, resulting in average real growth of 2.8 per cent in government non-interest spending over the next three years. These additions to baseline include:

•		R26.3 billion to cover the carry-through costs of the 2010 public-sector wage agreement, including a 7.5 per cent cost-of-living adjustment and an R800 monthly housing allowance

•		R23.9 billion allocated from the policy reserve for priority expenditure in job creation, skills, health and education

•		R40.8 billion in adjustments to baselines for existing programmes, including education, health, public safety and social protection

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R3.1 billion allocated from the contingency reserve to provide flood and drought relief to provinces.

R30.6 billion in savings reprioritised over the MTEF

For the past two years government has worked to improve the efficiency of public expenditure. Total savings of R30.6 billion have been identified over the medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) period and allocated to priority expenditure. Over the next three years, departments will be called on to increase support to effective programmes, and to cut or curtail ineffective ones. These plans are discussed in Chapter 8.

Balancing the composition of expenditure

Government has to balance capital and consumption expenditure

Government expenditure falls into two broad categories: capital spending and consumption spending (including wages, goods and services, and interest payments). Expenditure needs to be balanced appropriately to promote effective public-service delivery, and to ensure that spending contributes to economic growth without fuelling inflation.

Figure 4.2 Consolidated government expenditure

Real growth in expenditure

Transfers and subsidies

Payment for capital assets

Current payments

The 2010 public-sector wage negotiations resulted in a 7.5 per cent wage increase, which was 3.4 percentage points higher than the expected inflation rate. This required an extra allocation of R6.5 billion to cover compensation of employees in 2010/11.

Between 2002/03 and 2009/10 prudent management of the fiscus drove down debt-service costs as a percentage of GDP. During the recession,

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government borrowing increased, and as a result of the higher debt burden, interest costs are projected to be the fastest-growing area of expenditure over the medium term. As debt costs consume a rising share of expenditure over the next three years, government must ensure that it can maintain expenditure on social and economic priorities. A higher wage bill, in conjunction with a rising interest bill, can reduce spending on maintenance, capital investment, and public-service employment growth.

Framework makes provision for 6.6 per cent average annual growth in compensation

To cover wage increases and the additional employment, the proposed fiscal framework makes provision for 6.6 per cent average annual growth in compensation. Over this period, consumer price inflation is projected to average 5.2 per cent.

Figure 4.3 Structure of consolidated government expenditure, 2002/03 — 2013/14


*		Other includes rent on land, payments for financial assets and other transfers

15 million people depend on government transfers to households

Over the medium term, real growth in government transfers to households is projected to average 3.2 per cent. Nearly 15 million people now depend on some form of government grant, and for many households social security payments are the only regular source of income.

Since 2002/03, consolidated government spending on capital¹ has increased from 5.2 per cent of consolidated government expenditure to 6.7 per cent in 2010/11. Over the next three years, the rate of capital expenditure will slow moderately as higher interest costs, wage pressures and growth in social grants claim a greater share of expenditure.

Public-sector infrastructure

To meet present and future demand, and to grow the economy more rapidly, South Africa needs sufficient power to run factories, mines, schools and households; well-maintained road and rail networks to transport people and goods; and ports and pipelines to facilitate trade.


¹		Does not include expenditure on maintenance or capital transfers to municipalities and non-financial public enterprises.

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Infrastructure programme works in tandem with the job-creation goals of the New Growth Path

Infrastructure expenditure includes spending on new buildings and fixed structures, as well as maintaining and rehabilitating existing structures. Infrastructure spending by the public sector, including municipalities and state-owned enterprises, supports priority economic and social objectives, and the job-creation goals of the New Growth Path.

Table 4.3 Public-sector infrastructure expenditure and estimates by sector, 2010/11 — 2013/14


	2010/11
	Revised			2011/12			2012/13			2013/14			MTEF		%
R million	estimate			Medium-term estimates									Total		of total

Economic Services		228 657			216 181			219 380			228 507			664 067		*82.1*	%
Energy		102 782			96 500			98 140			96 769			291 409		36.0	%
Water and sanitation		20 990			26 836			25 367			28 196			80 400		9.9	%
Transport and logistics		80 530			67 452			69 096			75 554			212 102		26.2	%
Other economic services¹		24 356			25 393			26 777			27 987			80 157		9.9	%
Social services		26 249			29 519			34 932			44 268			108 719		*13.4*	%
Health		8 546			10 256			15 114			20 624			45 993		5.7	%
Education		6 757			9 155			10 092			11 487			30 735		3.8	%
Community facilities		6 045			6 360			5 873			7 952			20 185		2.5	%
Other social services²		4 902			3 749			3 853			4 205			11 806		1.5	%
Justice and protection services³		3 100			3 322			7 080			10 171			20 573		*2.5*	%
Central government administrative and financial services		2 104			3 827			7 946			3 474			15 248		*1.9*	%

Total		260 109			252 850			269 337			286 420			808 608		*100.0*	%
Percentage of GDP		9.8	%		8.7	%		8.4	%		8.1	%

Gross domestic product		2 666 894			2 914 862			3 201 299			3 536 002


1.		Other economic services includes agriculture, environmental infrastructure, telecommunications, housing and industrial development zones.

2.		Other social services includes labour centres, heritage institutions and national libraries.

3.		Other justice and protection services includes the Legal Aid Board and private security industry regulatory authorities.

Medium-term public infrastructure spending projected at R808.6 billion

Public-sector spending on infrastructure has increased from 4.6 per cent of GDP in 2006/07 to 9.8 per cent of GDP in 2010/11, and is expected to average 8.4 per cent of GDP over the forecast period, totalling R808.6 billion. Economic services make up 82.1 per cent of infrastructure development over the medium term. Infrastructure projects in this category include power plant construction, transport network expansion and upgrades, and the provision of new sanitation and water infrastructure.

The social services category makes up 13.4 per cent of spending, of which education and health account for 3.8 per cent and 5.7 per cent respectively.

Reforming how government budgets for capital expenditure

Government will apply a systematic approach to appraising public-sector infrastructure projects to ensure maximum value for money invested.

The intention is to create a register of “shovel-ready” projects that have been fully costed and planned (including long-term maintenance), so that when funds become available through the budget, infrastructure investment can flow smoothly.

This approach will apply initially to all projects involving public-private partnerships; over time, it will begin to cover government’s mega-projects, in tandem with improved project appraisal capacity.

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Table 4.4 Major infrastructure projects


	Total
	project
	cost		Implementation
Project name	R billion		agent	Project objective and completion target date

Energy
Kusile power station		142	Eskom	Construction of a 4 800MW coal-fired power station (to be completed in 2012).
Medupi power station		125	Eskom	Construction of 4 788MW coal-fired power station (to be completed in 2015).
Ingula pumped-storage scheme		15.6	Eskom	Construction of a 1 332MW hydroelectric power station (first unit to be completed in 2013).
Eskom’s return-to-service projects		27	Eskom	Demothballing of three coal-fired power stations - Camden, Grootvlei and Komati (to be completed in 2012).

Transport
Gauteng freeway improvement scheme		20.7	South African National Roads Agency Limited	Upgrade and lane additions to Gauteng’s highway. Phase 1 (2012) and phase 2 (2020).
New multi-product pipeline phase 1		23.4	Transnet	Construction of a 8.7 billion litres per year pipeline (to be commissioned in 2011).
Iron-ore line		11.6	Transnet	Upgrade of the iron-ore line to 60 million tons per year (scheduled for completion in 2013).
Ngqura container terminal		10	Transnet	Improving port capacity by an additional 800 000 20-foot equivalent units
				(scheduled for completion in 2013).

Water
Mokolo-Crocodile water augmentation project		15	Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority	Phase 1 to deliver water (2012) and phase 2 (2015).
Olifants River water resource development project		16.1	Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority	Construction of a dam and bulk distribution (to be completed in 2016).

Housing
Cornubia housing development		5.1	The Housing Development Agency and eThekw ini	Construction of 19 313 mixed-income, mixed-density houses (scheduled to be completed 2016/17).
			Metropolitan Municipality
N2 Gateway		2.3	The Housing Development Agency	The creation of sustainable communities through the construction of 22 000 low-income houses
				(scheduled for completion in 2013).

Hospitals
Limpopo Academic Hospital		4	Limpopo Department of Health	Development of an academic hospital with tertiary facilities and services
				(scheduled for completion in 2013).
Nelson Mandela Hospital		4	Eastern Cape Department of Health	Improved health care through the upgrade and rehabilitation of the Nelson Mandela Hospital
				(scheduled for completion in 2013).
Chris Hani Baragw anath Hospital		4	Gauteng Department of Health	Improved health care through the upgrade and rehabilitation of the Sow eto hospital
				(scheduled for completion in 2013).
Dr George Mukhari Hospital		4	Gauteng Department of Health	Improved health care through the upgrade and rehabilitation of the George Mukhari Hospital
				(scheduled for completion in 2013).
King Edward VIII Hospital		4	KZN Department of Health	Improved health care through the upgrade and rehabilitation of the King Edward VIII Hospital
				(scheduled for completion in 2013).

Correctional
PPP Prisons		8	Department of Correctional Services	Upgrading of accomodation and related services to support the transformation process of correctional services facilities
				(scheduled for completion in 2013).

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Over the forecast period, the bulk of economic infrastructure will be provided by non-financial public enterprises, which are projected to spend R392.6 billion. Provincial infrastructure spending is expected to total R150.3 billion, and municipal infrastructure spending R131.6 billion.

Capital spending continues to underperform budgeted amounts

Capital expenditure continues to underperform budgeted amounts. Since 2006/07, provincial capital expenditure has averaged about 86 per cent of allocated capital budgets. The municipal performance has improved from 72 per cent in 2006/07 to 85 per cent in 2008/09, before declining to 80 per cent in 2009/10. Non-financial public enterprises spent 72 per cent of their capital budgets in 2009/10.

The box below elaborates on the reasons for underspending.

Reasons for underspending on infrastructure


National government	•	Lack of critical skills to plan, manage risk and execute projects

	•	Service-level agreements between departments and implementing agents that are difficult to enforce

	•	Lack of flexibility in choosing procurement and project implementation agents that would ensure delivery of projects on time and on budget

Provincial government	•	Lack of integrated planning for health, education, housing infrastructure

	•	Poor supply chain management, inadequate risk management

	•	General lack of skills, especially in project management

Local government	•	Unrealistic financial targets result in cost overruns and funding shortfalls

	•	Inefficient supply-chain management

	•	Subdued revenue levels

	•	Lack of capacity to plan and meet requirements for conditional grants

Non-financial public enterprises	•	Recession — Downward revisions in plans and a postponement of projects, higher borrowing costs, delays in drawing down World Bank loan to Eskom

	•	Signoff deadlines on agreements between departments and commercial project partners not met or treated with urgency

	•	Delays in procurement of inputs

	•	Inclusion of projects on budget that are not yet ready for implementation

	•	Decline in construction material costs, leading to lower budgets

The fiscal deficit

Borrowing to finance consumption is costly and unproductive

The fiscal framework supports a reduction of debt over time, which will reduce interest repayments and create fiscal space. Government borrowing to fund capital expenditure — such as the Gautrain — increases the overall wealth of the economy. Conversely, borrowing to finance consumption creates debt obligations that must be paid off long after the funds have been spent.

Moderating expenditure and recovering revenue will consolidate the fiscus over the medium term

Figure 4.4 shows the trajectory of the fiscus back towards long-term sustainability. The current position — the result of higher borrowing during the recession — is not sustainable over the long term. A moderation in the growth of expenditure, combined with a recovery in revenue, will consolidate the fiscus over the medium term. The projected improvement in the budget deficit is in line with the economic forecast.

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Figure 4.4 Revenue and expenditure, 2002/03 — 2013/14

The 2010 Budget projected that debt stock would stabilise at about 44 per cent of GDP in 2015/16. As a result of improved economic growth, debt stock is now expected to stabilise at about 40 per cent of GDP in 2015/16. Any deterioration in the growth outlook, interest rates or the budget balance will prolong the fiscal recovery.

Structural budget deficit expected to improve to 3.6 per cent of GDP by outer year

Figure 4.5 shows the budget balance and the structural budget balance. The structural budget is a representation of what government revenue and expenditure would be if output were at its potential level, with cyclical variations stripped out. Over the next three years the budget deficit is projected to narrow to 3.8 per cent of GDP. Improvements in potential GDP growth should lead to a gradual rise in structural revenue. In combination with more moderate spending growth, this will lead to the structural budget deficit improving to 3.6 per cent of GDP by 2013/14.

Figure 4.5 Budget balance and structural budget balance, 2002/03 — 2013/14

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A recovery in the current balance improves government savings

The current balance is the difference between current expenditure and current revenue, and acts as a proxy for government savings. Figure 4.6 shows that government is currently borrowing to finance short-term consumption. Long-term debt is being used to finance higher current expenditure on wages, interest and goods and services. An improvement in the current balance will lead to a recovery in government savings, reducing South Africa’s reliance on capital inflows, as shown in Figure 4.7.

n Revisions and forward estimates for the consolidated government budget

The budget deficit outcome in 2009/10 was R58 billion higher than projected. This was mainly due to lower-than-projected tax revenue collections of R60.6 billion, partially offset by under-expenditure of R8.4 billion. In 2010/11, a slower-than-anticipated recovery in revenue and continued growth in expenditure is expected to result in a deficit of R142.4 billion. Due to the improved economic and revenue outlook, as well as some savings on debt-service costs, the budget deficit is expected to be R26.2 billion lower than projected at the time of the 2010 Budget.

Table 4.5 Revised estimates of consolidated government revenue and expenditure, 2009/10 and 2010/11


	2009/10									2010/11									% change
	Budget									Budget			Revised						2009/10 —
R million	estimate			Outcome			Deviation			estimate			estimates			Deviation			2010/11

Revenue
Tax revenue		659 304			598 705			-60 599			647 850			672 200			24 350			12.3	%
Non-tax revenue		11 602			8 889			-2 713			10 380			12 254			1 874			37.9	%
Less: SACU payments		-27 915			-27 915			-0			-14 991			-14 991			—			-46.3	%
Other adjustment¹		—			—			—			—			-2 900			-2 900
Other²		88 245			85 162			-3 083			95 165			88 460			-6 704			3.9	%

Budget revenue		731 235			664 840			-66 395			738 404			755 023			16 619			13.6	%
Percentage of GDP		29.6	%		27.2	%					27.3	%		28.3	%

Expenditure
Current payments		472 376			474 252			1 876			527 892			534 072			6 179			12.6	%
of which:
Debt-service cost		55 268			57 129			1 861			71 358			66 570			-4 787			16.5	%
Transfers and subsidies		264 611			263 936			-675			284 016			282 269			-1 747			6.9	%
Payments for capital assets		61 349			56 017			-5 332			68 163			59 781			-8 382			6.7	%
Payments for financial assets		30 000			31 711			1 711			20 893			21 254			362			-33.0	%
Contingency reserve		6 000			—			-6 000			6 000			—			-6 000			0.0	%

Total expenditure		834 336			825 917			-8 419			906 964			897 376			-9 588			8.7	%
Percentage of GDP		33.7	%		33.8	%					33.6	%		33.6	%

Budget balance³		-103 100			-161 076			-57 976			-168 560			-142 353			26 207			-11.6	%
Percentage of GDP		-4.2	%		-6.6	%		-2.4	%		-6.2	%		-5.3	%		0.9	%

Gross domestic product		2 474 214			2 442 593						2 699 888			2 666 894


1.		Payments to SACU partners in respect of a previous error in calculation of the 1969 agreement.

2.		Includes provinces, social security funds and selected entities.

3.		A positive number reflects a surplus and a negative number a deficit.

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The 2011 Budget adjusts the forward estimates tabled in the 2010 Budget for 2011/12 and 2012/13 to take account of changes in the economic environment and policy priorities, and adds projections for 2013/14. Table 4.6 illustrates the changes to revenue and expenditure forecasts since February 2010.

Table 4.6 Consolidated government budget medium-term estimates, 2011/12 — 2013/14


	2011/12									2012/13									2013/14
	2010						Change			2010
	Forward			2011			to			Forward			2011			Change to			2011
R million	estimate			Budget			baseline			estimate			Budget			baseline			Budget

Revenue
Tax revenue		721 477			741 620			20 143			818 298			827 310			9 012			927 960
Non-tax revenue		11 483			10 001			-1 482			12 379			11 540			-839			12 351
Less: SACU payments		-11 211			-21 763			-10 552			-22 781			-32 432			-9 651			-35 997
Other¹		105 993			94 609			-11 384			114 382			102 296			-12 085			112 873

Budget revenue		827 742			824 466			-3 276			922 278			908 714			-13 564			1 017 187
Percentage of GDP		27.9	%		28.3	%					28.0	%		28.4	%					28.8	%

Expenditure
Current payments		580 140			587 702			7 562			623 715			635 953			12 237			684 638
of which:
Debt-service cost		88 463			76 579			-11 884			104 022			90 808			-13 214			104 036
Transfers and subsidies		315 049			315 097			49			337 335			340 806			3 471			363 099
Payments for capital assets		69 418			71 608			2 191			73 567			73 410			-157			80 656
Payments for financial assets		754			767			13			5			8			3			4
Contingency reserve		12 000			4 090			-7 910			24 000			11 405			-12 595			23 375

Total expenditure		977 361			979 265			1 904			1 058 622			1 061 582			2 960			1 151 773
Percentage of GDP		32.9	%		33.6	%					32.1	%		33.2	%					32.6	%

Budget balance²		-149 619			-154 799			-5 180			-136 344			-152 868			-16 524			-134 586
Percentage of GDP		-5.0	%		-5.3	%		-0.3	%		-4.1	%		-4.8	%		-0.6	%		-3.8	%

Gross domestic product		2 967 560			2 914 862						3 295 749			3 201 299						3 536 002


1.		Includes provinces, social security funds and selected public entities.

2.		A positive number reflects a surplus and a negative number a deficit.

n Public-sector borrowing requirement

The public-sector borrowing requirement represents the funds needed by the public sector to cover any deficit in financing its own activities.

Public-sector borrowing requirement narrows to 6.3 per cent of GDP by 2013/14

The public-sector borrowing requirement continues to be higher than borrowing by general government, reflecting borrowing by public enterprises to finance capital expenditure. The public-sector borrowing requirement is expected to be 10.5 per cent of GDP in 2010/11, declining to 6.3 per cent of GDP in 2013/14, largely as a result of improvement in the consolidated government budget balance.

The largest contributors to government’s capital infrastructure programme are Eskom and Transnet. Borrowing by these enterprises will continue to support their capital programmes. Relatively few municipalities borrow funds to finance their capital budgets; those that do are scaling back their borrowing plans because they have reached or exceeded prudential limits.

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Table 4.7 Public-sector borrowing requirement¹, 2007/08 — 2013/14


										2010/11
	2007/08			2008/09			2009/10			Revised			2011/12			2012/13			2013/14
R million				Outcome						estimate			Medium-term estimates

National budget		-19 352			27 158			167 518			143 361			159 066			161 713			148 715
Extraordinary payments		776			4 284			671			802			150			—			—
Extraordinary receipts		-1 850			-8 203			-6 435			-3 148			-1 350			—			—

Borrowing requirement		-20 426			23 238			161 754			141 015			157 866			161 713			148 715
Social security funds		-8 614			-12 362			-10 624			-10 778			-10 388			-11 578			-11 208
Provinces		-1 062			8 927			189			1 587			-1 094			-3 138			-5 973
Extra-budgetary institutions		-6 155			3 802			3 993			8 183			7 215			5 870			3 052
Local authorities		4 571			13 298			16 723			7 470			9 105			8 152			8 641

General government borrowing		-31 686			36 904			172 036			147 478			162 704			161 020			143 227
Percentage of GDP		-1.5	%		1.6	%		7.0	%		5.5	%		5.6	%		5.0	%		4.1	%
Non-financial public enterprises²		35 503			61 804			45 325			133 731			113 718			99 063			78 733
Percentage of GDP		1.7	%		2.7	%		1.9	%		5.0	%		3.9	%		3.1	%		2.2	%

Public-sector borrowing requirement		3 817			98 708			217 361			281 209			276 422			260 083			221 959
Percentage of GDP		0.2	%		4.3	%		8.9	%		10.5	%		9.5	%		8.1	%		6.3	%

Gross domestic product		2 078 822			2 312 965			2 442 593			2 666 894			2 914 862			3 201 299			3 536 002


1.		A negative number reflects a surplus and a positive number a deficit.

2.		2010/11 — 2013/14 are based on National Treasury estimates.

n Conclusion

South Africa responded to the recession by maintaining social expenditure and continuing to invest in infrastructure, providing a stimulus to economic activity. With a decline in revenue, government raised its borrowing level, bringing the fiscal position from a deficit of 1.2 per cent of GDP in 2008/09 to a deficit of 6.6 per cent of GDP in 2009/10. This was an appropriate response to the economic crisis.

As the economy recovers, government will reduce the budget deficit

As the economy recovers, government will reduce the budget deficit. By consolidating the fiscal position over the medium term, South Africa will be well placed to take advantage of growth opportunities.

Revenue trends and tax proposals

n Overview

Medium- to long-term spending priorities require adjustments to tax and expenditure framework

Raising sufficient revenue to support projected expenditure on government’s economic and social priorities will require adjustments to the tax and expenditure framework over the medium to long term. This framework should contribute towards sustainable economic growth and job creation, while addressing the significant disparities in South African society.

The 2009 recession sharply reduced the income available for public expenditure, with nominal tax revenues declining in 2009/10. Revenues have improved in 2010/11 and are expected to track modest real economic growth over the medium term. Recent data suggests a strong recovery in customs duties and value-added tax (VAT) revenues during 2010/11, but the recovery in corporate income tax revenue is lagging behind.

Businesses to receive tax breaks to support job creation and skills development

The 2011 Budget tax proposals are intended to broaden the tax base in support of inclusive growth. Businesses will receive tax breaks to support skills development and job creation, particularly for young workers. Various loopholes will be closed and tax equity will be improved by reforming the tax treatment of contributions to medical schemes and contributions to retirement funds. The new dividends tax will be implemented, replacing the secondary tax on companies. Consumption-related taxes, which also address environmental and health concerns, will be increased.

The main tax proposals include:

•		Personal income tax relief of R8.1 billion

•		A third rebate for individuals 75 years and older

•		Conversion of medical tax deductions to tax credits

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•		Transfer duty relief

•		Higher taxes on fuel

•		Higher taxes on alcohol and tobacco

•		Taxation of gambling winnings.

n Budget revenue — revised estimates

Table 5.1 highlights budget estimates and revenue outcomes of the major tax instruments for 2009/10, and revised projected revenue outcomes for 2010/11. Tables 2 and 3 in Annexure B set out these trends in more detail.

Outcome for 2009/10 and revised estimates for 2010/11

2009/10 revenue of R598.7 billion was R26.4 billion lower than the prior year

Audited results show that tax revenue for 2009/10 of R598.7 billion was R26.4 billion or 4.2 per cent lower than for 2008/09. Lower corporate income tax (18.5 per cent down from the previous year), customs duties (13.6 per cent down) and VAT (4.1 per cent down) accounted for this overall decline.

Tax revenues recovered during 2010/11, with revised estimates R73.5 billion or 12.3 per cent higher than in 2009/10. This was the result of strong recoveries in personal income tax (11.1 per cent), VAT (22.6 per cent) and customs duties (34.9 per cent). However, nominal corporate income tax revenue declined by 1.8 per cent, an indication of the lag effect of the 2009 recession.

Tax expenditure statement

This Budget Review includes, for the first time, a tax expenditure statement. The statement, found in Annexure C, is a summary of tax revenues that were foregone as a result of various tax incentives to help achieve government’s social and economic objectives. Such forms of indirect expenditure are often hidden. Government is committed to transparency in the budget process, and publication of the tax expenditure statement promotes that objective.

The conservative estimate of total tax expenditure in 2008/09 was R78.1 billion, or 3.4 per cent of GDP.

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Table 5.1 Budget estimates and revenue outcome, 2009/10 and 2010/11


													2009/10 –
													2010/11
	2009/10						2010/11						%
R million	Budget		Outcome		Deviation		Budget		Revised		Deviation		change ¹

Taxes on income and profits		389 040		359 045		-29 995		377 716		380 080		2 364		*5.9*	%
Persons and individuals		207 450		205 145		-2 305		224 676		228 000		3 324		11.1	%
Companies		160 000		134 883		-25 117		133 650		132 500		-1 150		-1.8	%
Secondary tax on companies		19 000		15 468		-3 532		16 500		16 500		—		6.7	%
Tax on retirement funds		—		43		43		—		—		—		0.0	%
Other taxes on income and profits ²		2 590		3 506		916		2 890		3 080		190		-12.1	%
Taxes on payroll and workforce		7 750		7 805		55		8 424		8 420		-4		*7.9*	%
Taxes on property		10 420		8 826		-1 594		9 960		9 365		-595		*6.1*	%
Domestic taxes on goods and services		226 757		203 667		-23 090		230 880		247 540		16 660		*21.5*	%
Value-added tax		168 807		147 941		-20 866		164 000		181 335		17 335		22.6	%
Specific excise duties		22 600		21 289		-1 311		24 250		22 900		-1 350		7.6	%
Ad valorem excise duties		1 350		1 276		-74		1 200		1 900		700		48.9	%
General fuel levy		30 090		28 833		-1 257		34 600		34 300		-300		19.0	%
Other domestic taxes on goods and services³		3 910		4 328		418		6 830		7 105		275		64.2	%
Taxes on international trade and transactions		25 337		19 319		-6 018		20 850		26 790		5 940		*38.7*	%
Customs duties		24 635		19 577		-5 058		20 500		26 400		5 900		34.9	%
Miscellaneous customs and excise receipts		702		-258		-960		350		390		40		-251.0	%
Stamp duties and fees		—		49		49		20		5		-15		*-89.9*	%
State miscellaneous revenue⁴		—		-6		-6		—		—		—		*0.0*	%

Total tax revenue		659 304		598 705		-60 599		647 850		672 200		24 350		*12.3*	%

Non-tax revenue⁵		11 602		8 889		-2 713		10 380		12 254		1 874		37.9	%
of which:												—		0.0	%
Mining royalties		—		—		—		3 540		3 712		172		0.0	%
Mining leases and ownership		325		633		308		—		900		900		42.2	%
Less: SACU payments		-27 915		-27 915		-0		-14 991		-14 991		—		-46.3	%
Other adjustment⁶		—		—		—		—		-2 900		-2 900		0.0	%

National budget revenue		642 990		579 679		-63 312		643 239		666 563		23 324		*15.0*	%

Provinces, social security funds and selected public entities		88 245		85 162		-3 083		95 165		88 460		-6 704		3.9	%
Budget Revenue		731 235		664 840		-66 395		738 404		755 023		16 619		*13.6*	%


1.		Percentage change 2009/10 outcome versus 2010/11 revised estimate.

2.		Includes interest on overdue income tax and small business tax amnesty levy.

3.		Includes air departure tax, plastic bags levy, electricity levy and Universal Service Fund.

4.		Revenue received by SARS that could not be allocated to a specific tax instrument.

5.		Includes mineral royalities, mining leases and departmental revenue.

6.		Payments to Southern African Customs Union (SACU) partners for a previous error in calculation of the 1969 agreement.

Revenue estimates and 2011/12 tax proposals

Table 5.2 sets out the estimates of revenue before consideration of the tax proposals for 2011/12.

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Table 5.2 Estimates of revenue before tax proposals, 2010/11


			2011/12		2010/11 –
	2010/11		Before tax		2011/12%
R million	Revised		proposals		change

Taxes on income and profits		380 080		426 695		*12.3*	%
Persons and individuals		228 000		261 600		14.7	%
Companies		132 500		143 665		8.4	%
Secondary tax on companies		16 500		18 100		9.7	%
Tax on retirement funds		—		—		0.0	%
Other taxes on income and profits¹		3 080		3 330		8.1	%
Taxes on payroll and workforce		8 420		9 150		*8.7*	%
Taxes on property		9 365		10 340		*10.4*	%
Domestic taxes on goods and services		247 540		269 225		*8.8*	%
Value-added tax		181 335		200 880		10.8	%
Specific excise duties		22 900		23 300		1.7	%
Ad valorem excise duties		1 900		2 080		9.5	%
General fuel levy		34 300		35 000		2.0	%
Electicity levy		290		5 380
Other domesic taxes on goods and services²		415		2 585		522.9	%
Taxes on international trade and transactions		26 790		30 325		*13.2*	%
Customs duties		26 400		29 860		13.1	%
Miscellaneous customs and excise receipts		390		465		19.2	%
Stamp duties and fees		5		—		*-100.0*	%
State miscellaneous revenue		—		—		*0.0*	%

Total tax revenue		672 200		745 735		*10.9*	%

Non-tax revenue³		12 254		10 001		-18.4	%
of which						0.0	%
Mineral royalties		3 712		4 890		31.7	%
Mining leases and ownership		900		—		-100.0	%
Less: SACU payments		-14 991		-21 763		45.2	%
Other adjustment⁴		-2 900				-100.0	%

National budget revenue		666 563		733 973		*10.1*	%

Provinces, social security funds and selected public entities.		88 460		94 609		7.0	%
Budget Revenue		755 023		828 581		*9.7*	%


1.		Includes interest on overdue income tax and small business tax amnesty levy.

2.		Includes air departure tax, plastic bags levy and Universal Service Fund.

3.		Includes mineral royalties, mining leases and departmental revenue. and sales of capital assets.

4.		Payments to SACU partners for a previous error in calculation of the 1969 agreement.

Revenue recovery expected to continue in line with improved economic growth

Tax revenue should continue to improve during 2011/12 in line with improved economic growth prospects. The total tax revenue before tax proposals is expected to increase by 10.9 per cent.

Actual revenue collections and medium-term estimates

Table 5.3 sets out actual revenue collections for 2007/08 to 2009/10, the revised estimate for 2010/11 and the estimates for 2011/12 to 2013/14.

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Without any tax changes, tax revenue as a percentage of GDP is expected to increase from 25.2 per cent in 2010/11 to 26.2 per cent in 2013/14.

Table 5.3 Budget revenue, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08			2008/09			2009/10			2010/11			2011/12			2012/13			2013/14
R million	Outcome									Revised			Medium-term estimates

Taxes on income and profits¹		332 058			383 483			359 045			380 080			418 345			469 709			533 561
Of which:
Personal income tax		168 774			195 115			205 145			228 000			252 750			292 710			337 970
Coporate income tax		140 120			165 378			134 883			132 500			144 165			161 350			178 230
Taxes on payroll and workforce		6 331			7 327			7 805			8 420			9 150			9 610			10 130
Taxes on property		11 884			9 477			8 826			9 365			9 590			11 060			12 695
Domestic taxes on goods and services		194 690			201 416			203 667			247 540			274 210			302 880			333 170
of which:
Value-added tax		150 443			154 343			147 941			181 335			200 880			226 900			254 330
Taxes on international trade and		27 082			22 852			19 319			26 790			30 325			34 050			38 404
Stamp duties and fees		557			572			49			5			—			—			—
State miscellaneous revenue²		212			-27			-6			—			—			—			—

Tax revenue		572 815			625 100			598 705			672 200			741 620			827 310			927 960
Non-tax revenue³		12 693			12 616			8 889			12 254			10 001			11 540			12 351
of which:
Mineral and petroleum royalties		—			—			—			3 712			4 890			5 150			5 430
Less: SACU payments		-24 713			-28 921			-27 915			-14 991			-21 763			-32 432			-35 997
Other adjustment⁴											-2 900

National budget revenue		560 795			608 796			579 679			666 563			729 858			806 418			904 314

Provinces, social security funds and selected public entities		65 910			74 201			85 162			88 460			94 609			102 296			112 873

Budget Revenue		626 705			682 997			664 840			755 023			824 466			908 714			1 017 187
Tax revenue as a percentage of GDP		27.6	%		27.0	%		24.5	%		25.2	%		25.4	%		25.8	%		26.2	%
Budget revenue as a		30.1	%		29.5	%		27.2	%		28.3	%		28.3	%		28.4	%		28.8	%
GDP (R billion)		2 079			2 313			2 443			2 667			2 915			3 201			3 536
Tax/GDP multiplier		1.05			0.81			-0.75			1.34			1.11			1.18			1.16


1.		Also includes secondary tax on companies and interest on overdue income tax and small business tax amnesty levy.

2.		Revenue received by SARS in respect of taxation which could not be allocated to a specific tax instrument. 3. Includes mineral royalties, mining leases and departmental revenue.

4.		Payments to SACU partners in respect of a previous error in calculation of the 1969 agreement.

n Overview of tax proposals

Table 5.4 shows the expected impact of tax proposals on revenue collection in 2011/12, the net effect of which is to reduce the estimated total tax revenues by R4.1 billion

Income tax relief for individuals

Personal income tax relief of R8.1 billion

The Budget 2011 proposes direct tax relief to individuals of R8.1 billion through adjustments to personal income tax brackets and rebates. These adjustments compensate for the effects of inflation (fiscal drag).

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In addition to the primary and secondary rebates, a third rebate of R2 000 per year is proposed for taxpayers 75 years and older, increasing the tax threshold for eligible individuals to R104 261.

Table 5.5 provides a summary of the 2011/12 income tax brackets, rates and rebates for individuals. Taxpayers with an annual taxable income of up to R270 000 will receive 50 per cent of this relief, those with an annual taxable income between R270 000 and R580 000 receive 33 per cent, those between R580 000 and R1 million receive 12 per cent and those with taxable income above R1 million receive 5 per cent.

Those with taxable income over R580 000 will account for 39 per cent of income tax revenue in 2011/12

Personal income tax provides the foundation for an equitable tax system. In 2011/12, 14.3 per cent of individual taxpayers — those with annual income between R270 000 and R580 000 — will account for 33 per cent of revenues from personal income taxes, and the 5.7 per cent of individuals with an annual taxable income above R580 000 will account for 39 per cent of personal income tax revenues.

Table 5.4 Impact of tax proposals on 2011/12 revenue


R million	Effect of tax proposals

Tax revenue			745 735
Non-tax revenue			10 001
Less: SACU payments			-21 763

National budget revenue			733 973

Provinces, social security funds and selected public entities			94 609

Budget revenue (before tax proposals)			828 581
Budget 2011/12 proposals:			-4 115
Taxes on individuals and companies		-8 350
Personal income tax		-8 850
Adjustment in personal tax rate structure		-8 100
Adjustment in monetary thresholds		-750
Business taxes		500
Closure of dividend cession schemes		500
Taxes on property		-750
Adjustment in transfer duties		-750
Indirect taxes		4 985
Increase in general fuel levy		1 900
Increase in excise duties on tobacco		1 785
Increase in Ad valorem excise duties		150
Increase in electricity levy		1 150

Budget revenue (after tax proposals)			824 466

Medical deductions and conversion to medical tax credits

Increases in monthly monetary caps for contributions to medical schemes

Taxpayer contributions to medical schemes up to a specified monetary threshold are tax deductible, as are qualifying out-of-pocket medical expenses. The 2011 Budget proposes to increase the monthly monetary threshold for tax-deductible contributions to medical schemes from R670 to R720 for the first two beneficiaries, and from R410 to R440 for each additional beneficiary. This will become effective on 1 March 2011.

The monthly deductions for contributions to medical schemes and for qualifying out-of-pocket medical expenses will be converted into tax

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credits effective 1 March 2012. A tax credit provides for more equitable tax relief, as the relative value of the relief does not increase as the marginal tax rate of the individual increases, as is currently the case. A discussion document on these credits will be published by the end of March 2011.

Table 5.5 Personal income tax rate and bracket adjustments, 2010/11 – 2011/12


2010/11		2011/12
Taxable income (R)	Rates of tax	Taxable income (R)	Rates of tax

R0 - R140 000	18% of each R1	R0 - R150 000	18% of each R1
R140 001 - R221 000	R25 200 + 25% of the amount	R150 001 - R235 000	R27 000 + 25% of the amount
	above R140 000		above R150 000
R221 001 - R305 000	R45 450 + 30% of the amount	R235 001 - R325 000	R48 250 + 30% of the amount
	above R221 000		above R235 000
R305 001 - R431 000	R70 650 + 35% of the amount	R325 001 - R455 000	R75 250 + 35% of the amount
	above R305 000		above R325 000
R431 001 - R552 000	R114 750 + 38% of the amount	R455 001 - R580 000	R120 750 + 38% of the amount
	above R431 000		above R455 000
R552 001 and above	R160 730 + 40% of the amount	R580 001	R168 250 + 40% of the amount
	above R552 000		above R580 000

Rebates		Rebates
Primary	R10 260	Primary	R10 755
Secondary	R5 675	Secondary	R6 012
		Third rebate	R2 000
Tax threshold		Tax threshold
Below age 65	R57 000	Below age 65	R59 750
Age 65 and over	R88 528	Age 65 and over	R93 150
		Age 75 and over	R104 261

National health insurance

Payroll tax, higher VAT and a surcharge on taxable income are under consideration to finance NHI

Government expects that national health insurance (NHI) will be phased in over 14 years. While initial allocations are made in the 2011 Budget, the NHI system will require funding over and above current revenues allocated to public health. Preliminary analysis indicates that the phasing in of a payroll tax (payable by employers), an increase in the VAT rate and a surcharge on individuals’ taxable income could be considered as funding options. The feasibility and practicality of co-payments or user charges will also be explored. Announcements about specific funding instruments will be made in the 2012 Budget.

Savings

Interest income is not taxed up to a certain threshold. As from 1 March 2011, government will increase the tax-free interest-income annual threshold from R22 300 to R22 800 for individuals below 65 years, and from R32 000 to R33 000 for individuals 65 years and over. The foreign interest-income threshold will remain at R3 700.

Incentives to encourage savings for housing and higher education

Several countries use tax incentives to encourage people to save towards specific goals such as education, healthcare, housing or retirement, or to promote general savings. Government will explore two incentivised savings schemes - one for housing (deposit for first-time homeowners)

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and another for higher education — as alternatives to tax-free interest-income thresholds.

The possibility of a more consistent tax treatment of all forms of income from capital, such as interest, dividends and capital gains, will also be considered.

Social security and retirement reforms

Tax treatment of contributions to retirement funds

Reforms of the tax treatment of contributions to retirement funds

Taxpayers are allowed income tax deductions for contributions to pension and retirement annuity funds. In addition, employers may contribute to retirement funds on behalf of employees. These contributions by employers are not currently taxed in the hands of employees. Several changes are proposed to improve tax administration and promote greater equity in the income tax system. From 1 March 2012:

•

An employer’s contribution on behalf of an employee will be deemed a taxable fringe benefit in the hands of the employee. Individuals will be allowed to deduct up to 22.5 per cent of their taxable income for contributions to pension, provident and retirement annuity funds.

•

To ensure greater equity, two thresholds will be established — a minimum annual deduction of R12 000 and an annual maximum of
R200 000.

•

The base on which contributions to retirement funds and other social security taxes is calculated will be streamlined.

To protect workers’ savings, government proposes to subject lump-sum withdrawals from provident funds to the one-third limit applying to pension and retirement annuities. The implementation date of any changes in the rules governing provident funds will be subject to thorough consultation with trade unions and other interested parties, and vested rights will be protected.

Enhanced competition for provision of living annuities

Government will broaden the list of entities that can offer living annuities

Living annuities can only be provided by long-term insurers. To encourage competition, government proposes to broaden the list of service providers allowed to provide these annuities to include collective investment schemes and the National Treasury’s retail savings bond scheme.

Review tax treatment of risk benefits

To ensure equity, the tax system should not treat lump-sum payments more favourably than annuity payments. Government proposes that any compensation from the Road Accident Fund and its no-fault successor, whether as a lump-sum payment or an annuity, be exempted from income tax. At the same time, alignment of the tax treatment of risk benefits paid by private-sector funds will be investigated.

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Taxation of lump sum benefits upon retirement

As from 1 March 2011, government will increase the tax-free lump sum benefit upon retirement from R300 000 to R315 000. The revised tax table appears in Table C.7 of Annexure C.

Adjustment of monetary thresholds

Proposed increase in various monetary thresholds

In addition to the measures mentioned above, government proposes to increase capital gains exclusion amounts as follows as from 1 March 2011:

•		For individuals and special trusts from R17 500 to R20 000 annually

•		On death from R120 000 to R200 000

•		On disposal of a small business when a person is over 55 years old from R750 000 to R900 000

The annual trading income exemption for public benefit organisations will increase from R150 000 to R200 000, and for recreational clubs from R100 000 to R120 000.

Gambling

All winnings over R25 000 to be subject to 15 per cent withholding tax

Government proposes that with effect from 1 April 2012 all gambling winnings above R25 000, including those from the National Lottery, be subject to a final 15 per cent withholding tax. Similar gambling taxes exist in India, the Netherlands and the United States.

Business taxes

Dividends tax

Introduction of dividends tax on 1 April 2012

The dividends tax will take effect on 1 April 2012, replacing the secondary tax on companies. The introduction of the tax should correct the impression that a tax on dividends is another tax on businesses: legally and economically, it will be a tax on individuals and non-resident shareholders.

Closure of dividend schemes

Several dividend schemes undermine the tax base. One method involves the use of dividend cessions, where taxpayers effectively purchase tax-free dividends without any stake in the underlying shares. Another scheme involves the receipt of dividends from shares in which the taxpayer has no meaningful economic risk (e.g. has an offsetting derivative position). Some arrangements make use of preference shares that generate allegedly tax-free dividends, while the dividends are indirectly generated from interest-yielding debt. All these schemes will be closed by treating the dividends at issue as ordinary revenue.

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Internal company restructuring

Adjustments to tax rules to ensure appropriate tax relief for debtors in the event of debt cancellations

The Income Tax Act (1962) provides special rules for debt cancellation and similar adjustments. Government will consider exempting otherwise taxable gains or ordinary revenue imposed on the debtor if the debt is cancelled or reduced. Relief will be limited to insolvent debtors to ensure that this does not give rise to tax avoidance.

Venture capital company

Many small and medium-sized businesses find it difficult to access equity finance. This led government to introduce the concept of a venture capital company into the Income Tax Act. The response to this vehicle has been poor and the provisions will be reviewed.

Islamic finance

The 2010 Budget announced that the taxation of Islamic financial products would be aligned with conventional financial instruments. Provisions were introduced to cover several instruments. This year the rules will address ijara products, which act like commercial finance leases. Amendments to legislation will facilitate the issue of Islamic-compliant government bonds.

Research and development tax incentive

Proposed pre-approval process for research and development tax incentive

The research and development tax incentive is intended to encourage innovation and job creation. Government proposes to streamline the current incentive, introducing an approval process by the Department of Science and Technology before a taxpayer can claim this incentive. This should limit opportunities for retrospective reclassification of spending.

Promoting skills development and job creation

Learnership tax incentive

Five-year extension of learnership tax incentive pending outcome of review

The learnership tax incentive, designed to support youth employment, will expire in September 2011. The tax expenditure associated with this incentive is estimated to have amounted to R324 million in 2007/08, but its effectiveness is difficult to assess. Government proposes to extend the incentive for five years, subject to an analysis of its effectiveness by businesses, sector and training authorities, and the Department of Higher Education and Training. The review will take place during 2011.

Youth employment subsidy

To support job creation, a youth employment subsidy in the form of a tax credit costing R5 billion over three years will be introduced. It will be administered by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) through the PAYE system to limit abuse, ensure maximum liquidity and ease business compliance.

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Industrial development zones

Additional tax relief for businesses making greenfield investments in IDZs

To support the objectives of the industrial policy action plan and the New Growth Path, businesses making greenfield and/or brownfield investments qualify for tax relief. Greenfield investments in industrial development zones (IDZs) qualify for additional relief. Government will consider expanding incentives for labour-intensive projects in IDZs.

International taxation

Gateway into Africa — headquarter regime

During 2010, tax rules were amended to enable regional investments to flow through South Africa without being taxed. These measures were intended to encourage the development of regional investment banks and holding companies in South Africa. However, current rules could lead to double taxation. There are also concerns about the manner of imposition of residence-based taxation. These concerns will be reviewed.

Refinement of controlled foreign company legislation

Controlled foreign company rules to be made more targeted

The main purpose of controlled foreign company rules is to prevent South African residents from shifting passive income offshore. Some provisions are overly complex and can interfere with normal business conduct, while others create unintended loopholes. Adjustments will focus the rules without compromising their purpose.

Transfer duty

Transfer duty exemption threshold to increase from R500 000 to R600 000

Government proposes to increase the transfer duty exemption threshold from R500 000 to R600 000. A rate of 3 per cent will be applicable to the value from R600 001 to R1 000 000; an amount of R12 000 plus 5 per cent to the value between R1.0 and R1.5 million; and an amount of R37 000 plus 8 per cent to amounts above R1.5 million. This revised rate structure will apply to properties acquired under purchase agreements concluded on or after 23 February 2011. It will also be applicable to legal persons (close corporations, companies and trusts).

Excise duties on tobacco and alcohol

The proposed adjustments to alcohol and tobacco taxes are as follows:

•

The current indirect tax burden (excise duties plus VAT) as a percentage of the weighted average retail selling price for wine, clear beer and spirits at 23, 33, and 43 per cent respectively will be maintained for 2011/12. Excise duties on alcoholic beverages will be increased by between 4.5 and 10.0 per cent as shown in Table 5.6.

•

The targeted total tax burden on tobacco products (excise duties plus VAT) is 52 per cent. Accordingly, the 2011 Budget proposes a 6 per cent increase on the excise duty for cigars, a 9 per cent increase for cigarettes, a 8.2 per cent increase for cigarette tobacco and a 10.3 per cent increase for pipe tobacco.

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In the 2010 Budget, the Minister of Finance announced a review of the excise duty structure for alcoholic beverages. A discussion document will be published for public comment in July 2011.

Ad valorem excise duties

Excise tax rate on motor vehicles increases from 20 per cent to 25 per cent

Passenger cars and light commercial vehicles are subject to a “luxury” excise tax that increases with the price of the vehicle. Government proposes to increase the maximum nominal ad valorem excise tax rate on these vehicles from 20 per cent to 25 per cent.

Ad valorem excise duties on monitors were abolished in 2004 based on the assumption that they were used as computer screens. However, some monitors are also used as televisions, which are subject to ad valorem tax. Ad valorem excise duties on monitors will be reinstated at a flat rate of 7 per cent. These amendments will take effect on 1 April 2011.

Table 5.6 Changes in specific excise duties, 2011/12

Current excise

Proposed excise

Percentage change

Product

duty rate

Nominal

Real

Malt beer

R50.20 / litre of absolute alcohol

R53.97 / litre of absolute alcohol

7.51

2.71

Traditional African beer

7.82c / litre

0.00

-4.80

Traditional African beer powder

34.70c / kg

0.00

-4.80

Unfortified wine

R2.14 / litre

R2.32 / litre

8.41

3.61

Fortified wine

R4.03 / litre

R4.33 / litre

7.44

2.64

Sparkling wine

R6.67 / litre

R6.97 / litre

4.50

-0.30

Ciders and alcoholic fruit beverages

R2.52 / litre (85.69c / average 340ml can)

R2.71 / litre (92.14c / average 340ml can)

7.54

2.74

Spirits

R84.57 / litre of absolute alcohol

R93.03 / litre of absolute alcohol

10.00

5.20

Cigarettes

R8.94/ 20 cigarettes

R9.74/ 20 cigarettes

8.95

4.15

Cigarette tobacco

R9.73/ 50g

R10.53/ 50g

8.18

3.38

Pipe tobacco

R2.70/ 25g

R2.98/ 25g

10.25

5.45

Cigars

R47.66 / 23g

R50.52 / 23g

6.00

1.20

Fuel taxes

Fuel tax levy to increase by 10 cents per litre

Government proposes to increase the general fuel levy by 10c/l on both petrol and diesel effective from 6 April 2011. The RAF levy will be increased by 8c/l to 80c/l on the same date. Table 5.7 provides a summary of the proposed fuel tax rates for 2011/12.

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Table 5.7 Total combined fuel taxes on petrol and diesel, 2009/10 – 2011/12


	2009/10						2010/11						2011/12
	93 Octane						93 Octane						93 Octane
c / litre	petrol			Diesel			petrol			Diesel			petrol			Diesel

General fuel levy		150.00			135.00			167.50			152.50			177.50			162.50
Road Accident Fund levy		64.00			64.00			72.00			72.00			80.00			80.00
Customs and excise levy		4.00			4.00			4.00			4.00			4.00			4.00
Illuminating paraffin marker		0.00			0.01			0.00			0.01			0.00			0.01

Total		218.00			203.01			243.50			228.51			261.50			246.51
Pump price: Gauteng (as in February)¹		643.00			649.35			785.00			701.85			884.00			814.05

Taxes as % of pump price		33.9	%		31.3	%		31.0	%		32.6	%		29.6	%		30.3	%


1.		Diesel (0.05% sulphur) wholesale price (retail price not regulated.)

Environmental taxation

Carbon tax discussion paper

Work on a proposed carbon emission tax is under way

As part of its response to climate change, government is considering a carbon tax. A discussion paper entitled Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Carbon Tax Option was published for public comment in December 2010. Comments are due by the end of February 2011. The design features of a proposed tax and a schedule for its introduction will be announced in the 2012 Budget.

Electricity levy

Increase in the electricity levy

Government proposes to increase the levy applied to electricity generated from non-renewable and nuclear energy sources by 0.5c/kWh to 2.5c/kWh from 1 April 2011. Some of this revenue will be set aside to fund the rehabilitation of roads damaged as a result of the haulage of coal for electricity generation. The increase should have no impact on electricity tariffs, because it has already been taken into account in the National Energy Regulator tariff structure.

International air passenger departure tax

From 1 October 2011, the air passenger departure tax on flights to Southern African Customs Union member states and other international destinations will increase from R80 and R150 per passenger respectively to R100 and R190 per passenger.

Tax administration

Review of the turnover tax for micro businesses

Turnover tax for micro businesses adjusted to encourage participation

The turnover tax was implemented in 2009 to broaden the tax base and simplify tax for micro businesses with annual turnover up to R1 million. Only about 7 700 businesses have registered for this approach, of which 88 per cent were previously registered for income tax. The tax rates will be adjusted from 1 March 2011 so that a micro business only becomes liable

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to pay turnover tax if its turnover exceeds R150 000 (currently R100 000) a year.

Micro businesses that register for VAT will no longer be barred from registering for turnover tax

From 1 March 2012, micro businesses that register for VAT will no longer be barred from registering for turnover tax. The three-year bar on voluntary deregistration from the turnover tax will also be lifted. SARS will be empowered to register unregistered micro businesses that it detects for the turnover tax.

Tax payments by individuals with more than one source of income

The Minister of Finance has received several letters from widows and widowers who have experienced increases in their tax liability subsequent to the death of a spouse. This happens in cases where the surviving spouse receives a pension from the pension fund of the deceased, from which little or no PAYE is deducted. SARS will contact such taxpayers and advise them to ask their insurance company or employer to deduct additional taxes.

Voluntary disclosure programme

Voluntary disclosure programme will remain open until 31 October 2011

To encourage taxpayers to come forward to regularise their tax affairs without the imposition of additional tax, penalties and interest, the voluntary disclosure programme that began in November 2010 will remain open until 31 October 2011. More than 1 200 applicants have already come forward under the programme.

Tax Administration Bill

The Tax Administration Bill, which incorporates several generic administrative provisions from different tax acts into one piece of legislation, will be introduced in the National Assembly during 2011.

Customs

SARS has launched its customs modernisation programme. Customs codes aligned with procedures prescribed in the Kyoto Convention have been introduced, and during 2011 automated inspection services and electronic acquittals will be implemented. Later this year, two bills will be introduced to Parliament to provide an internationally aligned legal framework that will support customs modernisation.

Audit

SARS plans to make greater use of data provided by credit bureaus to build detailed taxpayer profiles and identify non-compliance. SARS is also extending its cooperation with other tax administrations in the areas of information exchange, skills transfer and audit.

Tax policy research projects

The following tax policy research projects are under way:

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Taxation of financial derivatives.

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•

Taxation of long-term insurers.

•

Housing tax incentive for developers. To increase the supply of affordable housing (below R300 000), the feasibility of an income tax credit for developers will be explored.

•

Provincial motor vehicle licence fees. Minimum national standards to include an environmental tax component in provincial licence fee structures will be considered.

•

VAT treatment of public passenger transport services. The VAT treatment of public passenger transport, rail, bus and taxi, will be reviewed with the objective to facilitate higher levels of investments in passenger transport infrastructure.

•

VAT and educational accommodation. VAT treatment and apportionment rules concerning educational institutions that provide contract research and student accommodation will be reviewed.

•

Estate duty. The effectiveness of estate duty (20 per cent on the net value of estates in excess of R3.5 million) is being reviewed, with several options under consideration.

•

User charges and other fees. Mechanisms for the setting of user charges and administrative fees will be reviewed. The setting of such fees should be transparent and subject to public consultation, particularly where these are not regulated by an independent agency.

Asset and liability management

n Overview

In 2011/12, government’s net borrowing requirement will amount to R157.9 billion

Government expenditure is financed through revenue and borrowing, with state-owned entities and development finance institutions complementing delivery capacity. In 2011/12, government’s net borrowing requirement will amount to R157.9 billion, while state-owned entities and development finance institutions will borrow R106.3 billion. Over the next three years, development finance institutions are expected to expand their loan books by about R115 billion.

Lower debt-service costs allow for greater capital investment and spending on education and health

Owing to sound economic and fiscal policies, deep and liquid capital markets, and the availability of international funding, government was able to finance the 2010/11 budget deficit at a lower cost than anticipated. As a result, debt-service costs for 2010/11 are R4.8 billion lower than expected. Lower debt-service costs create more space to sustainably fund investment in economic infrastructure, which creates jobs, and to increase spending on social priorities such as education and health.

While the gap between expenditure and revenue is projected to narrow in line with the economic recovery, government borrowing in the current year remains substantial at 5.3 per cent of GDP, declining to 4.2 per cent of GDP in 2013/14.

Reserve accumulation has markedly reduced the economy’s external vulnerability

During 2010, global capital surged into emerging markets. South Africa attracted net inflows of R92 billion into bonds and equities (inflows of R224 billion, outflows of R132 billion) from non-resident investors, whose holdings of government bonds grew by 58 per cent. Government’s strategy of reserve accumulation has markedly reduced the external vulnerability of the economy. In 2010, government purchased official foreign exchange reserves of US$3.7 billion.

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The Reserve Bank will continue to accumulate foreign exchange reserves

Over the medium term, government will work with the Reserve Bank to continue accumulating foreign exchange reserves and prefunding forex spending commitments. Taking these steps contributes to achieving a more competitive currency and strengthens South Africa’s ability to respond to sudden changes in market conditions, such as a reversal in capital flows.

Credit ratings: a stable outlook for South Africa

All major credit rating agencies rate South Africa at investment grade. In January 2011, both Fitch Ratings (BBB+) and Standard & Poor’s (BBB+) affirmed South Africa’s sovereign credit rating, while revising the rating outlook from negative to stable. Moody’s Investor Services (A3) and Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (A-), maintained a stable outlook.

These ratings reflect sound management of the economy and the public finances, and the underlying attractiveness of the country as an investment destination.

Since February 2010, rating agencies have downgraded their outlook for five developed countries and nine developing countries.

South Africa’s positive credit outlook reflects relatively low levels of public debt and government’s intention to contain debt over the long term.

The borrowing requirement is estimated at R141 billion in 2010/11

Government’s borrowing requirement, estimated at R141 billion in 2010/11, is projected to be R148.7 billion by 2013/14. Net government debt will reach R822.4 billion by the end of this fiscal year, and is set to rise to R999 billion in 2011/12, peaking at R1.4 trillion or 39.3 per cent of GDP by 2013/14. Debt-service costs will amount to R66.6 billion in 2010/11, rising to R104 billion in 2013/14.

The primary source of funding remains domestic borrowing through a combination of Treasury bills, and fixed-income and inflation-linked bonds. No new domestic bonds are anticipated and current weekly auction levels in existing fixed-income and inflation-linked bonds will be maintained over the short term. Refinancing risk will be actively managed by switching R26.8 billion of debt that matures over the forecast period into longer-term debt instruments.

Enhanced oversight of state-owned entities and development finance institutions

The New Growth Path highlights the need for development finance institutions and state-owned entities to support infrastructure development, economic growth and job creation. These institutions are expected to seek out opportunities to cooperate with the private sector in co-financing infrastructure investment in South Africa and the region over the medium term. Government will increase oversight of these entities to ensure that they become more effective and financially sustainable. As the economy improves, the criteria for issuing government guarantees will be tightened.

n Developments in South African debt markets

Domestic bond market

South Africa benefited from a wave of capital inflows, and government bond yields declined to record lows

Over the past year, emerging markets experienced a wave of capital inflows, driven by the expectation of higher returns and favourable interest rate differentials. In South Africa’s case, this surge included unprecedented demand for debt, and yields on government bonds declined to record low levels.

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Spread between short- and long-term bond yields widened in anticipation of higher growth and long-term inflation expectations

Debt at government’s weekly auctions was easily absorbed despite higher issuance by both the public and private sector. The short-dated R157 (13.5 per cent; 2014/15/16) bond yield declined 6 per cent year-on-year as at 31 January 2011, reaching a record low level of 6.89 per cent in November 2010. The spread between short- and long-term bond yields widened in anticipation of higher GDP growth and long-term inflation expectations.


Figure 6.1		Bond yields and net purchases by non-residents of bonds and equities, 2009 – 2011

Source: Bloomberg

Non-residents more than doubled their purchases of government bonds in 2010

The strength of South Africa’s macroeconomic indicators and higher global demand for emerging market debt has led to rising international interest in South African government bonds. Non-residents’ purchases of domestic bonds more than doubled from a net R27 billion in 2009 to a net R56 billion in 2010. In the first nine months of 2010, non-residents purchased a net of R73 billion worth of domestic bonds, leading to a decline in bond yields. In the fourth quarter, yields rose as investors shifted into equities.

Domestic pension funds own the largest share (36.5 per cent) of government’s bond portfolio, followed by non-resident investors (21.8 per cent). Government expects that it will be able to manage the impact of a sudden moderation in global capital flows should it occur.

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Figure 6.2		Domestic government bond ownership, 31 December 2010

Source: STRATE

Turnover in municipal debt fell from R27.5 billion in 2009 to R24 billion in 2010

The annual turnover of bonds registered on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange increased from R13.4 trillion in 2009 to R16.9 trillion in 2010, and trades in RSA bonds abroad were R2.9 trillion, bringing total trades in domestic bonds to R19.8 trillion. Turnover in municipal debt declined from R27.5 billion in 2009 to R24 billion in 2010. The largest municipal bond issuers were Johannesburg (R3.4 billion), Cape Town (R2 billion) and Ekurhuleni (R815 million).


Figure 6.3		Turnover on domestic and international bond exchanges, 1995 – 2010

Source: Johannesburg Stock Exchange

The R157 is the most liquid government bond, followed by the R206

The R157 (13.5 per cent; 2014/15/16) bond remains government’s most liquid debt instrument, with a turnover ratio of 74 times its outstanding amount. The R206 (7.5 per cent; 2014) bond has replaced the

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R186 (10.5 per cent; 2025/26/27) as the second most liquid fixed-income bond. Turnover on inflation-linked bonds remains low due to the buy-and-hold nature of the investor base.

Domestic money market

In 2010, South Africa’s three-month money market benchmark rate – the Johannesburg Interbank Acceptance Rate (JIBAR) – declined by 168 basis points to 5.55 per cent in response to the 1.5 percentage point decline in the repurchase rate. Over the same period, the 91-day Treasury bill rate followed other money market rates, declining from 7.27 per cent to 5.6 per cent. The 91-day Treasury bill continues to reflect supply pressures in the short end of the money market, remaining at higher average rates than the repo and JIBAR rates.

Global capital markets

Nearly US$908 billion in capital flows surged into emerging markets during 2010

During 2010, fears of a sovereign debt crisis in Europe, exceptionally low interest rates in developed countries and currency volatility drove sentiment in global capital markets. Nearly US$908 billion of capital flows surged into emerging markets. Foreign currency issuance by emerging markets amounted to more than US$75 billion.

Emerging market bond spreads have been narrowing, and South Africa’s bond spreads traded below those of many of our peers. On 15 November 2010, the RSA global bond maturing in 2020 reached a spread of 95 basis points over the underlying US Treasury bond.

Higher sovereign debt issuance in world markets and non-resident purchases of domestic bonds reduced demand for rand-denominated debt issued in Europe (Eurorand bonds) and in Japan (Uridashi bonds), with negative net issuances of R10.5 billion and R7 billion respectively in 2010.

n Consolidated borrowing and financing

The consolidated government borrowing requirement includes the financing requirement of national and provincial government, the social security funds and national extra-budgetary institutions.

Consolidated borrowing will increase to R153.6 billion in 2011/12 and decline to R134.6 billion in 2013/14

Consolidated borrowing in 2011/12 will increase to R153.6 billion before declining to R134.6 billion in 2013/14. The consolidated borrowing requirement is lower than that of the national government – mainly because of large investments held by the social security funds and capital reserves held by extra-budgetary institutions, which constitute prefunding for infrastructure investment.

Extra-budgetary institutions also raise loans to finance large-scale infrastructure investment, including South African National Roads Agency Limited and Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority project loans, which amount to about R22 billion over the medium term.

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Table 6.1		Financing of consolidated government net borrowing requirement, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R billion	Actual						Estimate		Medium-term estimates

Budget balance		35.2		-27.5		-161.1		-142.4		-154.8		-152.9		-134.6
Extraordinary receipts and payments		1.1		3.9		5.8		2.3		1.2		—		—

Net borrowing requirement		36.3		-23.6		-155.3		-140.0		-153.6		-152.9		-134.6

Domestic loans		6.1		46.0		177.1		188.1		175.3		158.5		144.8
Foreign loans		-4.7		-4.0		23.3		-2.3		5.0		-3.5		-9.6
Change in cash and other balances		-37.6		-18.5		-45.0		-45.9		-26.7		-2.1		-0.6

Financing		-36.3		23.6		155.3		140.0		153.6		152.9		134.6

n National borrowing requirement

Net borrowing requirement is expected to peak at R161.7 billion in 2012/13

The net borrowing requirement for 2009/10, the revised estimate for 2010/11 and estimates for the medium term are set out in Table 6.2. In 2010/11, the net borrowing requirement is expected to amount to R141 billion, increasing to R161.7 billion in 2012/13 before declining to R148.7 billion in 2013/14. Changes in cash balances also affect the borrowing requirement.

Table 6.2 National government net borrowing requirement, 2009/10 – 2013/14


	2009/10		2010/11				2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R million	Outcome		Budget		Revised		Medium-term estimates

National budget balance¹		-167 518		-174 904		-143 360		-159 066		-161 714		-148 715
Extraordinary receipts		6 435		—		3 148		1 350		—		—
Premiums on loan transactions²		1 631		—		1 850		1 300		—		—
Special dividends		538		—		362		—		—		—
Vodacom / Vodafone transaction		3 934		—		—		—		—		—
Revaluation profits on foreign currency		212		—		86		—		—		—
transactions³
Liquidation of SASRIA investment		104		—		150		50		—		—
Equalisation Fund account transfer		—		—		700		—		—		—
Other		16		—		—		—		—		—
Extraordinary payments		-671		—		-802		-150		—		—
Premiums on loan transactions²		—		—		-230		—		—		—
Revaluation losses on foreign currency		-435		—		-400		—		—		—
transactions³
Defrayal of GFECRA losses⁴		-181		—		-172		-150		—		—
Settlement of Saambou Bank liability		-55		—		—		—		—		—

Borrowing requirement		-161 755		-174 904		-141 014		-157 866		-161 714		-148 715


1.		A negative number reflects a deficit.

2.		Premiums received or incurred on new loan issues, bond switch and buy-back transactions.

3.		Revaluation profits or losses on government’s foreign exchange deposits at the Reserve Bank when used to meet government’s foreign exchange commitments.

4.		Realised losses on the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account.

Extraordinary receipts and payments

Extraordinary receipts of R3.1 billion included R1.9 billion premiums on bond transactions

A total of R3.1 billion in extraordinary receipts is expected in 2010/11, consisting of premiums of R1.9 billion on bond transactions, proceeds of R150 million from government’s liquidation of its investments in the

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South African Special Risk Insurance Association (SASRIA), a special dividend of R362 million from Telkom, revaluation profits of R86 million on foreign currency transactions and a transfer of R700 million from the petroleum products equalisation fund.

In 2011/12, provision is made for the receipt of R50 million from SASRIA and R1.3 billion of premiums on bond transactions. No further receipts are projected over the medium term. Additional proceeds may be generated if non-strategic assets are identified and liquidated. Such proceeds could be used to buy back debt and to support state-owned entities and development finance institutions.

Extraordinary payments of R802 million in 2010/11

Extraordinary payments of R802 million are expected in 2010/11. These consist of losses on the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account (GFECRA) of R172 million, revaluation losses of R400 million on foreign currency transactions and premiums of R230 million paid on bond transactions. In 2011/12 provision is made for losses of R150 million on the GFECRA.

n Financing the national borrowing requirement

Domestic borrowing levels maintained to support foreign exchange accumulation

Table 6.3 provides information on the funding of government’s net borrowing requirement for 2009/10, revised estimates for 2010/11, and projections for 2011/12 to 2013/14. Although there has been a measured decline in the borrowing requirement, government maintained the 2010 Budget funding levels, using the surplus cash to buy foreign currency.


Table 6.3		Financing of national government net borrowing requirement, 2009/10 – 2013/14¹


	2009/10		2010/11				2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R million	Outcome		Budget		Revised		Medium-term estimates

Domestic short-term loans (net)		49 770		22 000		35 100		22 000		22 000		21 000
Treasury bills		49 540		22 000		21 610		22 000		22 000		21 000
Corporation for public deposits		230		—		13 490		—		—		—
Domestic long-term loans (net)		118 856		137 740		139 150		135 367		124 240		111 839
Market loans		132 395		151 344		152 614		150 400		150 676		143 450
Redemptions²		-13 539		-13 604		-13 464		-15 033		-26 436		-31 611
Foreign loans (net)		23 258		11 564		-2 267		4 999		-3 546		-9 630
Market loans		30 873		14 439		—		7 150		7 870		8 690
Arms procurement loan agreements		800		352		512		1 009		26		—
Redemptions (including revaluation		-8 415		-3 227		-2 779		-3 160		-11 442		-18 320
of loans)
Change in cash and other balances³		-30 129		3 600		-30 969		-4 500		19 020		25 506
Rand		-4 953		3 600		1 096		10 496		3 600		3 600
Foreign currency		-25 176		—		-32 065		-14 996		15 420		21 906

Financing		161 755		174 904		141 014		157 866		161 714		148 715


1.		A longer time series is presented in Table 1 of Annexure B.

2.		Redemption figures are net of anticipated switches, reducing redemptions by R7.8 billion in 2011/12 and by R35 billion in 2012/13.

3.		A negative change indicates an increase in cash balances.

Lower-than-projected loan redemptions as a result of favourable exchange rates

The net borrowing requirement excludes loan redemptions – the repurchase of bonds at or before maturity – which also need to be financed. Scheduled loan redemptions are set out in Table 6.4. Loan

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redemptions in 2010/11 amount to R16.2 billion – R588 million lower than anticipated, mainly due to redemption of foreign loans at favourable rates. Loan redemptions are projected to reach R49.9 billion in 2013/14. Government actively manages refinancing risk through the domestic switch programme, which has already reduced the redemption value of the R189 (6.25 per cent; 2013) bond by R16 billion.

Table 6.4 Loan redemptions, 2009/10 – 2013/14

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

R million

Outcome

Budget

Revised

Medium-term estimates

Domestic loans

13 539

13 604

13 464

15 033

26 436

31 611

Foreign loans

8 415

3 227

2 779

3 160

11 442

18 320

Principal

7 608

2 387

2 439

2 998

13 967

13 466

Revaluation

807

840

340

162

-2 525

4 854

Total

21 954

16 831

16 243

18 193

37 878

49 931

Excludes: Source bonds in domestic switch auctions

—

7 805

35 000

Managing refinancing risk

An excess of short-term debt increases refinancing risk. Short-dated debt must be regularly refinanced, raising the risk that this will be done at higher interest rates than planned, leading to higher costs. Government has reduced this risk by exchanging maturing debt before due date for longer-dated bonds, in what are referred to as switch auctions.

In 2008/09, government switched R66.3 billion of domestic debt maturing over the subsequent three years into longer-dated bonds. This reduced domestic bond redemptions to an average of 8.2 per cent of the gross borrowing requirement over the period 2009/10 to 2011/12, lowering costs and making more funds available to fund a countercyclical response to the recession.

Domestic bond redemptions as a percentage of gross domestic borrowing will remain low compared with those of most Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development member countries. In 2010/11, a new switch programme was launched to reduce the redemption values of the R205 (floating; 2012) and R189 (6.25 per cent; 2013) bonds by R42.8 billion.

The redemption values of the R157 (13.5 per cent; 2014/15/16) and R201 (8.75 per cent; 2014) bonds, amounting to over R100 billion, will also have to be reduced.

Impact of bond switches on domestic maturity profile

The domestic switch programme will continue. The funding strategy takes into account risk benchmarks of 70/30 fixed-rate versus non-fixed-rate

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domestic debt, and a 20 per cent maximum exposure to foreign debt as a percentage of total gross debt.

Domestic short-term loans

Short-term borrowing consists of Treasury bill issuance and borrowing of surplus cash from the broader public sector. Provinces and some public entities are required to invest their surplus cash with the Corporation for Public Deposits, and government borrows from the Corporation to finance a portion of its borrowing requirement.

Domestic short-term loans increased by R35.1 billion in 2010/11

In 2010/11, domestic short-term loans increased by R35.1 billion, comprising R21.6 billion of Treasury bill issuance and R13.5 billion of borrowing from the Corporation for Public Deposits. As shown in Table 6.5, issuance of Treasury bills was concentrated in 9- and 12- month maturities, increasing the weighted average term to maturity of the Treasury bill portfolio from 186 days in 2009/10 to 204 days in 2010/11.

Table 6.5 Treasury bill issuance, 2010/11 – 2011/12


			2010/11				2011/12				2010/11		2011/12
Maturity	Opening		Net		Closing		Net		Closing		Weekly auction
R million	balance		increase		balance		increase		balance		estimates

91-day		48 225		1 500		49 725		—		49 725		3 825		3 825
182-day		24 275		3 675		27 950		7 930		35 880		1 075		1 380
273-day		27 865		6 260		34 125		4 100		38 225		875		980
364-day		14 175		10 175		24 350		9 970		34 320		475		660

Total		114 540		21 610		136 150		22 000		158 150		6 250		6 845

Over the medium term, Treasury bill net issuance is expected to average R22 billion a year. Currently no provision is made for further borrowing from the Corporation for Public Deposits.

Domestic long-term loans

Fixed-income bonds account for 78 per cent of total bond issuance

Government’s funding strategy in domestic long-term loans makes use of fixed-income bonds, inflation-linked bonds, floating-rate notes and retail bonds. Domestic long-term loan issuance amounts to R152.6 billion in 2010/11. Fixed-income bond issuance was concentrated in the medium-term maturities as shown in Table 6.6. These bonds constitute 78 per cent of total bond issuance. Fixed-income bonds were issued at a weighted average nominal yield of 8.3 per cent, while inflation-linked bonds were issued at a weighted average real yield of 2.9 per cent.

The new fixed-income bonds, R213 (7 per cent; 2031) and R214 (6.5 per cent; 2041), were well received. As at 31 January 2011, issuance in the R213 bond reached R10.7 billion and R5.5 billion in the R214 bond, showing high demand for ultra-long benchmarks. Demand for inflation-linked bonds remained high, with 61 per cent of issuance in the longer maturity R202 (3.45 per cent; 2033) and R210 (2.6 per cent; 2028) bonds.

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Current weekly auction levels in domestic bonds will be broadly maintained in the year ahead

Over the next two years, domestic long-term loan issuance will average R150.5 billion, decreasing to R143.5 billion in 2013/14. In 2011/12, issuance in fixed-income and inflation-linked bonds will be in existing benchmark bonds. It is anticipated that the current weekly auction levels in domestic bonds will be broadly maintained in 2011/12.

The non-competitive auctions in domestic fixed-income bonds, which provide primary dealers a 48-hour option of taking up an additional 30 per cent of their allocation at the auction clearing yield, will remain a source of funding.

Table 6.6 Domestic long-term market loan issuance, 2010/11


			Average
As of 31 January 2011	Cash		yield		Nominal
R million	value		%		outstanding

Fixed-income¹		96 441		8.32		396 108
R203 (8.25%; 2017)		17 684		8.13		61 750
R204 (8%; 2018)		15 581		8.39		60 968
R207 (7.25%; 2020)		15 100		8.19		69 949
R208 (6.75%; 2021)		18 539		8.34		58 341
R186 (10.5%; 2025/26/27)		4 512		8.53		79 684
R213 (7%; 2031)		9 251		8.43		10 719
R209 (6.25%; 2036)		6 678		8.54		40 325
R214 (6.5%; 2041)		4 330		8.52		5 534
Retail		4 766		8.25		8 838
Inflation-linked		27 771		2.87		126 752
R211 (2.5%; 2017)		3 278		2.51		17 138
R212 (2.75%; 2022)		5 953		2.82		7 763
R197 (5.5%; 2023)		1 541		3.14		57 478
R210 (2.6%; 2028)		7 189		2.95		14 100
R202 (3.45%; 2033)		9 776		2.91		30 110
Retail		34		2.35		163

Total		124 212


1.		Includes non-competitive auction allocations of R13 billion.

Total investment in retail bonds amounts to R9 billion

Retail bonds consist of 2-, 3- and 5-year fixed-rate and 3-, 5- and 10-year inflation-linked bonds. During 2010/11, investment in retail bonds amounted to R4.8 billion, of which R220 million was reinvestment of maturing bonds and capitalised interest. Total investment in retail bonds amounts to R9 billion. The interest rates on retail bonds are shown in Table 6.7.

Table 6.7 Interest rates on government retail bonds


Effective from
Percentage	Bond maturity

Fixed-rate	2-year		3-year		5-year

1 May 2010		8.50		8.75		9.00
1 Oct 2010		8.00		8.25		8.50
1 Dec 2010		7.50		7.75		8.00
Inflation-linked	3-year		5-year		10-year

1 Dec 2009		2.25		2.50		3.00
1 Dec 2010		2.00		2.25		2.75

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As at 31 January 2011, R217 million of benchmark bonds were made available to primary dealers as an overnight facility at zero per cent interest to facilitate settlements in the bond market.

Foreign loans

Awards for a US$2 billion bond issuance, which was three times oversubscribed

Government did not issue any bonds in the international market in 2010/11. The US$2 billion issuance planned for 2010/11 took place in 2009/10 in response to favourable market conditions. The bond issue was more than three times oversubscribed. Euroweek named this instrument the emerging market bond of 2010, and Credit Magazine called it the best bond for Africa in 2010.

Drawdowns on the arms procurement loan agreements in 2011/12 amount to R1 billion, with final drawdowns of R26 million in 2012/13.

Global borrowing of US$1 billion a year to maintain foreign currency benchmarks

Over the medium term, government intends to borrow about US$1 billion a year in global markets to maintain benchmarks in major currencies and meet part of its foreign currency commitments. The balance of these commitments will be met from foreign currency bank balances and purchases in the domestic market.

Cash balances

Government’s total cash consists of deposits in rand and in foreign currency. These deposits are held with commercial banks and the Reserve Bank, as shown in Table 6.8.

Table 6.8 National government cash balances, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R billion			Actual				Estimate		Medium-term estimates

Reserve Bank
Sterilisation deposits		63.1		66.1		67.2		67.2		67.2		67.2		67.2
Foreign currency deposits		—		—		25.2		57.1		72.2		56.8		34.9
Corporation for Public Deposits		0.2		4.0		1.0		—		—		—		—
Commercial banks
Tax and loan accounts		30.5		31.3		38.4		41.9		35.0		35.0		35.0
Foreign currency deposits¹		—		—		—		0.1		—		—		—

Total		93.8		101.4		131.8		166.3		174.4		159.0		137.1

Of which:
Rand		93.8		101.4		106.6		109.1		102.2		102.2		102.2
Foreign currency		—		—		25.2		57.2		72.2		56.8		34.9


1.		Amounts drawn on the arms procurement loan agreements and deposited into an interest bearing escrow account until actual expenditure takes place.

Foreign currency deposits with Reserve Bank to increase to R72.2 billion in 2011/12

Government’s foreign exchange deposits with the Reserve Bank are made from money borrowed in the international markets and from purchases of foreign currency in the local market. These deposits are used to meet government’s foreign currency commitments. The rand equivalent of foreign currency deposits with the Reserve Bank is expected to rise to R72.2 billion by 2011/12 and will decrease to R34.9 billion in 2013/14 after large scheduled foreign loan redemptions and interest payments.

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In view of their role in managing money market liquidity, sterilisation deposits are only available for short-term cash management.

Operational cash in the tax and loan accounts is used to meet government’s rand expenditure. Total cash balances will rise to R174.4 billion in 2011/12, declining to R137.1 billion in 2013/14. The losses and profits on the foreign exchange activities of the Reserve Bank are accounted for on the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account. The balance on this account is split into transactions with a cash flow and non-cash flow impact. Due to a stronger currency, the balance of valuation gains and losses decreased to a net R18.3 billion as of 31 December 2010, R17.5 billion lower than a year earlier.

n National government’s debt portfolio

Total debt

At 4.6 per cent of net loan debt, foreign net loan debt is well below risk benchmark

Net loan debt consists of total domestic and foreign debt, less the cash balances of the National Revenue Fund. In 2010/11, lower foreign issuance and a higher foreign currency cash balance are expected to reduce foreign net loan debt to 4.6 per cent of total net loan debt. Gross foreign loan debt exposure as a percentage of total gross loan debt is expected to remain well below the National Treasury’s 20 per cent risk benchmark, declining from 9.6 per cent in 2010/11 to 7.2 per cent in 2013/14.

Table 6.9 Total national government debt, 2007/08 – 2013/14

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

R billion

Outcome

Estimate

Medium-term estimates

Domestic debt

Gross loan debt¹

480.8

529.7

705.5

893.4

1072.8

1250.2

1415.3

Cash balances

-93.8

-101.3

-106.6

-109.1

-102.2

Net loan debt²

387.0

428.4

598.9

784.3

970.6

1148.0

1313.1

Foreign debt

Gross loan debt¹

96.2

97.3

99.5

95.3

100.4

108.5

110.1

Cash balances

—

-25.2

-57.2

-72.2

-56.8

-34.9

Net loan debt²

96.2

97.3

74.3

38.1

28.2

51.7

75.2

Total gross loan debt

577.0

627.0

805.0

988.7

1173.2

1358.7

1525.4

Total net loan debt

483.2

525.7

673.2

822.4

998.8

1199.7

1388.3

As percentage of GDP:

Total gross loan debt

27.8

27.1

33.0

37.1

40.2

42.4

43.1

Total net loan debt

23.2

22.7

27.6

30.8

34.3

37.5

39.3

Foreign debt as percentage of:

Gross loan debt

16.7

15.5

12.4

9.6

8.6

8.0

7.2

Net loan debt

19.9

18.5

11.0

4.6

2.8

4.3

5.4


1.		Forward estimates are based on projections of exchange and inflation rates.

2.		Net loan debt is calculated with due account of the cash balances of the National Revenue Fund (bank balances of government’s accounts with the Reserve Bank and commercial banks).

By the end of 2010/11, financing of the net borrowing requirement, the impact of currency movements and inflation are expected to increase net loan debt to R822.4 billion. Net loan debt is projected to rise to R1.4 trillion or 39.3 per cent of GDP at the end of the forecast period.

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Maturity distribution and composition of government debt

Table 6.10 shows the weighted average maturity distribution of the domestic bond portfolio. The average maturity of the portfolio will increase marginally to 10.2 years in 2010/11. The short-term end of the portfolio increased to 11.9 per cent as the R189 (6.25 per cent; 2013) inflation-linked bond approached its redemption date.

Table 6.10 Maturity distribution of domestic marketable bonds, 2008/09 – 2010/11


					2010/11
Percentage of total	2008/09		2009/10		Estimates
Years	Portfolio¹				Funding²		Portfolio¹

0 – 3		8.4		5.7		—		11.9
3 – 7		32.2		31.5		17.0		25.6
7 – 10		17.5		24.4		25.5		18.9
10 – 19		34.3		29.6		31.9		31.0
Longer than 19		7.6		8.8		25.6		12.6

Weighted average years to maturity		10.2		10.1		13.1		10.2


1.		The total bond portfolio as at the end of the period.

2.		Bond issuances for the fiscal year.

Non-fixed portion of domestic debt portfolio exceeds benchmark

The non-fixed component of the domestic portfolio, comprising floating-rate notes, inflation-linked bonds and short-term loans, will grow from 30 per cent in 2008/09 to 38 per cent in 2010/11, exceeding the National Treasury risk benchmark of 30 per cent non-fixed debt.

The deviation was necessary to fund government’s large borrowing requirement and in response to greater demand for inflation-linked bonds and Treasury bills. Over the medium term, government will seek to move closer to the non-fixed debt benchmark.

Table 6.11 Composition of domestic debt by instrument, 2007/08 – 2010/11


End of period	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11
R billion	Outcome						Estimate

Short-term loans		52.9		65.0		114.9		149.9
Shorter than 91-days¹		1.0		—		0.3		13.7
91-days		31.7		37.7		48.2		49.7
182-days		10.4		13.8		24.3		28.0
273-days		9.8		12.9		27.9		34.1
364-days		—		0.6		14.2		24.4
Long-term loans		427.9		464.7		590.6		743.5
Fixed-income		350.8		369.0		445.6		556.3
Floating rate		4.8		7.8		7.8		7.8
Zero coupon		2.2		2.1		2.1		1.0
Inflation-linked²		68.6		83.9		130.4		168.7
Retail		1.3		1.7		4.6		9.6
Other³		0.2		0.2		0.1		0.1

Total		480.8		529.7		705.5		893.4


1.		Mainly borrowing from the Corporation for Public Deposits.

2.		Includes revaluation as a result of changes in CPI.

3.		Loan levies, former regional authorities and Namibian debt.

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The foreign debt portfolio consists mainly of US dollar-denominated (57 per cent) and euro-denominated (30 per cent) debt.

Debt-service costs

Debt-service costs are influenced by the volume of debt, new borrowing and market variables such as interest rates, inflation and exchange rates. Table 6.12 summarises trends and projections to 2013/14.

Table 6.12 National government debt-service costs, 2009/10 – 2013/14

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

R million

Outcome

Budget

Revised

Medium-term estimates

Domestic

52 170

65 549

61 084

70 797

84 551

97 061

Foreign

4 959

5 809

5 486

5 782

6 257

6 975

Total

57 129

71 358

66 570

76 579

90 808

104 036

As percentage of:

GDP

2.3

2.6

2.5

2.6

2.8

2.9

GDP-accrual ¹

2.4

2.9

2.8

2.9

3.1

3.2

Expenditure

7.6

8.7

8.2

8.6

9.4

9.9

Revenue

9.9

11.1

10.0

10.5

11.3

11.5


1.		Debt-service costs adjusted for the amortisation of discount on domestic bond issues.

In 2010/11, revised debt-service costs are expected to be R4.8 billion lower than projected, mainly due to favourable interest and exchange rates.

n State-owned entities’ capital programmes

Government works with state-owned entities to ensure low-cost financing for capital investments

The state-owned entities are mandated to give effect to government’s priorities. The main entities are in energy, rail, roads, ports, water and sanitation. For several years the largest entities have been investing in key economic infrastructure necessary to support long-term economic growth. During the recession, these infrastructure investments helped to stimulate the economy. To support the capital infrastructure programme, government provided cash injections, loans and guarantees to ensure the continued availability of funding at the lowest possible cost. To function sustainably, however, state-owned entities need to borrow mainly on the strength of their balance sheets.

Government will continue to help Eskom raise funding for its infrastructure commitments

Government support has reduced borrowing costs and eased pressure on the domestic capital market. The average spread between guaranteed and nonguaranteed domestic debt of state-owned entities amounted to 80 basis points in 2010/11. In the case of Eskom, this translates into an estimated saving of R1.3 billion over the period 2009/10 to 2014/15. In January 2011, Eskom issued 10-year unsecured notes amounting to US$1.8 billion in the global capital market. Government will continue to explore mechanisms to support Eskom in raising funding for its infrastructure commitments through 2017.

State-owned entities will continue to pursue funding opportunities in domestic and foreign capital markets. Multilateral agencies (the World Bank, European Investment Bank, African Development Bank, Agence Française de Développement and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) that

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provide cost-effective long-term loans will also continue to be sources of finance.

In the five years to 2014/15, capital expenditure by the major state-owned entities is projected at R623.6 billion

Between 2010/11 and 2014/15, capital expenditure by the major state-owned entities is projected at R623.6 billion (2010: R699.6 billion). This estimate is 10.9 per cent lower than previously published figures as a result of revisions to capital expenditure estimates. Contract prices have fallen somewhat and some projects have been delayed as a result of a slowdown in demand due to the recession.

Table 6.13 Major state-owned entities’ capital expenditure programmes, 2009/10 – 2014/15

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

R billion

Outcome

Budget

Revised

Medium-term estimate

Capital expenditure

88.6

149.5

136.2

136.5

122.7

104.3

123.9

Of which:

Eskom

48.4

96.3

86.8

93.7

85.2

67.0

88.9

Transnet

18.4

19.4

22.8

21.9

17.1

16.2

15.2

Central Energy Fund

1.4

5.8

6.8

4.3

8.2

10.1

5.5

South African National Roads

11.6

13.5

8.4

2.6

2.0

1.5

Agency Limited

Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority

0.4

7.1

5.0

9.0

4.8

2.9

Airports Company of South Africa Limited

5.2

1.6

1.3

0.8

1.1

—

Over the same five-year period, the capital expenditure programmes and refinancing needs of major state-owned entities will be financed through internally generated resources (42 per cent), government funding (5 per cent) and a combination of long-term and short-term borrowing in the domestic (28 per cent) and foreign markets (25 per cent).


Table 6.14		Projected major sources of funding for state-owned entities and development finance institutions, 2009/10 – 2014/15

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

R billion

Outcome

Budget

Revised

Medium-term estimates

Domestic loans (gross)

110.6

75.9

81.3

59.2

51.6

52.9

65.7

Short-term

29.6

11.7

20.2

17.9

13.5

11.3

12.7

Long-term

81.0

64.2

61.1

41.3

38.1

41.6

53.0

Foreign loans (gross)

6.9

50.4

66.2

47.1

30.5

32.0

12.9

Long-term

—

9.8

20.8

22.1

17.0

25.1

9.6

Multilateral institutions

4.6

32.6

28.0

18.1

7.9

3.5

1.2

Export credit agencies

2.3

8.0

17.4

6.9

5.6

3.4

2.1

Total

117.5

126.3

147.5

106.3

82.1

84.9

78.6

As percentage of total:

Domestic loans

94.1

60.1

55.1

55.7

62.9

62.3

83.6

Foreign loans

5.9

39.9

44.9

44.3

37.1

37.7

16.4

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Contingent liabilities

Contingent liabilities may be incurred depending on future events. In 2010/11, new guarantees were issued to Eskom (R174 billion) and the existing guarantee to Denel (R1.9 billion) was extended by a year. Fees of R43.9 million were received in 2010/11 on various guarantees provided. The major public entities that hold guarantees are shown in Table 6.15. Details of guarantee commitments are set out in Table 9 of Annexure B.


Table 6.15		Guarantee exposure against major state-owned entities and development finance institutions, 2009/10 – 2010/11

Institution

2009/10

2010/11

R billion

Guarantee

Exposure

Guarantee

Exposure

Total

298.4

129.1

470.5

159.8

Of which:

Eskom

176.0

46.7

350.0

71.3

South African National Roads Agency Limited

38.9

12.3

38.9

23.7

Development Bank of Southern Africa

29.3

26.6

29.3

25.7

Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority

25.4

20.7

25.4

18.8

Transnet

11.4

11.6

9.5

9.9

Land Bank

3.8

2.6

3.8

1.8

Eskom

State support led to cancellation of Eskom’s credit watch

In February 2009, government approved guarantees totalling R176 billion to support construction of new power plants; the guarantee was increased by R174 billion in October 2010, bringing the total to R350 billion. The additional state support has led to the cancellation of an Eskom credit watch. Part of the increase in the guarantee was precautionary, aimed at ensuring more rapid progress on urgent projects through 2017, including the completion of the Kusile power plant. Eskom is now able to borrow with a mix of unsecured and secured debt instruments.

Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority

As at 31 March 2011 the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority will have borrowed a total of R18.8 billion against an authorised guaranteed amount of R25.4 billion for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Income from water sales is proving adequate to service debt.

South African National Road Agency Limited

SANRAL will continue to source finance to fund expansion of toll roads in Gauteng and Western Cape

In 2009/10, SANRAL received a guarantee of R31.9 billion and raised R11.4 billion. SANRAL will continue to source finance over the medium term to fund the expansion and upgrade of toll roads as part of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project and the N1/N2 Winelands project.

Transnet

Guarantees to Transnet were provided in 1998 (R3.5 billion) and 2004 (R6 billion) to enable financing of capital expenditure projects. Since then Transnet’s financial position has improved and it can fund its capital expenditure programme on the strength of its balance sheet.

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Denel

Government extended Denel’s R1.9 billion of existing guarantees to 2011. Of the eight business units, four are profitable. Government is working with Denel to find a way for loss-making entities such as Denel Saab Aerostructures, Denel Dynamics and Rooivalk to become sustainable.

South African Airways

SAA’s R1.6 billion guarantee was restructured

Although no additional support was required during 2010, government restructured the R1.6 billion perpetual guarantee provided to South African Airways (SAA) in 2009 to provide security required by international air services licensing councils for tickets purchased in advance.

South African Broadcasting Corporation

Task team is working to ensure SABC’s adherence to conditions of guarantee

In 2009/10, government approved a R1.5 billion guarantee for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). A R1 billion term loan facility was concluded in December 2009 and issuance against the remaining guarantee is contingent on approval by government. The Ministers of Communications and Finance have established a task team to oversee a turnaround at the SABC and ensure adherence to guarantee conditions.

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa

The 2010 Budget included a recapitalisation of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa to the value of R797 million. This transfer supported repayment of a loan under the R1.4 billion guarantee for the acquisition of buses for the 2010 World Cup. The rail agency is working with government to ensure that the remainder of the loan will be repaid.

Provisions and contingent liabilities

Projections for provisions and contingent liabilities are shown in Table 6.16. Provisions are liabilities for which the payment date or amount is uncertain. The provisions for the multilateral institutions are the unpaid portion of subscriptions to these institutions, payable on request.

As at 31 March 2010, net loan debt, provisions and contingent liabilities amounted to 41 per cent of GDP, and are projected to reach 51 per cent of GDP by 2013/14. This is well below the Southern African Development Community’s macroeconomic convergence target of 60 per cent of GDP, and compares favourably with many developed countries.

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Table 6.16 Composition of provisions and contingent liabilities¹, 2009/10 – 2013/14


End of period	2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R billion	Outcome		Estimate		Medium-term estimates

Net loan debt		673.2		822.4		998.8		1 199.7		1 388.3
Provisions		58.4		58.5		75.2		79.4		84.0
Special drawing rights		0.8		0.8		0.8		0.8		0.8
International Monetary Fund²		23.6		23.6		23.6		23.6		23.6
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development²		11.2		11.0		10.9		12.0		13.3
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency²		0.1		0.1		0.1		0.1		0.1
African Development Bank²		8.1		7.9		24.1		26.6		29.3
Development Bank of Southern Africa Limited³		4.8		4.8		4.8		4.8		4.8
Government employees leave credits		9.8		10.3		10.9		11.5		12.1
Contingent liabilities		267.9		298.2		316.6		327.4		331.9
Guarantees		129.1		159.8		175.8		188.0		193.5
Post-retirement medical assistance		56.0		56.0		56.0		56.0		56.0
Road Accident Fund		45.4		44.1		46.2		45.6		45.3
Government employees pension funds		—		—		—		—		—
Claims against government departments		24.2		24.2		24.2		24.2		24.2
Export Credit Insurance Corporation		9.2		9.9		10.0		8.9		7.7
Unemployment Insurance Fund		3.7		3.9		4.1		4.4		4.9
Other⁴		0.3		0.3		0.3		0.3		0.3

Total		999.5		1 179.1		1 390.6		1 606.5		1 804.2

Total as percentage of GDP		40.9		44.2		47.7		50.2		51.0


1.		Medium-term forecasts of some figures are not available and are kept constant.

2.		Represents the unpaid portion of government’s subscription to these institutions.

3.		Represents callable capital provided for in terms of the Development Bank of Southern Africa Act.

4.		Represents a liability to Reserve Bank in respect of old coinage in circulation and other unconfirmed balances by departments.

n Development finance institutions

Development finance to support infrastructure and industrial development in South Africa and region

South Africa’s development finance institutions are well placed to deliver on government’s development priorities. The asset base of the major development finance institutions amounted to R153 billion as at 31 March 2010, and over the next three years their lending capacity will be an estimated R115 billion. Over the period ahead, these institutions will focus on infrastructure and industrial development, low-cost housing, rural development and land reform, financing small businesses and black economic empowerment enterprises, and supporting regional development.

Development finance institutions require adequate resources to deliver on their mandates. Government works with these institutions and other state-owned entities to ensure orderly participation in bond auctions, and to make use of favourable market conditions to extend their debt maturities to reduce refinancing risk. To ensure better coordination, guidance and monitoring, and a more cost-effective approach, government has established the Development Finance Institutions Council, made up of Cabinet ministers responsible for the various entities.

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Review of development finance institutions

In 2008 government commissioned a review on the role of development finance institutions. The purpose of the review was to ensure that these institutions were effectively supporting South Africa’s social and economic policy objectives, and working within a well-coordinated policy and governance framework.

The review focused on the 12 main institutions.* Its key findings were as follows:

•

Mandates: The mandates are broad and lack focus. There is considerable overlap and duplication in the purpose and function of these entities, leading to wastage of resources.

•

Governance: A uniform legal and regulatory framework is required for these institutions.

•

Coordination: Development finance institutions are not well coordinated at central government level. Improved coordination would support efficiency in service delivery.

•

Risk management: More emphasis must be placed on risk management to contain losses. Staff technical skills should be improved, boards trained and risk management programmes developed.

•

Development effectiveness: Monitoring and evaluation frameworks are weak or absent, making it difficult for government to assess the real impact of development finance activities.

•

Financial sustainability: The institutions should be able to cover their costs with their own income. While maintaining commercial loans, a growing proportion of funds should be directed towards development.

The review recommended that government introduce a more meaningful performance monitoring and evaluation system to assess and guide delivery on development interventions. It also proposed the establishment of a Development Finance Council to coordinate and guide the activities of these entities. The council is now in place and is overseeing the implementation of the recommendations made in the review.

* Development Bank of Southern Africa, Independent Development Trust, Industrial Development Corporation, Khula Enterprise Finance, Land Bank, Micro Agricultural Finance Institute of South Africa, National Empowerment Fund, National Housing Finance Corporation, National Urban Reconstruction and Housing Agency, Rural Housing Loan Fund, South African Micro Finance Apex Fund and Umsobomvu Youth Fund.

Development Bank of Southern Africa

DBSA to step up support for municipalities in services and infrastructure

Government and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) have agreed that the bank should step up its support for municipalities and expand its support to provinces and other priority programmes.

The DBSA will work to improve delivery of services, operations and infrastructure maintenance, with spinoffs for local employment. The Bank is also encouraged to champion a model that involves private-sector co-financing of such projects. To support these initiatives, government committed to raise the Bank’s callable capital by R15.2 billion to R20 billion, increasing its lending capacity to R140 billion. A legislative amendment will effect this change. Government is also exploring ways to reduce the DBSA’s exposure when lending to municipalities that are credit risks. This will help to accelerate municipal infrastructure programmes.

Land Bank

Land Bank has refocused to provide support for emerging farmers and boost agricultural production

The Land Bank is refocusing to prioritise support for emerging farmers, and to increase South Africa’s production of food and fibre. The Bank is working with the relevant national departments to implement a support programme for emerging farmers, starting with those who cannot service their Land Bank loans. The Bank has improved its financial performance, moving from a profit of R168.1 million in 2008/09 to R379 million in 2009/10. During 2011/12, the Bank will receive a tranche amounting to R750 million, reducing its extended guarantee to R1 billion. The intention is to complete the recapitalisation over the next two years, eliminating the

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guarantee. During 2010, the Land Bank successfully issued a 3-year floating rate note. Government will help the Bank to access longer-term multilateral funding to extend its debt-maturity profile.

National Housing Finance Corporation

NHFC has borrowed from international agencies

Government approved NHFC requests to borrow equivalent of €50 million from European agencies

In March 2010, government approved a request by the National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC) to borrow the rand-denominated equivalent of €30 million from the European Investment Bank and €20 million from the Agence Française de Développement. The Department of Human Settlements and the NHFC are investigating a mortgage default insurance programme, backed by a R1 billion government guarantee. The National Treasury is considering a reclassification under the Public Finance Management Act that would allow the NHFC to borrow.

Industrial Development Corporation

IDC plans to invest more than R70 billion over the next five years

The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) plans to invest more than R70 billion to fund industrial and business development over the next five years, with R10 billion set aside for projects with high job-creation potential. The IDC will also continue to assist selected businesses that are in distress as a result of the recent recession through the R6.1 billion fund announced in 2009 (R2.9 billion in 2009/10 and R3.2 billion in 2010/11). By the end of 2010, the IDC had committed R3.6 billion to 66 businesses under this programme, with 23 322 jobs saved as a result.

n Conclusion

Deep and liquid capital markets have supported the borrowing programme

During 2010/11, South Africa’s deep and liquid capital markets facilitated the financing of the elevated public-sector borrowing requirement of R281.2 billion, including the main budget deficit of R143.4 billion. Government has strengthened the development finance institutions through guarantees and capital injections to help them to leverage more resources in support of the development agenda.

Social security and health care financing

n Overview

Social security promotes a more inclusive society

In the face of persistent high unemployment and difficult economic conditions, the social security system has continued to play a crucial role, providing income support for retrenched workers and helping to alleviate poverty. Social assistance reaches nearly 15 million people and benefits millions of others in beneficiary households. Social security promotes inclusion by ensuring that people who are unable to work, either permanently or temporarily, remain active in their communities.

The social wage includes social security and access to housing, transport, health and sanitation services

Social security is part of the social wage, which includes access to housing, transport, sanitation, health services and basic infrastructure. In addition to its traditional role of providing citizens with a safety net, social security must also work hand-in-hand with policies to create jobs and raise standards of employment. Social security should not cultivate dependency, nor act as a disincentive to look for work.

South Africa’s social security arrangements are being reformed. The goal of these efforts is a fully functioning system that will support workers when they are out of work, and help to get them back into employment. It will provide income security in old age, and family support in the event of disability and death. It will help children to stay in school so that they can live full, productive lives. And it will complement programmes to increase employment and bring about sustainable social development.

To encourage efficiency, administrative capacity will be consolidated across agencies

To provide timely assistance for those in need, and to fulfil the longer-term objectives described above, South Africa’s social security institutions need to become more efficient, ensuring the effective use of funds and providing better service. As part of the broader reforms under way, government proposes, over time, to consolidate administrative

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arrangements for social security. The aim is to ensure that workers’ contributions are not consumed by separate bureaucracies or drained by operational inefficiencies. Establishing coordinated policy-making across these entities will help to make their programmes more effective.

Financial and operational reforms at UIF and RAF show significant progress

While there are considerable institutional challenges to social security reform, significant progress has been made this year in developing proposals for the new Road Accident Benefit Scheme, which will expand access, improve administration, reduce legal and compliance costs, and align this fund to other social security arrangements. The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has also demonstrated the benefits of effective reforms. Over the past five years the UIF has improved its financial position, and is now able to improve benefits to retrenched workers even as it contends with elevated levels of unemployment.

Social security and employment

Social security provides income support, and the system also needs to help get people back to work

South Africa’s economy is growing again, but the economic climate remains challenging and employment has not yet recovered. Social security provides essential support to workers who have lost their income — and it is equally important that the system helps get people back to work.

The relationship between social security and employment is central to the operations of the UIF. Employees and employers contribute in equal proportion to the fund every month. If workers are retrenched, they receive benefits based on their final salary, providing them and their families with a moderate income while they seek to return to work. Moreover, when they collect their unemployment benefits, work seekers are registered at government labour centres and have access to job-search services.

Medical rehabilitation is a key component of RAF and Compensation Funds support

The Compensation Funds, which are funded by employers, also fulfil a dual function: they pay benefits to workers injured on the job, and they fund medical treatment and rehabilitation that allow employees to return to work at the earliest opportunity. Rehabilitation is also an important component of the RAF benefit.

n Social assistance

Nearly 15 million people — more than a quarter of the population — receive social grants

There are now almost 15 million people receiving social grants in South Africa — which is more than a quarter of the population and over six times the number of grant beneficiaries in 1998. Social assistance will contribute R97.6 billion to household income in 2011/12, representing a substantial and enduring programme of poverty alleviation.

Social grants and household welfare

Income support makes a tangible difference to households with little or no income, along with in-kind transfers, fee waivers, subsidies and other benefits that form part of the social wage. At present:

•		More than 10 million people receive child support grants, and nearly 440 000 caregivers receive care dependency or foster care grants

•		Almost 2.6 million older persons receive a non-contributory pension

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•		7.1 million children are exempt from school fees

•		432 727 preschool children are subsidised in early childhood development centres

•		8.1 million children benefit from the school feeding programme

•		Comprehensive health services are available to all children

•		Primary health care is available free of charge for all residents, and tertiary care is provided at minimal cost to adults.

Reforming the means test

Social grants means tests are intended to ensure that support is provided to beneficiaries who need it, and that social assistance is both fair and financially sustainable. But the tests have several drawbacks:

•		They are complicated.

•		They prevent poor households whose income is marginally above threshold from receiving support.

•		They increase administrative costs.

•		They can have adverse consequences on people’s behaviour — for example, by creating an incentive for older workers to divest their assets and liquidate savings prior to retirement.

The means test threshold for the child support grant is set at 10 times the value of the grant. At or below that level, recipients receive the full grant. The means test for the old-age grant and the disability grant operates differently. Up to a certain income — the “disregard level” — recipients get the full grant. The grant level falls as incomes rise above the disregard level. Above the means test threshold, no grant is payable. The adult grants also impose asset thresholds. Recipients cannot own assets worth more than 40 times the value of the grant (R518 400 in 2010/11).

In 2010/11, the disregard level was R7 272 and the means test threshold was R31 296. Someone earning at the means test threshold was entitled to a grant of R100 per month. The budget for 2011/12 will raise the disregard level to R13 680, the means test threshold to R44 880 and the asset threshold to R547 200.

It is expected that the disregard level and the means test threshold will be raised in subsequent budgets until the means test threshold is in line with the tax threshold. This reform will benefit households with limited means, and alignment with the tax threshold will reduce administrative complexity.

Child support grant has been extended and eligibility for the old-age grant has increased

Since 1998 social grants have increased both in reach and value. Over this period eligibility for the child support grant has been progressively extended. The grant initially supported children in poor households up to the age of seven; as of 2013/14 children will be eligible for the grant up to their 18^th birthday. Eligibility for the old-age grant has also increased following the equalisation of the age at which men and women receive the grant, which was completed in 2010.

Table 7.1 shows the cost-of-living adjustments for all grants in 2011/12. The means test thresholds for the old-age and disability grants will also be raised, as discussed in the accompanying box, and the old-age grant will be increased by an additional R20 a month for recipients over the age of 75.

Table 7.1 Social grants values, 2010/11 and 2011/12


Rand	2010/11		2011/12		Increase

State old-age grant		1 080		1 140		60
State old-age grant, over 75s		1 080		1 160		80
War veterans grant		1 100		1 160		60
Disability grant		1 080		1 140		60
Foster care grant		710		740		30
Care dependency grant		1 080		1 140		60
Child support grant¹		250		270		20


1.		Increase of R10 in April and R10 in October.

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South African Social Security Agency

SASSA has nearly halved its deficit this year

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) administers the social grant system. Over the past year SASSA has reduced its deficit from R884 million in 2009/10 to a projected deficit of R460 million in 2010/11. It is hoped that the agency will clear its operating deficit in 2011/12. SASSA’s baseline allocation, as shown in Table 7.2, will increase from R5.6 billion in 2010/11 to R6.1 billion in 2011/12. SASSA has extended its contracts with external cash disbursement businesses to September 2011. Over the next six months, SASSA is developing a new social grant payment system that will aim to ensure:

•		Security of funds — As far as possible, grants should be transferred electronically and kept in accounts at regulated organisations

•		Accessibility of funds — Beneficiaries should be able to access their funds anywhere and at any time

•		Cost effectiveness for both government and beneficiaries.

Successful implementation of the new payment model in 2011/12 will free up considerable resources for SASSA to achieve its broader mandate of integrating social security administration.

Table 7.2 SASSA expenditure, 2007/08 – 2013/14


										2010/11
	2007/08			2008/09			2009/10			Revised			2011/12			2012/13			2013/14
R million				Actual						estimate			Medium-term estimates

Social grants transfers		62 467			70 715			79 260			88 268			97 560			106 256			114 409
SASSA administration		4 143			4 630			5 169			5 631			6 144			6 200			6 540

Total		66 610			75 345			84 429			93 899			103 704			112 456			120 949
Percentage of GDP		3.2	%		3.3	%		3.5	%		3.5	%		3.6	%		3.5	%		3.4	%

Source: Estimates of National Expenditure

Social assistance beneficiary and expenditure trends

Beneficiary numbers have grown by 6.4 per cent on average over past six years

Table 7.3 shows the growth in social grant beneficiary numbers by grant and province since 2007/08. Table 7.4 sets out grant expenditure since 2007/08 and spending forecasts over the medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) period.

•		The average annual growth in the number of beneficiaries was 6.4 per cent over the six years to 2010/11.

•		The child support grant is the largest by number of recipients, accounting for 69 per cent (over 10 million children) in 2010/11; the old-age grant is the largest by expenditure (R33.8 billion in 2010/11).

•		The number of foster care beneficiaries grew at the annual rate of 12.1 per cent, largely as a result of a growing number of orphans associated with the impact of Aids, and courts’ enhanced capacity to provide oversight under the Children’s Act (2005).

•		There has been a 1.2 per cent average reduction in disability grant beneficiaries, largely as a result of SASSA’s improved review process.

•		Social assistance grants expenditure is projected to increase at an average annual rate of 10.6 per cent between 2010/11 and 2013/14.

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Table 7.3 Social grants beneficiary numbers by type and province, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11¹		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14		% Growth
Thousands											Projected				per year

Type of grant
Old-age		2 219		2 344		2 490		2 647		2 729		2 786		2 844		4.2	%
War veterans		2		2		1		1		1		1		1		-17.7	%
Disability		1 413		1 372		1 299		1 233		1 265		1 290		1 315		-1.2	%
Foster care		443		476		489		554		613		709		820		10.8	%
Care dependency		102		107		119		121		128		135		141		5.6	%
Child support		8 196		8 765		9 381		10 336		10 977		11 303		11 589		5.9	%

Total		12 375		13 066		13 779		14 892		15 713		16 223		16 709		5.1	%

Province
Eastern Cape		2 292		2 347		2 416		2 569		2 738		2 797		2 847		3.7	%
Free State		756		766		806		895		927		957		987		4.5	%
Gauteng		1 452		1 538		1 702		1 842		1 917		1 993		2 092		6.3	%
Kw aZulu-Natal		3 033		3 317		3 454		3 692		3 868		4 004		4 130		5.3	%
Limpopo		1 799		1 894		1 974		2 140		2 299		2 336		2 379		4.8	%
Mpumalanga		925		978		1 009		1 072		1 159		1 181		1 201		4.4	%
Northern Cape		307		327		348		388		413		436		454		6.8	%
North West		980		1 015		1 071		1 137		1 170		1 210		1 236		3.9	%
Western Cape		831		886		997		1 156		1 222		1 308		1 383		8.9	%

Total		12 375		13 066		13 779		14 892		15 713		16 223		16 709		5.1	%


1.		Projected numbers at fiscal year end.

Source: Provincial budgets and expenditure review / Socpen system

Table 7.4 Social grants expenditure by type and province, 2007/08 – 2013/14


							2010/11
	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		Revised		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14		% Growth
R million			Actual				estimate				Projected				per year

Old-age		22 801		25 934		29 826		33 797		36 571		39 913		42 975		11.1	%
War veterans		22		20		17		14		12		11		10		-12.3	%
Disability		15 280		16 474		16 567		17 080		17 813		19 439		20 626		5.1	%
Foster care		3 414		3 934		4 434		4 898		5 536		5 833		6 281		10.7	%
Care dependency		1 132		1 292		1 434		1 582		1 727		1 885		2 129		11.1	%
Child support		19 625		22 348		26 670		30 594		35 564		38 810		41 993		13.5	%
Grant-in-aid		87		90		146		160		177		190		205		15.4	%
Social relief of distress		106		623		165		143		160		175		190		10.2	%

Total		62 467		70 715		79 260		88 268		97 560		106 256		114 409		10.6	%

Province
Eastern Cape		11 636		12 557		13 914		15 455		17 071		18 586		20 079
Free State		4 122		4 573		5 055		5 576		6 117		6 671		7 363
Gauteng		7 318		8 289		9 390		10 629		11 833		12 871		13 725
Kw aZulu-Natal		15 105		17 590		19 454		21 536		23 685		25 791		27 394
Limpopo		8 439		9 656		10 855		12 070		13 419		14 629		15 081
Mpumalanga		4 322		4 943		5 567		6 080		6 751		7 367		7 601
Northern Cape		1 622		5 711		2 227		2 500		2 766		3 018		3 429
North West		5 187		1 962		6 366		6 899		7 515		8 161		8 921
Western Cape		4 716		5 434		6 432		7 523		8 403		9 162		10 816

Total		62 467		70 715		79 260		88 268		97 560		106 256		114 409

Source: Socpen system

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n Social security funds

Contributory social security funds provide conditional income support or compensation to workers and road users who are injured or out of work. They include the UIF, the Compensation Funds and the RAF.

Table 7.5 Social security funds, 2007/08 — 2013/14


							2010/11
	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		Revised		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R million			Outcome				estimate		Medium-term estimates

Unemployment Insurance
Fund
Revenue		11 324		13 691		14 199		14 382		15 526		16 681		17 827
Expenditure		3 592		4 636		6 581		8 138		9 385		10 485		11 607
Compensation Funds
Revenue		5 661		6 860		7 364		7 288		7 705		8 217		8 632
Expenditure		3 567		3 451		3 923		2 754		3 939		4 014		4 229
Road Accident Fund
Revenue		8 104		11 865		11 785		14 218		14 858		16 512		18 442
Expenditure		9 316		11 966		12 221		14 218		14 378		15 333		17 856

Total: Social security funds
Tax revenue		20 868		23 288		27 001		30 427		32 225		35 065		38 175
Non-tax revenue		4 212		6 619		6 338		5 449		5 851		6 332		6 711
Grants received		9		2 509		10		12		12		13		14

Total revenue		25 089		32 416		33 348		35 888		38 089		41 410		44 900
Total expenditure		16 475		20 054		22 725		25 110		27 701		29 832		33 693
Budget balance¹		8 614		12 362		10 624		10 778		10 388		11 578		11 208


1.		A positive number reflects a surplus and a negative number a deficit.

Unemployment Insurance Fund

The UIF provides short-term unemployment insurance to qualifying workers. It pays benefits to contributors or their dependants in cases of unemployment, illness, maternity, adoption of a child or death. The fund is financed by a tax payable by both employers and employees at a rate of 1 per cent of earnings, up to a threshold of R12 478 a month.

UIF is in a strong financial position, despite higher payouts resulting from elevated unemployment

The UIF is in a position to meet its cash-flow requirements for a wide range of possible scenarios over the next decade. An actuarial valuation conducted in March 2010 estimated that the reserve requirement was R16.2 billion, and the fund had capital and reserves amounting to R41.2 billion as at 31 March 2010, mainly invested with the Public Investment Corporation.

For the first nine months of 2010/11, an average of 63 260 new claims per month reached the UIF. Average monthly benefit payments amounted to R466.8 million to 207 646 beneficiaries. Since the recession began workers have on average spent longer periods out of work. Expenditure on UIF benefits increased by 58.5 per cent between 2008/09 and 2010/11.

UIF is developing tools to help place unemployed workers in jobs or training

Through its links with Department of Labour employment centres and its jobs database, the UIF is developing mechanisms to support the placement of unemployed workers in jobs or training.

Improvements to the UIF benefit structure are currently under consideration as part of the broader reform of social security.

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Figure 7.1 UIF payments and beneficiaries, 2009 – 2010

Table 7.6 UIF benefits and recipient numbers, 2007/08 – 2010/11


							2010/11
	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		Revised
			Outcome				estimate

Benefits (R million)
Unemployment		2 031		2 834		3 942		4 280
Illness		187		212		355		387
Maternity/adoption benefits		460		538		832		901
Dependant benefits		243		264		491		532

Total benefits paid¹		2 921		3 848		5 620		6 100

Beneficiaries (thousand)
Unemployment		397		475		529		582
Illness		25		26		26		29
Maternity/adoption		89		94		98		108
Dependant		16		16		18		20

Total beneficiaries		527		611		671		739


1.		Numbers are recorded on an accrual basis, excluding provisions.

Road Accident Fund

The RAF provides compensation for losses incurred due to the wrongful or negligent driving of another vehicle. Losses covered by the RAF include the loss of earnings or support, medical expenses and funeral costs, as well as non-financial losses such as pain and suffering. The RAF is funded from a dedicated levy on fuel. The fuel levy will increase from the current 72c/l to 80c/l in April 2011.

RAF has made savings, but legal and administrative costs consume a higher portion of the fuel levy

The RAF has heeded the call for efficiency savings by reducing projected administrative expenditure by R131 million over the next three years. However, the legal and administrative cost of finalising claims has remained at about 30 per cent of fuel levy proceeds. Reducing these costs is an important element in the reform of the road accident benefit system.

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The RAF reduced the number of outstanding claims from 261 390 in 2008/09 to 209 186 in 2009/10. Claims expenditure increased by an annual average of 15 per cent between 2007/08 and 2010/11, and will continue to grow over the MTEF period at an average rate of 8 per cent a year. The estimated outstanding liability increased to R44.1 billion in 2010/11.

The shift to a no-fault road accident insurance system is under way

The Road Accident Fund Amendment Act (2005) and the shift to a no-fault benefit scheme have been subject to legal challenge. In November 2010, the Constitutional Court dismissed the main challenge to the reform and found that the no-fault benefit approach would support the objectives of making the fund financially viable — and compensation more transparent, predictable and equitable.

New scheme will move emphasis away from claims settlement and towards medical coverage

In February 2010 the Department of Transport published a proposal for a no-fault Road Accident Benefit Scheme. The scheme would provide for a more equitable, affordable and sustainable system of benefits, and conform to the fundamental rights to social security and health care established by the Constitution. The new system would shift expenditure away from claims settlement and legal costs towards medical expenditure, ensuring beneficiaries’ access to timely and appropriate healthcare, encourage rehabilitation and provide for life-long care for those seriously injured.

Successful implementation of the new scheme is expected to reduce costs by 7.5 per cent compared with the existing RAF.

Compensation Funds

The Compensation Funds provide medical care and income benefits to workers who are injured on the job or who develop occupational diseases, survivor benefits to families of victims of employment-related fatalities and funding for rehabilitation of disabled workers. Costs are recovered through levies on employers. The largest fund is the Compensation Fund, run by the Department of Labour. The Department of Health oversees the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases. The funds’ financial performance is reflected in Table 7.5.

n A pressing need for administrative reform

Social security and assistance agencies are burdened with high administrative costs

High administrative costs burden both the social assistance and the statutory social security funds. Excessive administrative costs in the grants system represent an unproductive use of revenue set aside for those with the greatest need. In the case of the statutory funds, administrative costs reduce the value of workers’ benefits in relation to their contributions.

The main reason for high costs is the duplication of functions across agencies. Social security entities essentially perform the same tasks: they collect contributions, manage accounts and disburse benefits. Yet none of these functions are shared. Information gathered this year from the five largest agencies underscores the extent of the problem. As shown in Table 7.7, administrative costs vary significantly. For example, SASSA’s administration ratio is 6 per cent, the UIF’s is 25 per cent and the Compensation Fund spends over 40 per cent of costs on administration.

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Table 7.7 Benefits and administrative expenditure of five social security entities, 2010/11 – 2013/14


	2010/11
	Revised			2011/12			2012/13			2013/14
	estimate			Medium-term estimates

Benefit (R thousand)
SASSA		89 368			97 479			106 029			112 682
CCOD¹		91			104			121			121
RAF		14 935			15 049			15 790			16 461
UIF		6 099			6 952			7 926			9 778
Compensation Fund		2 689			3 807			4 018			4 219

Total		113 182			123 390			133 883			143 260

Administrative expenditure (Rand)
SASSA		5 487			5 686			5 975			5 525
CCOD		9			10			11			11
RAF		1 077			1 078			1 128			1 179
UIF		1 543			1 578			1 652			1 743
Compensation Fund		1 079			1 048			1 230			1 291

Total		9 196			9 402			9 996			9 749

Administration ratio
SASSA		6.0	%		6.0	%		6.0	%		5.0	%
CCOD		10.0	%		10.0	%		9.0	%		9.0	%
RAF		7.0	%		7.0	%		7.0	%		7.0	%
UIF		25.0	%		23.0	%		21.0	%		18.0	%
Compensation Fund		40.0	%		28.0	%		31.0	%		31.0	%

Total		8.0	%		8.0	%		7.0	%		7.0	%


1.		Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases.

These numbers do not tell the whole story. For example, SASSA’s distribution costs are high due to expensive cash-payment contracts. Without these costs, administrative expenditure as a percentage of benefit payments would have fallen over time. The UIF has 948 service points, compared with 540 for SASSA and a total of 1 700 across all social security entities. Sharing the 1 700 service points would reduce costs, increase the presence of some entities, and enhance service delivery.

Ministerial committee has called for unification of administration

In 2010 the inter-ministerial committee on social security reform and health financing called for the unification of administrative functions, alignment of benefits and coordination of policy-making across agencies.

n Retirement industry reforms

In the absence of a statutory retirement fund, many workers rely on the state old-age grant

The absence of a statutory retirement fund means that workers’ income in retirement comes from occupational schemes or individual savings arrangements. Coverage of occupational funds in South Africa is high relative to other countries of similar income level, though coverage varies across sectors and households generally do not save adequately for retirement. Many low-income workers rely only on the old-age grant.

A key reason for the disparity in coverage levels and savings rates is the lack of preservation: workers often liquidate their savings when they leave a job rather than transfer them to a new fund. The National Treasury will consult with the public this year regarding the viability of mandating preservation upon change of jobs, or in the event of divorce.

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Reforms proposed to Regulation 28, which governs where pension funds can invest

The savings industry requires careful regulation. In 2010 the National Treasury proposed changes to Regulation 28 of the Pensions Fund Act (1956), which imposes limits on where funds can invest. The intention is to ensure that retirement savings are invested in a prudent manner that protects fund members, while promoting economic development.

The Pensions Fund Act does not cover public-sector funds. Discussions are under way regarding the way these funds will be regulated in future.

Consolidation among South Africa’s 3 200 pension funds is necessary and achievable

Strong supervisory capacity is also required to ensure that funds obey the rules. The Financial Services Board (FSB), which supervises South African pension funds and insurers, struggles to fulfil its obligations due to some funds’ poor reporting standards. The profusion of funds adds to the FSB’s workload: although the number of active pension funds has declined significantly in recent years to about 3 200 today, more consolidation is both desirable and achievable.

Pension funds also need to improve their level of disclosure to clients. A lack of transparency prevents customers from being able to compare products across funds, and often results in excessive charges. During 2011, the National Treasury will consult with pension fund industry bodies to draft a code of ethics and address concerns over high fees.

n Restructuring public health care

Budget takes first steps in NHI by strengthening the health system

The 2011 Budget takes the first steps in establishing national health insurance (NHI), which is part of the Minister of Health’s 10-point plan for improving health outcomes in South Africa. The public health system is being strengthened, a health infrastructure grant has been established, new facilities are being built and existing ones upgraded. In addition:

•		A family health approach to primary health care is being launched (R1.2 billion)

•		The quality of care in hospitals is being improved (R2.7 billion)

•		The Office of Standards Compliance is being established as an independent authority, which will include an inspectorate and an ombudsman (R117 million).

To work properly, the NHI must be adequately financed

The delivery of primary health care through family health teams draws on lessons from the successful adoption of this approach in Brazil. The teams will consist of nurses, doctors and community health workers, looking after families in revitalised public health facilities, with an emphasis on prevention rather than cure.

These and other improvements to the public health system will require higher revenues to ensure adequate financing over the long term. The NHI will also rely on efficient delivery structures for health services and a sound payment approach for health providers. Joint work of the National Treasury and the Department of Health is in progress on the fiscal and financial arrangements for these reforms. Due in part to the complex nature of financing and accrediting facilities for participation in the system, and investment in health service capacity that is required, implementation of this reform will be phased over a period of 14 years.

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n Sustaining quality service delivery

Social and economic infrastructure investments will be scaled up

The medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) for the period ahead reflects government’s commitment to creating jobs, growing the economy, promoting equity and accelerating access to quality social services. Growth in spending focuses on education and skills development, improved health outcomes, integrated and sustainable human settlements, and rural development. In addition, social and economic infrastructure investments are to be scaled up.

Expenditure growth will be accompanied by reprioritised budgets that support frontline service delivery. More efficient and effective administration is needed to achieve and sustain improvements in the quality and accessibility of public services.

Managing public-sector expenditure involves balancing competing priorities

Over the past decade, progress has been made in raising South Africa’s living standards. Yet much work lies ahead. Maintenance of infrastructure assets has to be prioritised and training within the public service enhanced. Effective management of the public service is central not only to the quality and character of service delivery, but also to the careers of employees in national and provincial departments. Steady growth of public-sector employment, and improvements in conditions of service over time, have to be accommodated within an affordable wage bill. Managing public-sector expenditure involves balancing a range of competing priorities. A better mix between personnel, capital and goods and services spending is needed.

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reprioritisation; and proposed revisions to expenditure plans. The medium-term allocations are grouped by function.

n Division of revenue

In keeping with provisions of the Constitution, monies appropriated from the National Revenue Fund — the “main budget” — are to be shared between national government, provinces and municipalities through an annual Division of Revenue Act.

The budget framework provides R808.3 billion to be allocated in 2011/12

Excluding a contingency reserve of R38.9 billion and provision made for debt-service costs, the MTEF provides for a total of R808.3 billion to be allocated in 2011/12, R865.9 billion in 2012/13 and R925.6 billion in 2013/14. Aggregate expenditure over the next three years includes R94.1 billion in additional non-interest allocations over the baseline projections of the 2010 Budget. National government receives R48.8 billion, provinces R40.2 billion and local government R5.1 billion of these additional allocations. Total non-interest spending, including the contingency reserve, grows by 8.5 per cent a year over the period ahead, or about 3.3 per cent in real terms.

The proposed division of revenue is in line with government’s medium-term priorities and is informed by the recommendations made by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC).

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Explanatory Memorandum to the Division of Revenue outlines government’s response to the FFC

The Explanatory Memorandum to the Division of Revenue, which is tabled annually with the Division of Revenue Bill, outlines how this division takes into account the FFC’s recommendations. The memorandum contains detailed information on funds allocated to provinces and municipalities, and should be read together with this chapter. The memorandum is available as Annexure W1 of the Budget Review on the National Treasury website (www.treasury.gov.za).

Table 8.1 shows the division of revenue for the 2011 Budget, taking account of the revenue-raising capacities and spending responsibilities of each sphere of government.

Table 8.1 Division of nationally raised revenue, 2007/08 – 2013/14


										2010/11
	2007/08			2008/09			2009/10			Revised			2011/12			2012/13			2013/14
R million				Outcome						estimate			Medium-term estimates

Debt-service cost		52 877			54 394			57 129			66 570			76 579			90 808			104 036
Non-interest expenditure		488 566			581 560			690 068			743 353			812 345			877 324			948 992
Percentage increase		16.9	%		19.0	%		18.7	%		7.7	%		9.3	%		8.0	%		8.2	%

Total expenditure		541 443			635 953			747 197			809 923			888 923			968 132			1 053 029
Percentage increase		15.2	%		17.5	%		17.5	%		8.4	%		9.8	%		8.9	%		8.8	%
Unallocated														40			330			530
Contingency reserve		—			—			—			—			4 090			11 405			23 375

Division of available funds
National departments		242 580			289 236			345 366			359 120			380 154			408 439			439 049
Provinces		207 504			246 836			293 164			323 080			357 929			380 450			404 251
Equitable share		171 054			201 796			236 891			265 139			288 493			305 725			323 604
Conditional grants		36 451			45 040			52 073			57 941			69 436			74 724			80 647
Gautrain loan		—			—			4 200			—			—			—			—
Local government		38 482			45 487			51 537			61 152			70 171			77 029			82 317
Equitable share¹		20 676			25 560			23 845			30 559			34 108			37 573			39 960
General fuel levy sharing		—			—			6 800			7 542			8 573			9 040			9 613
Conditional grants		17 806			19 928			20 892			23 051			27 490			30 416			32 743

Total		488 566			581 560			690 068			743 353			808 254			865 919			925 617

Percentage shares
National departments		49.7	%		49.7	%		50.0	%		48.3	%		47.0	%		47.2	%		47.4	%
Provinces		42.5	%		42.4	%		42.5	%		43.5	%		44.3	%		43.9	%		43.7	%
Local government		7.9	%		7.8	%		7.5	%		8.2	%		8.7	%		8.9	%		8.9	%


1.		With effect from 2006/07, the local government equitable share includes compensation for the termination of Regional Services Council (RSC) and Joint Services Board (JSB) levies for metros and district municipalities. From 2009/10 the RSC levies replacement grant is only allocated to district municipalities.

Several changes to the conditional grant framework for provinces and municipalities should be noted:

•

To align planning and implementation with sector needs, and to reduce persistent backlogs, the infrastructure grant to provinces has been restructured. Funds will now be transferred through three conditional grants — the health infrastructure grant, the education infrastructure grant and the provincial roads maintenance grant — on the votes of the departments of Health, Basic Education and Transport. The National Treasury will work closely with these departments to strengthen planning and organisational capacity at national and provincial level.

•

A new conditional grant is introduced to replace inappropriate and unsafe school structures, and to address backlogs in basic services to

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Table 8.2 Conditional grants to provinces, 2010/11 – 2013/14


									Total for
R million	2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14		MTEF

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries		1 167		1 487		1 684		1 867		5 038
Comprehensive agricultural support programme		862		1 029		1 148		1 315		3 492
Agriculture disater management grant		50		—		—		—		—
Ilima/letsema projects		200		400		420		443		1 263
Land care programme: poverty relief and infrastructure development		55		58		116		109		282
Arts and Culture		513		543		571		602		1 716
Community library services		513		543		571		602		1 716
Basic Education		7 107		10 546		11 331		11 954		33 831
Dinaledi schools		—		70		100		106		276
HIV and Aids (life skills education)		188		199		209		221		629
National school nutrition programme		3 663		4 579		4 928		5 199		14 706
Technical secondary schools recapitalisation		50		200		210		222		632
Education Infrastructure grant		3 206		5 498		5 883		6 207		17 588
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs		214		305		180		190		675
Provincial disaster grant		—		305		180		190		675
Provincial Infrastructure disaster relief		214		—		—		—		—
Health		20 483		23 948		25 746		28 175		77 869
Comprehensive HIV and Aids		6 052		7 493		8 825		10 607		26 924
Forensic pathology services		557		590		—		—		590
Health professions training and development		1 865		1 977		2 076		2 190		6 244
Health Infrastructure grant		840		1 702		1 821		1 921		5 444
Hospital revitalisation		3 771		4 136		4 336		4 068		12 540
National tertiary services		7 398		8 049		8 689		9 389		26 127
Higher Education and Training		3 804		4 326		4 705		5 262		14 293
Further education and training colleges		3 804		4 326		4 705		5 262		14 293
Human Settlements		13 033		14 942		15 599		16 457		46 998
Housing disaster relief		134		—		—		—		—
Human settlements development		12 899		14 942		15 599		16 457		46 998
Public Works		2 181		2 271		2 505		2 778		7 554
Devolution of property rate funds		1 865		1 803		1 938		2 091		5 832
Expanded public works programme Incentive grant for provinces		259		267		325		402		994
Social sector expanded public works programme incentive for provinces		57		200		242		286		728
Sport and Recreation South Africa		426		452		475		501		1 427
Mass sport and recreation participation		426		452		475		501		1 427
Transport		9 013		10 616		11 929		12 860		35 404
Gautrain rapid rail link		438		5		—		—		5
Overload control		11		—		—		—		—
Public transport operations		3 863		4 153		4 361		4 601		13 115
Provincial roads maintenance grant		4 700		6 457		7 568		8 259		22 284

Total		57 941		69 436		74 724		80 647		224 807

Indirect transfers		—		700		2 315		5 189		8 204
School infrastructure backlogs grant		—		700		2 315		5 189		8 204

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Table 8.3 National transfers to local government, 2007/08 – 2013/14


							2010/11
	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		Revised		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R million			Outcome				estimate		Medium-term estimates

Direct transfers
Equitable share and related		20 676		25 560		23 845		30 559		34 108		37 573		39 960
Fuel levy sharing		—		—		6 800		7 542		8 573		9 040		9 613
Infrastructure		16 290		18 562		18 812		20 972		25 596		28 642		30 774
Municipal infrastructure grant		6 967		6 968		8 788		9 515		11 444		13 914		14 679
Urban settlement development grant		2 950		3 590		4 285		4 855		6 267		7 410		8 127
Public transport infrastructure and systems grant		1 174		2 920		2 418		3 699		4 803		5 000		5 564
Integrated national electrification programme grant		462		589		914		1 020		1 097		1 151		1 215
Neighbourhood development partnership grant		41		182		506		1 030		750		800		800
2010 FIFA World Cup stadiums development grant		4 605		4 295		1 661		302		—		—		—
Municipal disaster grant		—		—		—		—		470		330		350
Rural transport services and infrastructure grant		—		9		10		10		35		37		39
Electricity demand-side management		—		—		175		220		280		—		—
Municipal drought relief grant		90		9		54		320		450		—		—
Capacity building and other current transfers		1517		1 365 2		081 2		080		1 894		1 774		1 969
2010 FIFA World Cup host city operating grant		—		—		508		210		—		—		—
Restructuring grant		530		—		—		—		—		—		—
Financial management grant		145		180		300		365		435		479		526
Municipal systems improvements grant		200		200		200		212		219		230		243
Expanded public w orks programme incentive grant for municipalities		—		—		202		623		680		666		779
Water services operating subsidy grant		642		985		871		670		561		399		421

Sub total direct transfers		38 483		45 487 5		1 538 6		1 152		70 171		77 029		82 317

Indirect transfers
Infrastructure transfers		1 334		1 928		2 754		2 947		3 892		4 445		4 734
Regional bulk infrastructure grant		300		450		612		893		1 704		2 003		2 176
Backlogs in the electrification of clinics and schools		—		90		149		—		—		—		—
Backlogs in water and sanitation at clinics and schools		—		186		350		—		—		—		—
Integrated national electrification programme (Eskom) grant		973		1 148		1 478		1 720		1 738		1 882		1 986
Neighbourhood development partnership grant		61		54		90		125		100		80		55
Electricity demand side management		—		—		75		109		119		—		—
Rural households infrastructure grant		—		—		—		100		232		480		517
Capacity-building and other		550		379		243		148		100		—		—
Financial management grant (DBSA)		53		50		—		—		—		—		—
Water services operating subsidy grant		497		329		243		148		100		—		—

Sub total indirect transfers		1 884		2 307		2 997		3 095		3 992		4 445		4 734

Total		40 367		47 794		54 535		64 247		74 164		81 474		87 051

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n Expenditure outcome and revised estimate: 2009/10 and 2010/11

Expenditure on national votes (including transfers to provinces and municipalities) amounted to R747.2 billion in 2009/10, out of a total adjusted appropriation of R755.5 billion, or 98.9 per cent of available funds. Provinces spent R305.4 billion against an adjusted budget of R303.9 billion, or 100.5 per cent of their budgets. Municipalities underspent their budgets by a net R16.7 billion, compared with R16.8 billion in 2008/09.

Overspending on personnel costs is evident in several provinces, as is underspending on infrastructure

Overspending on personnel costs is evident in several provincial education and health departments. Underspending is apparent in transport and human settlements votes. The revised estimate of expenditure for 2010/11 shows projected underspending of R6.4 billion on national department allocations. State debt costs are expected to be R1 billion lower than projected in the 2010 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement. Provinces are projected to underspend by R2.2 billion in 2010/11.

n Consolidated government expenditure

Understanding the different levels of the government accounts

Alongside the main budget, summarised above, government expenditure also includes social security funds, public entities, provincial and municipal activities. Although financed in part through dedicated contributions (such as the Unemployment Insurance Fund contribution) or user charges (such as toll fees or water tariffs), the expenditure of social security funds and government agencies is part of the government accounts and is governed by statute. The overview of government expenditure by function that follows includes provinces, government agencies, public entities and transfers to municipalities, but does not include municipal spending out of own revenue.

Figure 8.1 Structure of government accounts

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Over MTEF non-interest expenditure grows by an annual average of 8 per cent

Trends in the functional classification of consolidated government expenditure are set out in Table 8.4. Consolidated government expenditure is projected to increase from R897.4 billion in 2010/11 to R1.2 trillion in 2013/14, largely financed through the national budget. Over the next three years, non-interest government expenditure grows by an annual average of 8 per cent, compared with annual average growth of 16.8 per cent over the previous three years. State debt cost, in contrast, increases by 16 per cent over the period ahead following an average increase of 3.1 per cent a year since 2007/08.

Table 8.4 Consolidated government expenditure by function, 2010/11 – 2013/14


									Average annual
	2010/11								growth
	Revised		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14		2007/08 –			2010/11 –
R million	estimate		Medium-term estimates						2010/11			2013/14

General public services		51 325		55 398		56 718		60 850		-15.9	%		5.8	%
Defence		33 958		38 436		41 352		43 895		6.7	%		8.9	%
Public order and safety		84 050		90 904		97 856		104 555		13.1	%		7.5	%
Police services		55 950		60 691		64 847		69 605		13.4	%		7.6	%
Law courts		12 912		13 712		15 270		16 197		14.9	%		7.8	%
Prisons		15 187		16 501		17 739		18 754		10.9	%		7.3	%
Economic affairs		140 319		130 538		140 144		149 194		19.5	%		2.1	%
General economic, commercial and labour affairs		27 107		28 889		30 433		32 488		36.7	%		6.2	%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting		16 303		19 015		20 179		21 033		5.4	%		8.9	%
Fuel and energy		27 560		7 895		7 539		6 343		71.4	%		-38.7	%
Mining, manufacturing and construction		5 530		5 954		6 446		6 579		2.4	%		6.0	%
Transport		60 522		65 584		72 813		79 791		15.8	%		9.7	%
Communication		3 297		3 201		2 734		2 960		15.5	%		-3.5	%
Environmental protection		4 745		6 019		5 740		6 159		7.8	%		9.1	%
Housing and community amenities		102 061		121 921		130 353		138 377		20.7	%		10.7	%
Housing development		22 530		27 593		30 842		32 557		22.9	%		13.1	%
Community development		48 356		53 938		59 583		63 466		21.7	%		9.5	%
Water supply		31 175		40 391		39 928		42 353		17.9	%		10.8	%
Health		102 522		112 575		120 641		127 394		17.8	%		7.5	%
Recreation and culture		6 351		6 352		6 581		6 919		-9.8	%		2.9	%
Education		172 713		189 523		201 349		215 121		16.0	%		7.6	%
Social protection		132 761		146 930		158 635		171 897		12.6	%		9.0	%

Allocated expenditure		830 806		898 596		959 369		1 024 362		12.0	%		7.2	%
State debt cost		66 570		76 579		90 808		104 036		8.0	%		16.0	%
Contingency reserve		—		4 090		11 405		23 375

Consolidated expenditure ¹		897 376		979 265		1 061 582		1 151 773		11.7	%		8.7	%


1.		Consisting of national, provincial, social security funds and selected public entities. Refer to Annexure W2 for a detailed list of entities included.

The budget framework includes a contingency reserve of R4.1 billion, R11.4 billion and R23.4 billion over the next three years, which allows for possible new priorities or unanticipated commitments to be accommodated within the projected framework. These amounts include provision for events that cannot be foreseen, such as natural disasters.

Additional allocations and adjustments to consolidated expenditure plans over the 2011 Budget MTEF period are summarised in Table 8.5.

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Table 8.5 2011 Budget priorities – additional MTEF allocations, 2011/12 – 2013/14


R million	2011/12		2012/13		2013/14		Total

Job Creation
Job creation, small enterprise development, youth employment		2 301		3 352		4 415		10 067
Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Development
Public transport		2 107		3 607		4 701		10 415
Rural development & emerging farmer support		622		919		1 303		2 844
Consolidation of economic regulatory capacity		353		177		205		735
Enterprise investment programme		150		200		250		600
Infrastructure projects		—		265		297		562
Green economy		200		300		500		1 000
Broadband ICT: universal access & cost reduction		100		150		200		450
Housing and Community Amenities
Human settlements upgrading & municipal services		794		1 618		2 452		4 865
Water infrastructure & services; acid mine drainage response		840		944		666		2 450
Education
FET college expansion & skills development		2 022		3 337		4 158		9 517
School infrastructure & facilities, improved learner support materials		780		2 315		5 189		8 284
Funza Lushaka teacher bursaries and bursaries for scientific post graduate students		5		272		677		954
Health
Hospital revitalisation and primary health family care teams		858		1 931		2 730		5 519
HIV/AIDS and ARVs		60		560		1 860		2 480
Social protection
Other (including social grants)		1 164		2 644		5 102		8 910
Public Order and Safety
Police personnel expansion & training		100		400		1 283		1 783
General Public Services
Municipal disaster grant		470		330		350		1 150
Provincial disaster grant		305		180		190		675
Post-recovery and reconstruction for current floods		600		—		—		600
Municipal charges		683		964		1 149		2 796
Compensation of employees adjustments
Wages (including additional personnel)		11 413		13 164		14 806		39 382
Other adjustments		-5 185		-8 057		-8 685		-21 927

Total		20 742		29 573		43 797		94 112

n Savings, reprioritisation and changes to expenditure plans

A more moderate rate of public expenditure growth alongside delivery of quality services

Over the next three years, government will moderate the pace of public expenditure growth while accelerating the delivery of quality services. Spending baselines have undergone rigorous review and current expenditure has been realigned to support government’s 12 outcomes. In the budgeting process, greater emphasis has been placed on assessing several factors:

•		The capacity of departments and public entities to manage resources

•		The link between outcomes, expenditure and departmental mandates

•		Expenditure trade-offs between different budget proposals

•		Non-performing and/or underperforming programmes and entities.

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Savings of R30.6 billion include 0.3 per cent reduction in department baselines

The 2011 Budget makes available R94.1 billion above budget baselines over the MTEF. This includes savings of R30.6 billion. Of these savings, R21.6 billion is reprioritised within departmental budget baselines to meet existing commitments. The remaining R9 billion is added to the fiscal framework to channel more resources to key outcomes.

The savings include R6 billion resulting from a 0.3 per cent reduction in the baseline budgets across national and provincial departments. To accommodate this, government departments were asked to decrease spending on noncore goods and services, reschedule expenditure, adjust foreign exchange projections, reduce transfers to certain public entities, improve financial management and cut expenditure on administration.

Examples of savings and reprioritisation areas over the medium term are shown in the box below.

Major savings and reprioritisation over the MTEF


Function	Savings identified	Major savings¹ redirected to:

Economic affairs	Non-core goods and services: R2 billion	Road maintenance: R950 million

	Underperforming programmes: R1.3 billion	Expansion of public transport infrastructure and system grant: R580 million

		Rural development and land reform:
		R1.3 billion

Housing and community amenities	Underperforming programmes: R600 million	Completion of De Hoop Dam and a portion of bulk distribution system: R1 billion
	Non-core goods and services: R478 million
		Regional bulk infrastructure: R600 million
	Rescheduling of expenditure: R759 million
Public order and safety	Non-essential items: R555 million	Antiretroviral drugs for inmates: R82 million

		Additional police personnel: R383 million

Defence	Non-core goods and services: R1.3 billion	New remuneration dispensation: R1.3 billion


1.		Major savings column does not include all savings identified.

The Estimates of National Expenditure provides greater detail on national government spending across all departments. The Explanatory Memorandum to the Division of Revenue details transfers to provincial and local government. The spending plans of provinces are published in the two weeks following the tabling of the national budget, and draft budgets of municipalities will be published by 31 March 2011.

n Revised expenditure plans by function

Economic affairs and infrastructure development

Upgrading the nation’s roads, transport, energy and environmental protection provides a foundation for industrial expansion, agricultural production and distribution, and broad-based development. Over the medium term, government intends to step up infrastructure investment.

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The economic affairs function is central to ensuring an efficient, competitive and responsive infrastructure network to support economic and social development and create jobs. A total of R419.8 billion is allocated for the economic affairs function over the next three years. With an additional R21 billion allocated over the medium term, the economic affairs baseline increases from R107 billion in 2010/11 to R121 billion in 2013/14. The largest component in this function is transport, which makes up 33 per cent of expenditure in 2011/12.

Transport

Transport receives an additional R10.3 billion

An additional allocation of R10.3 billion over the MTEF will support efforts to improve national and provincial road maintenance, rail signalling and rolling stock, and public transport infrastructure. The South African National Roads Agency will receive an additional R2.7 billion, of which R1.8 billion is for maintenance of 2 156km of coal haulage roads and R950 million is for maintenance of 2 284km of the national road network.

Funding of R1.5 billion for provincial road maintenance and weighbridges is provided through the new provincial roads maintenance grant. An additional R2.1 billion is provided for the coal haulage network. This grant totals R22.3 billion over the MTEF. The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa is allocated R1.1 billion to upgrade and replace 16 per cent of Metrorail’s signalling infrastructure, and R350 million is provided for the upgrade and refurbishment of 40 motor coaches and 277 trailers.

Table 8.6 Transport expenditure, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R billion			Outcome				Revised		Medium-term estimates

National departments		4.4		9.7		7.6		9.5		8.3		9.0		9.8
Provincial departments		22.1		28.8		28.2		26.7		28.7		30.0		31.8
Public entities		12.4		18.0		30.2		24.3		28.5		33.8		38.3

Total		38.9		56.5		66.0		60.5		65.6		72.8		79.8

An additional R2.7 billion has been made available to 12 municipalities through the public transport infrastructure and systems conditional grant to plan, upgrade and expand integrated public transport. The funding will allow bus rapid transport services to increase peak-hour passenger loads from the current 30 000 to 110 000 in 2013/14.

Energy and environmental protection

A continued commitment to universal national electrification

Expenditure on energy will be markedly lower over the MTEF in comparison with preceding years because the final tranche of the Eskom subordinated loan was paid in 2010/11. Medium-term spending will focus on universal access to electricity through the integrated national electrification programme, which will grow to R3.2 billion in 2013/14.

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Table 8.7 Energy, communication and general economic affairs expenditure, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R billion			Outcome				Revised		Medium-term estimates

National departments		14.8		25.6		47.5		37.8		20.9		22.3		23.3
Provincial departments		5.0		4.8		6.1		5.7		5.4		5.6		5.9
Public entities		9.7		13.1		15.7		20.0		19.6		19.3		19.2

Total		29.4		43.4		69.4		63.5		45.9		47.2		48.4

Additional support for research and development, including energy-efficiency initiatives

To reduce wasteful electricity consumption patterns and South Africa’s carbon usage, government is strengthening research and development in energy-efficiency technologies. Over the three-year spending period the Department of Energy is allocated an additional R369.7 million, of which R66.5 million is for the establishment of the South African Energy Development Institute. Research and development conducted by this institute will support energy-efficiency objectives pioneered through the electricity demand-side management grant, which is scheduled to come to an end at the end of 2011/12. The Department of Energy receives R282 million for outstanding payments to the 2010 World Cup Local Organising Committee for generators and electrical connections.

The budget allocates an additional R391 million over the MTEF to the Department of Environmental Affairs. These funds will allow the department to step up efforts to prevent wildlife trafficking; boost its capacity to implement legislation dealing with air quality, waste and coastline management; and increase South Africa’s ability to respond to oil spills. Expanded public works projects related to the environment, which will create an estimated 41 131 jobs, are supported with a total allocation of R2.2 billion over the medium term. This allocation also covers the costs of organising the United Nations Conference on Climate Change.

South Africa to host UN climate change conference in Durban

In November 2011, South Africa will host the 17^th annual Conference of Parties (COP 17) for signatories of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The event, known as COP 17, will bring an estimated 20 000 delegates from around the world to Durban.

COP 17 is expected to discuss a global emissions target, a common carbon accounting framework, an enforcement mechanism and a registry of national mitigation efforts. South Africa continues to push for a strong binding agreement that will bring in key global players such as China, India and the US.

Industrial development

R2 billion for Department of Economic Development

Additions to baseline for the Department of Economic Development amount to R2 billion over the MTEF, including R1.5 billion allocated to six public entities. The Competition Commission is allocated R461 million to upscale its work on anti-competitive practices in four priority sectors, and to create a unit focusing on cartels. The Industrial Development Corporation will launch a fund with capitalisation of R250 million over the MTEF to support the start-up agro-processing businesses.

Additional support for small business

Government is supporting small businesses with an allocation to the South African Micro-finance Apex Fund. The fund receives R282 million to provide wholesale funding and to build capacity in financial intermediary firms that lend to small businesses. A direct-lending project for Khula

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Enterprises receives R55 million in 2011/12 for credit indemnities, wholesale lending to retail finance institutions and support services for small businesses.

Industrial policy action plan incentives to promote investment and job creation receive R10 billion

Over the period ahead, about R10 billion has been allocated to various incentive schemes to promote investment, job creation and broad-based black economic empowerment under the industrial policy action plan. The largest are:

•		Automotive production and development programme — R3 billion

•		Enterprise investment for manufacturing and tourism — R2.3 billion

•		Clothing and textiles production incentives — R2.1 billion

•		Small and medium enterprise development for manufacturing and tourism — R912 million

•		Film and television production incentive — R844 million.

The National Tooling Initiative receives R119.7 million over the MTEF. The pre-apprenticeship programme began in February 2010 with 175 students.

The Department of Science and Technology receives an allocation amounting to R14.8 billion over the MTEF (R4.4 billion, R4.9 billion and R5.5 billion). Additional funds of R535 million were allocated for human capital, scientific equipment and the establishment of the National Intellectual Property Management Office. An amount of R358 million has been allocated to post-graduate education.

Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and land affairs

Allocations to enhance agricultural development and improve rural livelihoods

Government’s land reform and agricultural development programmes are intended to enhance rural advancement, job creation and poverty reduction, while expanding South Africa’s agricultural produce. Over the MTEF, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries receives a total allocation of R15.5 billion, of which R1.1 billion (R194 million in 2012/13, R405 million in 2012/13 and R512 million in 2013/14) is an additional allocation.

Table 8.8 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and land affairs expenditure, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R billion			Outcome				Revised		Medium-term estimates

National departments		7.8		7.9		6.1		6.7		6.2		6.7		7.0
Provincial departments		4.9		6.0		7.1		7.2		8.4		8.8		9.3

Public entities		1.2		1.4		4.5		2.4		4.5		4.6		4.7

Total		13.9		15.3		17.7		16.3		19.0		20.2		21.0

A further R400 million is added over the medium term (R50 million, R120 million and R230 million) to the comprehensive agricultural support programme to provide post-settlement support to land reform beneficiaries and other emerging farmers. An additional R100 million is provided to the land care programme grant, bringing the three-year allocation to R293 million for 2 847km of fencing to protect ecologically sensitive areas from livestock.

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New funds for National Rural Youth Services Corps

The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform receives an additional R1.1 billion (R150 million in 2012/13, R350 million in 2012/13 and R600 million in 2013/14) for the comprehensive rural development programme. These funds will support the intake of an additional 5 000 recruits for the National Rural Youth Services Corps and the construction of a poultry house in Limpopo.

Housing and community amenities

Building adequate and safe human settlements raises living standards and creates new job opportunities. Realising this outcome will require speeding up service delivery, eliminating regular patterns of underspending in certain provinces, and improving the efficiency of local government housing processes.

Table 8.9 Housing and community amenities expenditure, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R billion			Outcome				Revised		Medium-term estimates

National departments		31.6		38.0		46.5		56.7		66.0		74.2		79.3
Provincial departments		11.3		14.2		16.9		19.6		23.6		25.0		26.0
Public entities		15.0		16.4		18.1		25.7		32.3		31.1		33.1

Total		58.0		68.6		81.5		102.1		121.9		130.4		138.4

With an additional R6.1 billion allocated over the medium term, planned expenditure on housing and community amenities increases from R102.1 billion in 2010/11 to R138.4 billion in 2013/14. The largest component in this function is community development, which makes up 47.4 per cent of expenditure in 2011/12. Transfers to provincial and local government include earmarked grants for the delivery of housing, water, sanitation and electricity to households.

A boost for bulk water infrastructure projects

Spending at the national level in this function relates mainly to the provision of bulk water infrastructure. Investment in water services is expected to increase from R9.9 billion in 2011/12 to R10.9 billion in 2013/14. This includes an additional R3.6 billion over the MTEF period allocated to the Department of Water Affairs, of which R1 billion is for completion of the De Hoop Dam and bulk distribution pipelines, R952 million for regional bulk infrastructure, R520 million for completion of the 78km Nandoni Pipeline, R450 million for emergency drought relief in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, and R225 million for addressing acid mine drainage and its consequences in Gauteng. More than 1 million people will benefit from the Nandoni Pipeline, and more than 2 million people will benefit from the De Hoop Dam water system. To support local government delivery R1.2 billion has been added to the local equitable share.

Informal settlement upgrades receive targeted support through cities

Government aims to upgrade 400 000 households in informal settlements by 2014. Nearly 60 per cent of all households in informal settlements are in the country’s eight metropolitan municipalities. An additional amount of R2.1 billion has been allocated over the medium term to the Department of Human Settlements for municipal infrastructure to support informal settlement upgrading through the new urban settlements development

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grant. This grant will enable cities to take more control of planning and budgeting for the provision of housing and basic services.

The capital restructuring grant for social housing receives an additional R972 million over the medium term to build 6 000 affordable rental units.

Cities: engines of growth and development

South African cities face myriad challenges. Above all, cities need to help grow the economy by building and maintaining infrastructure, and funding improved social services.

To support these objectives, government has given cities greater autonomy in land use management. Public transport functions have been devolved to the large metropolitan cities through the National Land Transport Act. The housing accreditation process will strengthen the ability of municipalities to manage their built environment. And several measures will help to roll back the apartheid spatial relations that continue to mark the urban landscape:

•		Introduction of the urban settlements development grant to upgrade informal settlements and accelerate land release.

•		Measures to stimulate rental housing.

•		Operating subsidies for bus and commuter rail services will be transferred directly to municipalities, enabling them to coordinate and guide public transport services.

In collaboration with the World Bank, government will embark on a large-scale programme to strengthen urban management. The initiative will seek to foster improvements across a wide range of areas, including infrastructure investment, asset management, land use management, service delivery capacity, public transport management, anti-corruption strategies and financial management.

Education and skills development

Education is key to sustaining long-term growth, increasing employment and reducing inequality. Challenges in this sector include backlogs in school infrastructure; low levels of achievement in literacy, mathematics and science; an insufficient number of qualified teachers; and low enrolment and high failure rates in universities and further education and training (FET) colleges.

Table 8.10 Education expenditure, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R billion			Outcome				Revised		Medium-term estimates

National departments		12.9		15.1		16.6		19.5		22.7		25.8		30.1
Provincial departments		90.5		110.3		126.3		143.2		154.5		162.4		171.2
Public entities		7.3		9.2		9.3		10.1		12.4		13.1		13.9

Total		110.7		134.6		152.2		172.7		189.5		201.3		215.1

Support to increase poor students’ access to FET colleges

Spending on education and skills development increased by 16 per cent a year from 2007/08 to 2010/11, and will grow from R172.7 billion in 2010/11 to R215.1 billion in 2013/14, an average annual growth rate of 7.6 per cent. Additional allocations of R24.3 billion over the medium term are accommodated, mainly for a baseline adjustment in provincial education departments, for improving infrastructure at schools, for increasing access for poor students at FET colleges and universities, and for additional personnel at the national departments.

Provincial education spending is expected to grow by 6.5 per cent over the medium term from R143.2 billion in 2010/11 to R171.2 billion in 2013/14, mainly due to growth in compensation of employees.

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Unsafe school structures to be abolished

The Department of Basic Education receives an additional R9.1 billion over the MTEF, of which R8.2 billion is to address backlogs in school infrastructure through a new school infrastructure backlogs indirect grant. This will enable 3 627 identified informal and unsafe school structures to be replaced, and contribute to provision of water, sanitation and electricity at all schools. The department receives R75 million to strengthen oversight, monitoring and evaluation.

National assessments in literacy and numeracy for all grades 3, 6 and 9 learners will be conducted in 2011. Newly developed learner workbooks and teacher lesson plans have been provided for grades R to 6. In total, more than 6.6 million learners and 125 000 teachers are to receive high-quality teaching and learning materials for the 2011 academic year. A further R596 million is provided over the next three years for Funza Lushaka bursaries, bringing the total allocation for this programme to R2 billion. This will increase the number of prospective teachers receiving bursaries in subject areas such as mathematics, science and the foundation phase from 10 150 in 2010 to 15 217 by 2013.

FET baseline grows to R14.3 billion over medium term to increase enrolment and raise quality of training

To bolster skills development, an amount of R1.4 billion over the medium term is added to the FET colleges grant, bringing the baseline to R14.3 billion over the period. This will increase FET enrolment from about 198 000 in 2010 to 315 000 in 2011. The state bursary scheme for FET college students increases to R5 billion over the MTEF, including an additional R3.9 billion over the period to enable an additional 120 600 poor learners to access college opportunities. Other interventions are aimed at improving the performance of students in vocational programmes.

First allocation to help establish new universities in Mpumalanga and Northern Cape

The Department of Higher Education and Training receives an additional R8.1 billion over the next three years. To improve poor students’ access to universities, R3.6 billion is added to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, bringing the available funds to R9.7 billion for student bursaries and loans. Some 154 890 students (including about 57 300 final-year students) received financial aid from the scheme in 2010. An initial allocation of R300 million is made for establishing new universities in Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape.

Health services

Government is intensifying investment in health services as part of the 10-point plan to restructure public health, which includes national health insurance (NHI). The challenges facing the health sector include high rates of infant and maternal mortality, HIV and Aids, inadequate health infrastructure, weak hospital management and a shortage of skilled health workers.

Table 8.11 Health expenditure, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R billion			Outcome				Revised		Medium-term estimates

National departments		0.9		1.1		1.3		1.4		1.4		1.5		1.6
Provincial departments		58.7		70.0		85.7		96.8		106.6		114.1		120.3
Public entities		3.1		3.8		4.1		4.3		4.5		5.0		5.5

Total		62.7		75.0		91.1		102.5		112.6		120.6		127.4

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Spending on the health sector has grown strongly over the past three years, from R63 billion in 2007/08 to R102.5 billion 2010/11. Expenditure is expected to grow to R113 billion in 2011/12 and R127 billion in 2013/14 — an average annual growth rate of 7.5 per cent. The function is allocated an additional R18.7 billion over the medium term (R3.6 billion in 2011/12, R6.5 billion in 2012/13 and R8.6 billion in 2013/14) mainly to cater for infant and maternal health care, HIV and Aids treatment, and health infrastructure and improving health facilities.

Training for 400 nurses and midwives to improve maternal and child health services

The budget allocates an additional R1.4 billion to improve maternal and child health services through a wide range of interventions, including training of 400 nurses and midwives, improved school health services, and enhanced supervision of obstetric and paediatric services in district hospitals. To reinforce gains made in the fight against HIV and Aids, R2.5 billion has been allocated to increase HIV counselling and testing and to extend the lower entry threshold for antiretroviral (ARV) treatment over the medium term. This will increase the total number of people on ARV treatment from 1.2 million in 2010/11 to 2.6 million by 2013/14.

Reform of tender and procurement processes in public health has begun to achieve benefits.

To help retain experienced personnel in the public health sector, R1.6 billion has been allocated for various personnel categories, including 30 therapeutic health professional groups, and for occupation-specific dispensations for medical officers and junior specialist doctors. Provision is also made to increase the numbers of trainee medical specialists from 2 200 to 2 500. An additional R2.9 billion is allocated to improve health facilities, medical equipment and systems over the medium term. Reform of tender and procurement processes in public health has begun to achieve benefits. For example, government can buy more ARV medicines at lower cost, increasing the number of patients on ARV therapy.

As one of the first steps in establishing NHI, primary health care services are being reformed. An allocation of R1.2 billion will launch a family health system, comprising locally based teams of doctors, nurses and community health workers.

Social protection

Social protection budget reaches R171.9 billion by outer year

The social protection budget grows from R132.8 billion in 2010/11 to R146.9 billion in 2011/12, and is projected to increase to R171.9 billion by 2013/14. About 70 per cent of spending is on transfers to households in the form of social grants, and 17 per cent is accounted for by social security transfers such as maternity and unemployment benefits, medical and disablement compensation and road accident compensation. Administration costs amount to 6.4 per cent of the social protection budget.

Table 8.12 Social protection expenditure, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R billion			Outcome				Revised		Medium-term estimates

National departments		65.1		73.6		85.0		91.8		101.6		110.4		118.8
Provincial departments		6.2		8.3		9.1		10.1		11.5		12.0		12.7
Public entities and social security funds		21.7		25.7		28.5		30.8		33.8		36.2		40.4

Total		92.9		107.7		122.5		132.8		146.9		158.6		171.9

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Strong increases in the social protection budget have extended income support to poor households

Strong increases in the social protection budget have enabled income support to poor households to be extended substantially over the past decade, mainly through expansion of the child support grant. As outlined in Chapter 7, proposals for an integrated social security system and consolidation of administrative capacity are well advanced.

Over the next three years, the South African Social Security Agency will receive R870 million for the implementation of a new grants application process that will reduce waiting times, modernise records management and reduce fraud.

Recreation and culture

Arts, culture, sport and recreation play an important role in creating an informed, empowered, fair and inclusive citizenry. Challenges in this area include the need to establish clear roles and responsibilities between national, provincial and local initiatives, finding ways to support sustainable job creation, and rectifying corporate governance shortcomings at the SABC.

Table 8.13 Recreation and culture expenditure, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R billion			Outcome				Revised		Medium-term estimates

National departments		5.5		5.4		3.2		1.7		1.3		1.4		1.5
Provincial departments		2.2		3.3		3.3		3.3		3.6		3.9		4.0
Public entities		0.9		1.1		1.2		1.3		1.4		1.3		1.4

Total		8.7		9.8		7.7		6.4		6.4		6.6		6.9

Expenditure on recreation and culture, including allocations to the SABC, increases from R6.4 billion in 2010/11 to R6.9 billion in 2013/14; an average annual growth rate of 2.5 per cent. The function is allocated additional funding of R116 million in 2011/12, R151.4 million in 2012/13 and R194.1 million in 2013/14.

New support for local film industry aims to create 4 200 jobs

The Department of Arts and Culture receives an additional R255.8 million over the medium term. The National Film and Video Foundation receives an additional R135.2 million, bringing its total MTEF allocation to R265.8 million. The additional funding has been earmarked to support further growth of the local film industry, creating about 4 200 jobs by training scriptwriters, script editors, producers and other crew.

Competitive sports leagues to be established in each province

Sport and Recreation receives an additional R205.7 million over the medium term, including R136 million for the sports federations. This brings the MTEF allocation to sport federations to R229.1 million to enhance development and transformation, and to establish competitive leagues in each province.

Public order and safety

Funding aims to clear court backlogs and integrate information systems

Crime reduction remains one of the government’s top priorities. Although crime is declining according to latest statistics, the rates of violent crime remain high. Over the medium term, additional funds are provided to bring

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down crime levels, clear court case backlogs and integrate criminal justice information systems.

Table 8.14 Public order and safety expenditure, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R billion			Outcome				Revised		Medium-term estimates

National departments		55.1		63.2		71.5		79.9		86.5		93.2		99.7
Provincial departments		1.6		1.8		1.9		2.0		2.2		2.3		2.5
Public entities		1.3		1.9		1.9		2.1		2.1		2.3		2.4

Total		58.1		66.9		75.3		84.0		90.9		97.9		104.6

Public order and safety budget increases by 15 per cent to reach R104.6 billion in 2013/14

Over the MTEF period, the public order and safety budget increases by 15 per cent from R90.9 billion in 2011/12 to R104.6 billion in 2013/14. A total of R12.8 billion is allocated to the national departments of Police, Justice and Constitutional Development, Correctional Services and the Independent Complaints Directorate. The Financial Intelligence Centre receives an additional allocation of R100 million. Provinces are projected to spend an additional R203 million on community safety.

A total of R4.7 billion from efficiency savings and delayed expenditure on prison construction is reprioritised to cater for other priorities in the cluster. These include the construction of courts, upgrading of information technology infrastructure and additional personnel to boost visible policing, detective services and crime intelligence, and to promote access to justice.

Personnel costs are the main cost drive in public order and safety

Personnel costs, including salary adjustments and occupation-specific dispensations, are the major cost driver in this cluster. Significant amounts are also spent on construction projects (building of courts, police stations and prisons) and information technology systems.

Over the MTEF a total of R2.1 billion is provided for increasing the number of police personnel from 200 600 in 2012/13 to 202 260 by 2013/14. These staff increases will support more visible policing, detective and crime intelligence services. An additional R140 million is allocated to strengthen about 20 trained tactical response teams and to establish an effective personnel vetting structure for criminal intelligence services.

The criminal justice system requires modern, integrated systems to coordinate work across agencies, and to track persons and cases. An additional R670 million is allocated over the medium term for the upgrade of IT infrastructure.

Allocations reduce prison overcrowding

South Africa’s prisons remain overcrowded, which hampers effective inmate rehabilitation. An allocation of R243 million is provided to cater for operational costs of three correctional facilities currently being upgraded, two of which are partly operational. The facilities will eventually accommodate an additional 1 883 inmates.

An additional R490 million is allocated for the construction of new courts, including high courts in Nelspruit and Polokwane, bringing the total number of high courts to 16.

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An additional R45 million will support greater investigative capacity in the Special Investigating Unit to allow for the unit to employ an additional 49 investigators, bringing the total to 669 by 2013/14.

Defence

The defence function includes the departments of Defence and Military Veterans, the State Security Agency and earmarked allocations for the Crime Intelligence Division of SAPS.

Table 8.15 Defence expenditure, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R billion			Outcome				Revised		Medium-term estimates

National departments		26.4		28.8		32.8		32.4		36.7		39.5		41.9
Public entities		1.5		2.1		1.8		1.6		1.8		1.9		1.9

Total		27.9		30.9		34.6		34.0		38.4		41.4		43.9

Defence is allocated additional funding of R1.3 billion in 2011/12, R1.6 billion in 2012/13 and R2 billion in 2013/14. Over the medium term, expenditure is expected to increase from R34 billion in 2010/11 to R43.9 billion in 2013/14 at an average annual rate of 8.8 per cent. Additional allocations are mainly for improved conditions of service, municipal charges, maintaining defence capabilities, peace support operations, improved border control and regional crime intelligence capacity. The main cost drivers of this function are compensation of employees and capital acquisitions.

SANDF has taken a greater role in guarding the borders

Partly to help combat illegal immigration, the role of the South African National Defence Force in safeguarding the country’s borders has been enhanced. Over the next three years, R600 million is provided to deploy soldiers at the borders, and to upgrade and maintain facilities and equipment. The number of troops deployed will increase from 1 168 in 2011/12 to 2 158 in 2013/14.

The Department of Military Veterans receives R57.5 million over the MTEF period to establish, manage and coordinate programmes promoting the well-being of military veterans.

The defence force conducted an assessment of slow-performing programmes and non-core spending items, as a result of which R1.6 billion has been reprioritised to fund the new SANDF salary dispensation.

General public services

Additional R15.2 billion for general public services helps defray costs of census and elections

With an additional R15.2 billion allocated over the medium term, the budget of the general public services function increases from R117.9 billion in 2010/11 to R164.9 billion in 2013/14, rising by an annual average of 6.7 per cent in real terms. Additional funds will primarily be used for building capacity in various departments, improving conditions of service, the 2011 Census and preparing for elections in 2013/14.

Functional reprioritised savings amount to R2.9 billion, which were generated mainly from slow spending projects in the function and from adjusting foreign exchange projections.

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Table 8.16 General public services expenditure, 2007/08 – 2013/14


	2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11		2011/12		2012/13		2013/14
R billion			Outcome				Revised		Medium-term estimates

National departments		60.4		66.8		71.5		81.4		93.7		105.4		119.2
Provincial departments		10.1		13.6		14.3		15.6		16.8		17.9		19.6
Public entities		15.9		17.1		17.8		20.9		21.5		24.2		26.2

Total		86.4		97.5		103.5		117.9		132.0		147.5		164.9

Statistics South Africa receives an additional R500 million in 2011/12 to conduct the census. These funds should contribute to a more accurate census, partly through employing 120 000 additional short-term staff on contracts ranging from three to 18 months.

R1.5 billion to meet obligations of the Political Office Bearers’ Pension Fund

The National Treasury receives an additional R1.5 billion to meet obligations of the Political Office Bearers’ Pension Fund, as well as increases in costs to government for post-retirement benefits and injury-on-duty expenditure. As at 30 September 2010, 73 246 people were receiving post-retirement benefits and 9 981 people were receiving injury-on-duty benefits.

Payment of property rates for provincial properties owned by government was devolved to provinces in 2008/09. Since then, changes in property holdings and cost escalations associated with the Property Rates Act have necessitated upward adjustments in the provision for provincial property rates. An additional amount of R2.2 billion over the MTEF period is provided. The provincial property rates allocations will in due course be shifted into the provincial equitable shares.

Electoral commission receives funds to run elections over the next several years

The Independent Electoral Commission receives an additional R80 million in 2011/12 for the administration of the local government elections, and R120 million in 2013/14 for national and provincial elections to be held during 2014. Funding will be used to employ 192 604 personnel, and to improve equipment and logistical operations during the elections.

n Conclusion

Government’s outcomes approach lays the basis for achieving greater efficiency in public services, providing a platform for increased scrutiny of state programmes and measuring performance by results. Delivery agreements for the 12 outcomes have been concluded, and the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation will oversee regular reporting of progress against the agreed outputs and targets. This approach requires closer cooperation between national, provincial and local government, and with all agencies responsible for delivery of key services.

To help improve the effectiveness of the public service, government is developing and will pilot an institutional performance assessment tool to assess the quality of management practices in government departments and municipalities. Areas assessed will include supply chain management, financial management, human resources management and service standards.

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n Introduction

Section 7(4) of the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act (2009, the Act) prescribes that the Minister of Finance (the Minister) must submit a report to Parliament at the time of the budget explaining how the Division of Revenue Bill and the national budget give effect to, or the reasons for not taking into account, the recommendations contained in:

•		Budgetary review and recommendation reports submitted by committees of the National Assembly in terms of Section 5 of the Act.

•		Reports on the fiscal framework proposed in the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) submitted by the finance committees in terms of section 6 of the Act.

•		Reports on the proposed division of revenue and the conditional grant allocation to provinces and local governments set out in the MTBPS submitted by the appropriations committees in terms of section 6 of the Act.

n Budgetary review and recommendation reports

Section 5 of the Act sets out a procedure to be followed before the introduction of the national budget by the National Assembly, through its committees, for assessing the performance of each national department. This procedure provides for committees to prepare budgetary review and recommendation reports which:

•		Must provide an assessment of the department’s service delivery performance given available resources.

•		Must provide an assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the department’s use and forward allocation of available resources.

•		May include recommendations on the forward use of resources.

At the time of tabling the annual budget the Minister is required to explain how the budget gives effect to these recommendations, or why they have not been taken into account.

This is the first year that budgetary review and recommendation (BRR) reports have been submitted to the Minister, and the first time that the Minister’s response to the reports has accompanied the annual budget. The BRR reports were tabled by the relevant portfolio committees during October, November and December 2010.

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Due to the large number of BRR reports, a separate document will be tabled in Parliament with detailed responses to the committees’ recommendations. In many cases, however, the different committees have made the same recommendations to a number of departments. This report contains a summary of these overarching concerns, drawing on responses to the specific issues raised on each committee’s report.

General issues

The concerns consistently raised by the BRR reports across departments are often related. It is not possible or necessary to prioritise between them, and their ordering below is not significant:

•		*Adherence to financial requirements:* Departments need to adhere more stringently to their financial and legal requirements, such as the Public Finance Management Act (1999). In many cases departments are instructed to adhere fully to the demands of the Auditor-General.

•		*Reporting:* Departments are urged to improve the standard and increase the regularity of their reporting. They are urged to report not only to the portfolio committees, especially on issues raised in BRR reports, but also to communicate better with interested parties, including the public.

•		*Measurable objectives:* A corollary of good reporting is the adoption of clear objectives. Only when departments establish clear objectives can their success or failure to achieve these be assessed. Operational plans need to be accurately costed and sufficiently detailed prior to implementation.

•		*Monitoring and evaluation:* Departments need to establish effective mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and projects. The portfolio committees called for departments to establish both financial and non-financial performance indicators.

•		*Internal controls and oversight:* Monitoring staff is as important as monitoring projects. Where there are agencies and state-owned enterprises reporting to departments, the need for greater departmental oversight is stated repeatedly.

•		*Control of funds*: Departments should establish effective and efficient financial control over funds and ensure the appropriate allocation of the same.

•		*Accountability:* Departmental staff members who have demonstrably failed in their tasks under the terms of their performance agreement should be held accountable for their failure and dereliction.

•		*Service delivery:* The commitment of a number of departments to service delivery has been questioned, and these departments are urged to make service delivery a priority.

•		*Asset management and supply chain:* A number of departments are urged to establish systems for asset management that will count, verify, record and document all assets. The BRR reports also underscored the importance of effective supply chain mechanisms.

•		*Filling vacant positions*: Most, if not all, government departments struggle to fill vacant positions. The problem is especially common at senior management level, where the absence of staff is a hindrance to the effective management of departments. Recruitment processes need to be accelerated.

•		*Capacity building:* A number of departments should provide training to existing members of staff to ensure that they are better able to do their jobs. Institutional capacity can also be enhanced by effective administration, and information and communication technology (ICT) capabilities.

•		*Communication between departments:* Departments are asked to improve their communication with, and the flow of information between, other departments whose work overlaps with their own.

n Joint recommendations on the fiscal framework

As provided for in section 6(1) of the Act, the Minister submitted the MTBPS to Parliament on 27 October 2010. The Act provides in section 6(7) that reports of the finance committees of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces on the proposed fiscal framework for the next three

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financial years be submitted to the Minister. The reports of these committees as tabled contain the following recommendations:

Reducing the level of debt

That National Treasury should take appropriate steps aimed at reducing the level of debt at a faster rate in order to further create “an economic cushion” in the event of another economic recession in the near term.

Since February 2010, the forecast for economic recovery has been revised upwards, with a lower inflation level. This means that national net loan debt is now expected to peak at about 40 per cent of GDP before stabilising and declining in 2015/16. At the time of the publication of the 2010 Budget Review, debt was forecast to peak at 44 per cent of GDP in the same period.

The MTBPS framework also includes an improved revenue outlook, lower levels of non-interest expenditure as a proportion of GDP and lower interest costs. All these factors assist in contributing to a faster recovery in the budget balance. In February 2010, the consolidated government balance was expected to move from 6.2 per cent of GDP in 2010/11 to 4.1 per cent in 2012/13. The 2011 medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) indicates a budget position of 5.4 per cent of GDP in 2010/11, narrowing to 4.4 per cent in 2012/13 and then to 3.7 per cent in 2013/14.

This rate of recovery is in line with National Treasury modelling on the gap between actual GDP and potential GDP. Forecasting shows that while South Africa has moved out of recession, the economy is still performing below its long-run level and will continue to do so until about 2014/15. Until this gap between actual and potential closes, the fiscus will continue to support the economic recovery and inclusive growth.

Guaranteeing fiscal stability

That National Treasury should provide a detailed report to the committee on how government intends to guarantee fiscal stability, including a contingency plan in case of a “double dip” recession.

Fiscal and monetary policies in major developed and developing economies have supported stronger demand, but the recovery remains fragile and marked by persistent global imbalances. South Africa’s countercyclical response during the recession partly offset the sharp reduction in trade, and will continue to support a recovery in private investment and consumption. Monetary policy has also adjusted to weak demand, with interest rates declining further this year in response to lower-than-expected inflation. The combination of tighter fiscal policy and looser monetary policy will support demand while moderating the build-up of imbalances arising from strong capital inflows. Over the medium term, the strength of South Africa’s recovery is highly dependent on the trajectory of the world economy, though stronger growth can be achieved through appropriate policy measures.

While the international outlook is more positive, a sharp slowdown in growth momentum since mid-year highlights the fragility of the recovery. Factors weighing on global growth prospects include:

•		Continued depression in employment and demand in many countries, particularly in the United States, where the impact of stimulus measures is fading.

•		Deflation, which remains a threat in advanced economies due to low levels of capacity utilisation and weak demand. With limited scope for additional fiscal stimulus some governments are taking extraordinary monetary policy measures, such as large-scale purchases of government bonds, to boost liquidity.

•		The challenge of reducing non-performing banking system assets, boosting productivity and adjusting fiscal policy to reduce public debt in most of the world’s largest economies.

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Concern about the development of asset bubbles in China. To prevent overheating of the Chinese economy, the authorities are tightening monetary policy.

South Africa’s fiscal policy framework is designed to ensure that our wellbeing is not unfairly purchased at the expense of future generations. Programmes that raise the level of government spending need to be clear about how the required revenue will be raised, and at what cost to the productive sectors of our economy. As mentioned in the Minister’s 27 October 2010 MTBPS speech, the National Treasury is preparing a paper on fiscal guidelines for wider discussion. The paper will promote greater public understanding of the principles of fiscal sustainability, now and in the future.

Expenditure forecasts

That National Treasury should take appropriate steps to accelerate the rate of decline in expenditure.

Over the MTEF average real growth in non-interest expenditure is forecast to be 2.7 per cent a year. This is much lower than in previous years. Figure 1 illustrates average real growth in elements of expenditure under this scenario. The figure shows that despite a contraction in the fiscal deficit, most of the growth in expenditure is being driven by interest costs on debt. Further reductions in expenditure would only lead to less money available for essential services.

The measured unwinding of the fiscal deficit laid out in the 2011 fiscal framework means that debt stock and interest costs will stabilise in 2015/16. This rate of recovery is in line with National Treasury modelling on the gap between actual GDP and potential GDP. These forecasts show that while South Africa has moved out of recession, the economy is still performing below its long run level and will continue to do so until about 2014/15. Until this gap between actual and potential closes, the fiscus will continue to support the economic recovery and inclusive growth. The 2011 fiscal framework provides the resources to achieve these outcomes.

Figure A.1 Real growth in expenditure, 2006/07 – 2013/14

Creating fiscal space

National Treasury should provide the committee with a detailed report on how government would rebuild the fiscal space.

Countercyclical fiscal policy assists in defining a sustainable fiscal path by ensuring that expenditure that seems affordable when the economy is overperforming remains affordable during a recession; and by encouraging a growth-friendly environment with low inflation, a low cost of capital and a competitive real exchange rate. This fiscal stance enables government to save for future economic downturns.

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The National Treasury has already begun the process of creating addtional fiscal space. In addition, the Treasury is preparing a discussion document, to be released at the time of the 2011 Budget, that will discuss how government can promote long-term fiscal space and stabililty. The Budget Review provides further details on this issue in Chapter 4.

National Treasury should provide the committee with a detailed report on the impact of a zero-rating value-added tax on books on the fiscal framework.

The proposal to zero-rate books is not supported for the following reasons:

•		Very little of the benefits will be passed on to consumers in the form of lower prices.

•		Of the limited benefits that will be passed on to consumers, most will accrue to middle-and upper-income households.

•		Zero-rating of books will trigger requests for similar relief measures for other “merit” goods and services. This might undermine VAT as an efficient revenue raising instrument.

•		Redistribution is better achieved through the expenditure side of the budget and through a progressive personal income tax system.

Based on the results of a study commissioned by the National Treasury, it is doubtful whether the zero-rating of books would achieve the desired outcome of more affordable academic books. Also, attempts to restrict a VAT concession to educational publications would be arbitrary and lead to compliance and administration complexities for both the industry and revenue authorities.

It is unlikely that a preferential VAT treatment for books would lead to a substantial price reduction for consumers. The study suggests that consumers would probably enjoy only about 13 per cent of any VAT concession, while 87 per cent of the benefits would accrue to publishers and distributors. Of the limited benefits that would be passed on to consumers, most of it would be enjoyed by middle-and upper-income groups.

The relatively low book penetration in South Africa appears to be due primarily to low literacy levels. This problem could be more effectively addressed through enhanced literacy programmes and expenditure programmes to provide a variety of reading materials to all public primary and secondary schools, and to public libraries.

National Treasury should resolve issues pertaining to the SACU’s revenue-sharing formula as a matter of urgency

An international consultancy that specialises in economic policy has been contracted by the Southern African Customs Union Secretariat to formulate proposals pertaining to the review of the SACU revenue-sharing formula. A first draft of the report has been circulated to member states, and discussions on the initial findings between member countries are under way. The purpose of the review is to establish a more equitable formula. However, given the uneven sizes of the participating economies, it is expected that SACU member states will be affected differently through a redesign of the formula. Following these discussions at officials’ level, it is expected that this matter will be discussed by the Council of Ministers of Finance, after which official negotiations towards a revised formula will commence.

The Minister of Finance should consider tabling the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement early in October in order to allow parliamentary processes to follow accordingly.

The MTBPS is the South African pre-budget statement issued to provide an indication of the policy priorities and macroeconomic and fiscal framework that will inform the main Budget proposal. It is currently tabled in the last week of October.

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budget process allows for the National Treasury to update its macroeconomic forecasts twice in a year. The Budget Review tabled with the main budget includes data up to and including December and the MTBPS includes data up to and including September. The September bulletin is usually only released in the final week of September. The National Treasury takes only two weeks to update its assumptions about macroeconomic performance over the next three years and finalise its forecasts in line with the information in the bulletin. Revenues are updated with outcomes for the year up to and including September. This is an important inclusion in the process as several companies pay provisional tax in September.

Extended Cabinet usually meets in the second week of October. At this meeting the National Treasury presents the Division of Revenue and fiscal framework for approval. Once amendments have been indicated and approval of the executive obtained, the Treasury takes less than two weeks to finalise the MTBPS and have it printed.

It should also be noted that the Adjusted Appropriation Bill, amending the estimates of expenditure of the current financial year, is tabled at the same time. Along with this the Adjusted Estimates of National Expenditure publication and amended Division of Revenue Bill are tabled. In order to arrive at financial estimates for the remainder of this financial year, departments provide information to National Treasury on their expenditure up to and including September (six-month actual expenditure). This information is only submitted by mid-October and is incorporated into documents that are printed in time for tabling at the end of October.

To ensure that the most recent and accurate information informs the proposals that are tabled for legislative consideration, it is not possible to table the proposals sooner, owing to the sequencing of important decisions and data releases.

n Recommendations of the Select Committee on Appropriations

As required by both sections 9 and 10 of the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act, the Select Committee on Appropriations held public hearings on 5 March 2010 in line with section 9(5)(b) of the Act. The Committee received written and/or oral submissions from the following stakeholders: national Department of Higher Education and Training, the national Department of Basic Education, the national Department of Health, the national Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, the national Department of Energy, the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the Aids Law Project, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC), the City of Cape Town and Eskom.

The Committee noted the changes in the 2010/11 Division of Revenue Bill, including the new conditional grants. The Committee’s report addresses in some detail the 2010 Division of Revenue and intergovernmental transfers, including:

•		Recommendations by the FFC on the 2010 Division of Revenue and Government’s response to the FFC recommendations on the 2010 Division of Revenue

•		Recommendations by provinces on the 2010 Division of Revenue

•		Conditional grants to provinces with respect to the health sector, including HIV and Aids

•		Conditional grants to provinces with respect to the education sector

•		Roles and functions of the national Department of Rural Development and Land Reform

•		Specific recommendations by SALGA on transfers to local government and the National Treasury’s responses to SALGA’s submission

•		Specific recommendations by the City of Cape Town on the funding of public transport and by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants on municipal capacity financing

•		Conditional grants to municipalities and Eskom for electrification.

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The Minister wishes to record his appreciation that the Select Committee on Appropriations, having considered the 2010 Division of Revenue Bill and submissions through public hearings, recommended the adoption of the 2010 Division of Revenue Bill.

All recommendations made by the Select Committee on Appropriations are noted and will be considered as part of the next budget process, which will be informed by priorities contained in the medium-term strategic framework and departmental priorities. The division of revenue process requires that trade-offs be made when deciding on how the national revenue will be divided between the three spheres of government, and whether such funding will be directed through conditional grants or the equitable share.

The fiscal framework and the division of revenue on which the MTEF budgets are based are driven politically through a committee that includes of a number of national ministers, chaired by the Minister of Finance (the Ministers’ Committee on the Budget, or MinComBud) and submitted to Cabinet for approval. Provinces and the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) are also consulted via the Budget Council and Budget Forum.

The concluding recommendations, as adopted by the Select Committee on Appropriations on 24 March 2010, are set out below, together with the response of the Minister.

Conditional grant for early childhood development

Treasury should introduce a grant for early childhood development (ECD) for the national Department of Basic Education in order to ensure that ECD is prioritised as one of the department’s key functions.

The Minister agrees that there is a case for ECD to be appropriately prioritised as one of the key priorities of government and that sufficient resources need to be directed towards this function. Provinces have prioritised the funding of ECD in their budgets, where this type of expenditure shows the largest growth in education expenditure over the 2010 MTEF (28 per cent compared to the average growth of 7.6 per cent). This means that expenditure on ECD of R1.6 billion in 2009/10 will increase to R2.7 billion in 2010/11 and amount to R3.3 billion in 2012/13.

Ways to enhance ECD will be explored. This recommendation will be brought to the attention of MinComBud and the Cabinet member responsible for the Basic Education as requests for the introduction of new conditional grants are made by national departments during the budget process. That motivation should include a description of the purpose of the grant, its goals, the conditions, allocation criteria used to share the grant across provinces and motivation as to why the activities the grant funds should not be funded from the provincial equitable share.

Universities be established in Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape

The national Department of Higher Education and Training should establish at least one university (in phases, starting with faculties producing scarce skills) in Mpumalanga and Northern Cape provinces before the end of the 2009-2014 government term.

The recommendation is noted and will be brought to the attention of MinComBud and the Cabinet member responsible for Higher Education and Training. The National Institute for Higher Education (NIHE) in Mpumalanga and the NIHE in the Northern Cape have already been established. These institutes improve access to university education programmes by coordinating the delivery of university programmes in those provinces. During 2010/11 the department will explore the viability of a model for the NIHE as post-school institutes.

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Include senior leaders of provincial governments in the review of the provincial equitable share

The National Treasury should consider the need to include senior leaders of provincial governments in the task team dealing with the comprehensive review of the provincial equitable shares formula to ensure that the views and concerns of provinces on the matter are taken on board and there is a common understanding by all stakeholders involved on how equitable shares are allocated.

The National Treasury is consulting widely in the review of the provincial equitable share formula and will continue to do so through the Budget Council (consisting of the Minister of Finance and MECs for Finance) and through joint MINMECs (consisting of national minister responsible for a sector and MECs of that sector). Senior government officials from provinces and national government are and will be included in these consultations. Once agreement has been reached on the final structure of the new formula, the National Treasury will make information on how the shares are allocated available and make presentations to interested and affected parties.

Introduce a special grant to build capacity at genuinely poor municipalities

The National Treasury in conjunction with the national Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs should conduct a study to identify all municipalities that are 100 per cent dependent on the conditional grants (and do not have any revenue base due to economic and other related circumstances and who are genuinely poor); and should develop support mechanisms to help them with funds and financial management skills so that they can be able to provide services to the community. National Treasury may want to introduce a special grant for such municipalities to achieve the same purpose mentioned here.

It is agreed that there is a need to appropriately support municipalities with a weak fiscal base. The responsibility is therefore placed on national and provincial government to support and strengthen the capacity of municipalities to manage their own affairs. No municipality is fully (100 per cent) dependent on conditional grants, as all municipalities receive equitable share allocations commensurate to their service delivery responsibilities to poor households. Also, the institutional component of the equitable share makes provision for basic institutional and governance costs.

Concerns have been raised that the current local government equitable share formula does not appropriately cater for the funding needs of poorly resourced municipalities. The local government fiscal framework and equitable share formula are accordingly being reviewed to ensure that the funding needs of all municipalities, including poorly resourced municipalities, are adequately addressed. Various reforms have already been made to the local government fiscal framework to increasingly focus on the funding needs of poorly resourced municipalities, such as the introduction of a minimum municipal infrastructure grant to ensure that they are not unfairly penalised due to small population sizes. Further reforms are being explored by the National Treasury, in conjunction with the national Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, to support poorly resourced municipalities.

Any increased fiscal support to poorly resourced municipalities, however, will not have the intended benefits if these increases are not supported with complementary capacity interventions. The National Treasury has prescribed competency frameworks and relevant financial management qualifications, and introduced financial management and budget reforms.

Together with provincial treasuries, the National Treasury has also worked to ensure that appropriately capacitated staff are appointed in municipalities to undertake financial management and budget functions. The local government turnaround strategy has been introduced by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to address the current capacity constraints in municipalities. It is important that these interventions, reforms and frameworks are supported by the

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appointment of appropriate candidates into key positions and ongoing support to municipalities from the relevant provincial departments.

Treasury should engage with FFC and Statistics SA on data used in the equitable share formula

The National Treasury should engage the Financial and Fiscal Commission, Statistics South Africa and all relevant stakeholders entrusted with the responsibilities of compiling data used in determining the formula for the allocation of equitable shares to find a reasonable, fair and equitable way of updating data with specific attention to the fact that the South Africa’s census that is conducted once in a decade becomes greatly outdated towards the end of a ten-year period results.

The Minister notes and supports this recommendation. The National Treasury will engage the FFC, Stats SA and other interested parties on this matter. This will include exploring the possibility of using the results of the 2007 community survey in conjunction with the 2001 census and possible other credible data sources to inform the population, poverty and service delivery data that underpins the local government equitable share formula.

n Standing Committee on Appropriations on the 2010 Division of Revenue

As required by both sections 9 and 10 of the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act, the Standing Committee on Appropriations held public hearings with selected departments to support their budget proposals. These include the Departments of Health, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Basic Education, Higher Education and Public Works. The FFC and National Treasury are invited to these hearings. The Committee provided a report on the Committee’s perspective on the Division of Revenue Bill and recommendations to the House for consideration.

The Committee’s report addresses the 2010 Division of Revenue and intergovernmental transfers, including:

•		Conditional grants to provinces with respect to the education sector

•		Conditional grants to provinces with respect to the health sector

•		Public Works conditional grants

•		Conditional grants to municipalities.

The Minister wishes to record his appreciation that, having noted the budget increase and the new government approach to outcome-based performance, the Committee recommended the adoption of the 2010 Division of Revenue Bill.

All recommendations made by the Standing Committee on Appropriations are noted and have been considered as part of this budget process, informed by priorities contained in the MTSF and departmental priorities. The division of revenue process requires that tradeoffs be made when deciding on how the national revenue will be divided between the three spheres of government and whether such funding will be directed through conditional grants or equitable share. The fiscal framework and the division of revenue on which the MTEF budgets are based are driven politically through MinComBud and submitted to Cabinet for approval. Provinces and organised local government are also consulted via the Budget Council and Budget Forum. The concluding recommendations, as adopted by the Standing Committee on Appropriations on 3 March 2010, are set out below, together with the response of the Minister.

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Control of government expenditure

The overall expenditure of government at the end of the second quarter of each financial year needs to be at 50 per cent. This will most likely lead to improved quality of spending and reduce the level of unauthorised spending and fiscal dumping at the end of the financial year.

The flow of government spending throughout the year depends on the timing of the rollout of projects and programmes. Most current expenditure items can be budgeted for on a monthly basis and divided evenly across the year. These include expenditures on wages and salaries, medicines, textbooks, fuel and so on. Elements of current expenditure such as the purchase of military equipment or large defence infrastructure, however, would occur once off and thus could not be spread over the year.

Compliance with the PFMA

National Treasury should monitor compliance with section 43 of the PFMA and report its findings to Parliament. The National Treasury must regularly engage Parliament on the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act and the PFMA in respect of virements amounting to more than 8 per cent to avoid irregularities.

The National Treasury consistently monitors compliance with section 43 of the PFMA. An accounting officer may shift funds between main divisions (i.e., budget programmes) not exceeding 8 per cent appropriated under the main division, with certain exceptions, without seeking Treasury approval. This is in keeping with the spirit and intent of the PFMA, which ensures that the onus of financial responsibility lies with the department. Shifts are disclosed to Parliament in the Adjustments Appropriations at the mid-point of the financial year and in the annual report. Shifts in excess of 8 per cent represent a significant change from the way the allocations are presented in the Appropriations Act; consequently, it is appropriate for Parliament to monitor these shifts more closely.

Guidelines for the shifting of funds

In the event that funds are shifted, the relevant departments should ensure that their budgets are aligned to their respective strategic plans and must be utilised for the intended purposes.

The PFMA provides recourse against departments who are found guilty of excessive underspending and fiscal dumping in the form of wasteful expenditure. This government is spending more money on service delivery than any previous government. The fiscal consolidation and return to sustainability requires that the questions about value for money, efficiency of expenditure and optimal service delivery be examined and addressed. Areas of inefficient spending need to be saved or reappropriated to more critical projects that are new or underfunded.

Provinces should have detailed savings plans

Provinces should come up with detailed saving plans and promote value for money in their spending. In promoting transparency and accountability, provincial departments and parastatals should reflect their amount and areas of savings during their quarterly reporting.

The Committee’s endorsement that savings and value for money spending should be encouraged in provinces is appreciated and this initiative is already being implemented. Since the start of 2009/10, provinces have been required to produce savings plans and reprioritise any savings away from low-level priorities to higher-level priorities. The spending of provincial departments is closely monitored on a

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monthly basis and areas of saving are discussed between the National Treasury and provincial treasuries on a quarterly basis.

Review the scholar transport policy

The Department of Basic Education in conjunction with the Department of Transport should urgently review the scholar transport policy in addressing the challenge of learners walking excessive long distances to school. The portfolio committee on basic education should monitor this development very closely.

This recommendation is noted and will be brought to the attention of MinComBud and the Cabinet members responsible for Basic Education and Transport.

Address overdraft facilities that consume grant funds

The National Treasury must facilitate discussions with the provincial treasuries and provincial departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to address a challenge of overdraft facilities that consume grant funds. A more coherent and coordinated approach in the management of conditional grants is required in ensuring prudent spending and achievement of the intended objectives.

The Minister agrees that steps should be taken to prevent grant funds being used to pay the interest on municipal overdraft facilities, or to repay the funds withdrawn from such facilities.

The National Treasury has engaged with the provincial treasuries on the implementation of the intergovernmental cash coordinating (IGCC) project. Cash to provinces is distributed in line with a payment schedule determined by the National Treasury for the equitable share formula, and payment schedules for the conditional grants which are agreed to by the National Treasury and the relevant national department. The IGCC project will coordinate cash management through a single facility, which will enable National Treasury to provide incentives that encourage good cash management and reduce the transaction costs and risks associated with each province managing its cash reserves independently. It will also enable better monitoring of cash management at provinces by national government.

As with provincial government, the National Treasury has introduced, through the Division of Revenue Act, payment schedules for both the equitable share and conditional grants allocations of both national and provincial government to municipalities.

The National Treasury has also introduced new budget and reporting regulations that require municipalities to budget for conditional grants explicitly, and report on their use transparently. Municipalities are required to budget only for the grants as stipulated in the national and provincial gazettes. This will facilitate more effective monitoring of the implementation of the Division of Revenue Act, as the budgets will have to reflect exactly where the conditional grant funds are to be used. Furthermore, the grant frameworks require that only projects that have been thoroughly planned and that have been through the evaluation processes prior to the start of the year should be funded.

The in-year reporting requirements set out in the new budget and reporting regulations also provide for explicit reporting of how conditional grant funds are used. This means the National Treasury and the provincial treasuries will be getting more regular information on the application of conditional grant funds. In instances where municipalities are not spending conditional grant funds in accordance with the prescribed conditions they will be subjected to close monitoring to ensure that they do not use those funds for other purposes. The budgeting and reporting requirements set out in the new regulations will result in the problem being greatly reduced and eliminated over time.

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Assessment of the conditional grants

The Committee recommends thorough assessment of the conditional grants by the national transferring officers in conjunction with National Treasury to determine their impact and the extent to which their intended objectives have been achieved prior to their termination. More consultation with, and oversight by respective parliamentary committees should be performed prior to the termination of conditional grants.

The Minister acknowledges and welcomes this recommendation. National transferring officers responsible for a conditional grant that has been identified for termination will be required to undertake a thorough assessment of their non-financial performance prior to termination. More stringent oversight by respective parliamentary committees of the performance of these conditional grants is also supported.

Departments of Energy and Water and Environmental Affairs should address backlogs in water and sanitation at schools

As government terminates grants for backlogs in water and sanitation at clinics and schools, and the backlogs in electrification of clinics and schools, the departments of Energy and Water and Environmental Affairs should provide sufficient funding to address backlogs that still remain in the existing schools.

This recommendation is noted and will be brought to the attention of MinComBud and the Cabinet members responsible for Energy, Human Settlements and Water.

Department of Health to reconsider its moratorium on vacancies

The Committee recommends that the Department of Health should reconsider its moratorium on vacancies and other outstanding issues which will eventually enable it to address capacity issues.

This recommendation is noted and will be brought to the attention of MinComBud and the Cabinet member responsible for Health.

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Statistical tables


1		Main budget: Revenue, expenditure, deficit and financing, 2004/05 to 2013/14

2		Main budget: Summary of revenue, 1993/94 to 2013/14

3		Main budget: Revenue — detailed classification, 2007/08 to 2011/12

4		Main budget: Expenditure estimates by vote, 2007/08 to 2013/14

5		Consolidated national, provincial and social security funds expenditure: Economic classification, 2007/08 to 2013/14

6		Consolidated national, provincial and social security funds expenditure: Functional classification, 2007/08 to 2013/14

7		Consolidated government expenditure: Functional and economic classification, 2007/08 to 2013/14

8		Total debt of government, 1986/87 to 2013/14

9		Financial guarantees: Amounts drawn on government guarantees, 2007/08 to 2010/11

▀ Explanatory notes on the statistical tables

General remarks

This annexure presents details of the main budget, consolidated national and provincial expenditure, consolidated government expenditure, the borrowing requirement and financing thereof, government debt and financial guarantees. While government revenues are concentrated at the national government level, expenditure shifted from the national towards the provincial sphere after 1994. Equitable share transfers to the nine provinces as a statutory commitment of government began in 1998/99, and the 1998 Budget marked the introduction of the local government equitable share. In the 2010 Budget the coverage on the consolidated government account is extended to include the accounts of all the listed public entities of national government, a further step towards the publication of a complete set of consolidated accounts for general government. The consolidation also includes several business enterprises of national government.

Since more than 70 per cent of total expenditure on the main budget of 2011/12 comprises transfer payments to other levels of general government, economic and functional classifications of national budget expenditure are not comprehensive. For purposes of analysis, it would be preferable to present economic and functional classifications of the expenditure of general government. This requires information on expenditure at all levels of general government and on its financing through revenue, balances brought forward and transfer payments (mainly from the national budget). This information is

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not readily available for local government, making it impossible to present consolidated general government finances at the time of the national budget. Historical data on general government finances are, however, published by the Reserve Bank in its Quarterly Bulletin and by Statistics South Africa.

Treatment of foreign grants to the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) Fund

Prior to 1999/00, foreign grants were paid to the National Revenue Fund and expenditure was included in departmental appropriations. From 1999/00 onwards, no foreign grants for RDP-related purposes have been included in the appropriations of national departments. All foreign technical assistance and other RDP-related grants are paid to the RDP Fund account, which is separated from the accounts of government. Departments incur expenditure on RDP-related projects by direct requisitions from the RDP Fund account. However, disbursements of foreign grants and technical assistance are included in the consolidated national and provincial expenditure estimates in Tables 5 and 6 and in the consolidated government expenditure in Table 7.

In 2002/03 and 2003/04, amounts of R117.5 million and R66.7 million respectively were included in revenue as grants received from international donors. These were contributions to defray expenditure on the Burundi peacekeeping mission, appropriated on the budget of the Department of Defence.

Prior-year adjustments due to function shifts

Function shifts implemented in previous budgets affect the presentation of the government accounts. These include:

•		The establishment of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), responsible for administering the delivery of social assistance grants, resulting in function shifts between national and provincial government and public entities. The shifting of this function to national results in transfers to provincial revenue funds being reclassified as transfers to households and transfers to departmental agencies and accounts.

•		The introduction of an accommodation charge payable by national departments for the use of government properties, levied by the property management trading entity and included in the books of the Department of Public Works. This results in the presentation of individual departments being amended to provide for these accommodation charges and a new trading entity being introduced for the Department of Public Works.

•		Expenditure related to Regional Services Council levies, previously included as a departmental expenditure item, and in previous budgets presented as a transfer to local government forming part of the local government equitable share, is now replaced by a direct charge financed by the general fuel levy and paid by the National Treasury to metropolitan municipalities. This adjustment is effected in the government accounts as from 2006/07.

•		In previous budgets, payment of benefits to former employees for civil and military pensions and contributions to medical funds were classified as compensation of employees and transfers to households respectively. After further consultation of the international standard for classification, the Government Finance Statistics Manual (GFS 2001), it was determined that payment for medical benefits to former employees should also be classified as transfers to households and not as compensation of employees, and the data in the Budget Review has been adjusted accordingly.

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Adjustments due to transactions in government debt

As part of the restructuring of government’s debt portfolio, bonds are repurchased or switched into new government bonds. In the process, government may make a capital profit, which is a book entry change in the discount on government bonds and is regarded as an extraordinary receipt. As such, capital profit does not represent an actual cash flow and is regarded as a “book profit”, and recorded as a negative receipt and loan redemption for analysis purposes.

A premium may also be accrued, or be payable, when restructuring government’s debt portfolio. Premiums paid are accounted for as extraordinary payments and premiums received as extraordinary receipts.

Sources of information

The information in Tables 1 to 7 on national, provincial government and public entity finances is obtained from the following sources:

•		Reports of the Auditor-General on the Appropriation and Miscellaneous Accounts in respect of General Affairs (1987/88 to 1993/94), the Accounts of the National Government (1994/95 to 1999/00), Audited Annual Financial Statements of National and Provincial Departments and Public Entities (2000/01 to 2008/09), as well as draft financial statements for some of the provinces and the revenue accounts of the former self-governing territories and TBVC states.

•		Printed estimates of revenue and expenditure for the national and provincial budgets.

•		The Reserve Bank.

•		The Development Bank of Southern Africa.

•		Annual statements of Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise (previously of the Department of Finance) and of the South African Revenue Service (SARS).

•		Monthly press releases of the National Treasury, published in terms of Section 32 of the Public Finance Management Act (1999).

Revenue, expenditure, budget deficit and financing (Table 1)

Table 1 summarises the main budget balances since 2004/05 and medium-term estimates to 2013/14. To be in line with the economic reporting format, the revenue classification has been amended to show departmental sales of capital assets separately. These were previously included in non-tax current revenue.

Repayments of loans and advances, which were previously shown as negative expenditure, have been reclassified as revenue. Given that the same amount is added to both revenue and expenditure, the national budget deficit is unaffected.

Appropriations by vote are divided into current payments, transfers and subsidies, and payments for capital assets. The provision for standing appropriations has been shifted from direct charges against the National Revenue Fund to the transfers and subsidies line item and the history adjusted accordingly. Both current and capital transfers are included in transfers and subsidies, in line with the requirements of the economic reporting format.

The size of the deficit figures presented in this table differ from those presented in budgets prior to 1995/96, as a number of items that were previously regarded as “below-the-line” expenditure have been included in total expenditure. In addition, revaluations of foreign loan obligations are now excluded from expenditure, in keeping with international practice.

Under loan redemptions and financing, short-term loans include the net result of transactions in Treasury bills and borrowing from the Corporation for Public Deposits. Long-term loans include all transactions in

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government bonds and foreign loans (i.e. new loan issues, repayments on maturity, buy-backs, switches and reverse purchase transactions).

Extraordinary issues represent the settlement of extraordinary payments by means of government bond issues. This excludes extraordinary payments in cash.

Prior to the 1998 Budget Review, transfers from the Strategic Fuel Fund and the National Supplies Procurement Fund, as well as proceeds from the sale and restructuring of state assets, were treated as financing items. These, together with extraordinary payments unrelated to expenditure, are now shown below the budget balance and before financing. The reclassification does not affect the budget balance.

Main budget revenue (Tables 2 and 3)

Table 2 presents a summary of revenue; the details are set out in Table 3. Main budget revenue collections are recorded on an adjusted cash basis (cash book — revenue recorded as it is received in the ledgers of SARS). Tax revenue is classified according to standard international categories and departmental receipts according to the requirements of the economic reporting format.

Certain receipts into the National Revenue Fund are not regarded as revenue. These include proceeds from the restructuring of state assets and adjustments due to transactions in government bonds.

The historical data presented in Table 3 has been reclassified to be in line with the economic reporting format introduced in 2004/05. However, a large amount of the data cannot be reclassified, as departments captured these transactions within their ledgers as miscellaneous receipts. These amounts are therefore reported as unspecified receipts.

Medium-term expenditure estimates by votes (Table 4)

Table 4 contains estimates of expenditure on national budget votes for the period 2007/08 to 2013/14. In 2009/10, amounts appropriated in the main budget, the adjusted estimates and preliminary estimates of spending on each vote are shown. Since the new government administration took office, a number of new departments were created while some of the existing departments were renamed or functions shifted between departments. The historical data has been adjusted for function shifts between the various departments and therefore the detail amounts of some departments might differ from financial statements produced by those departments. However, total expenditure is not influenced by these changes.

Consolidated national and provincial budgets (Tables 5 and 6)

Tables 5 and 6 show the economic and functional classification of payments for consolidated national and provincial government and the social security funds. The social security funds include the Unemployment Insurance Fund, the Road Accident Fund and the Compensation Funds. The national expenditure figures are for the 2011 Budget. In the provinces, however, expenditure estimates are preliminary, as their budgets are tabled after the national budget. Provincial estimates are based on preliminary budget statements provided by the provinces and are subject to change before being tabled in provincial legislatures.

The National Treasury introduced a new economic classification in the 2004 Budget that brings budget reporting in line with international best practice. Over the past few financial years the National Treasury has been working on a project to further improve the standard chart of accounts. This is the culmination of work on various initiatives to improve financial data, such as the infrastructure reporting process and improvement to item classification, and takes into account lessons learnt from data observances over the past four years. The changes were implemented on 1 April 2008.

The functional classification categories in the 2011 Budget Review are aligned to the Classification of Functions of Government as set out in the GFS, which differs from the categories used in budgets prior to 2009. The historical data published in these tables has been reclassified to be in line with the new classification categories. Specific adjustments to functional categories are listed below:

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•		Health — Payments made by provincial health departments to the National Health Laboratory Service have been eliminated as inter-entity transactions due to improvements in the classification of the service’s revenue. Military Health Services have been reclassified from function Health to function Defence because a substantial portion of this spending relates to the provision of medical services to defence staff, similar to medical aid contributions paid for staff in other functions. In addition, the expenditure related to the Forensic Health Laboratories has been reclassified as Public order and safety, as these laboratories provide a specific service to the police and do not relate to general health services.

•		Economic affairs — Expenditure related to the Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) and the National Skills Fund has been reclassified to function Education. While these programmes facilitate labour mobility and promote employment, their main purpose is to equip individuals with theoretical and practical skills through formal education.

•		The various tourism programmes included in the Department of Environmental Affairs were previously classified as function Environmental affairs. With the establishment of the new Department of Tourism, activities could be more clearly identified and expenditure is now classified as Economic affairs in terms of the international definition used for classification.

•		General public services — Civil and military pensions have been reclassified as Social protection because it provides social security to individuals either through direct cash benefits or contributions to identified funds.

Consolidated government budget (Table 7)

Table 7 shows the economic and functional classification of payments for the consolidated government budget, which consists of the consolidated national, provincial and social security numbers presented in Tables 5 and 6 combined with entities forming part of the general government sector, as well as some government business enterprises.

The government budget consolidation includes all entities controlled and mainly financed by government revenue, where such revenue is defined as either taxes, levies and administrative or service fees prescribed by government, or direct budgetary support in the form of transfer payments. This consolidation also includes a number of government business enterprises, based on the principle that they either sell most of their goods and services produced to government institutions or departments at regulated prices, and are therefore not businesses in the true sense of the word, or they are directly involved in infrastructure financing and development.

Based on this principle these entities are broadly identified as one of the following:

•		Enterprises that sell mainly to government departments or institutions, have no clear competitors and whose prices are therefore not clearly market related.

•		Science councils that conduct research or fulfil a regulatory or advisory function, where regulatory or administration fees are determined by government.

•		Government-regulated businesses that are primarily financed by a dedicated tax, administration fee or levy, the level of which is dictated by government, or that are directly involved in the maintenance or extension of critical infrastructure.

To present consolidated accounts, it is necessary that all units being consolidated adopt the same accounting standards and policies. Thus, the format of the accounts, terminology used, classification, transaction coverage and accounting base (cash or accrual) must be the same. In this respect the consolidated government budget is prepared on the adjusted cash basis of accounting. This is not strictly comparable to the financial information published in the consolidated financial statements, which have two components — a consolidation of departments using the modified cash basis of accounting, and a separate consolidation of public entities that apply the accruals basis of accounting.

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In the consolidated government budget the accrual data of public entities is converted into cash. This involves the adjustment of the data presented in the statement of financial performance with changes that are due to non-cash transactions. These adjustments are based on all relevant changes in balances on the statement of financial position, which once removed from the statement of financial performance results in the presentation of only the cash receipts and payments for the accounting period.

Once the data has been converted into a comparable set of numbers, a consolidated account can be produced. Consolidation involves the elimination of all transactions that occur between the units being consolidated. A transaction of one unit is matched with the same transaction as recorded for the second unit and both transactions are eliminated from the consolidation. For example, if a public entity sells a service to a government department and data for the two units are being consolidated, neither the sale nor the purchase of the service is reported. In this way only transactions between government and non-government entities are recorded and total government expenditure is not inflated with internal transactions.

In the consolidation process all intra-entity transactions must be eliminated. However, in the accounting systems of government and many of its agencies not all intra-entity transactions are currently identifiable, complicating the consolidation process. Therefore, in preparing the consolidated government budget only identifiable intra-entity transactions have been eliminated. These broadly include:

•		Transactions involving transfers from one government unit to another, including transfers made by national departments to public entities, and transfers from public entities to other public entities (e.g. Water Trading Entity transfers to water boards).

•		Purchases of goods and services from other government units included in the consolidation, for example transactions between the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority, water boards and the Water Trading Entity.

This does not represent all intra-entity transactions that must be eliminated. As data collection and recording procedures for transactions are improved over time, additional intra-entity transactions will be identified and removed from the consolidated government budget.

In the 2011 Budget, a total of 160 national and provincial departments and 181 entities are included in the consolidated government budget. The National Treasury is committed to presenting a full consolidation of the whole of general government. That implies that the consolidated account presented in this budget must be extended to include the accounts of local government. A process has been initiated and initial data sets for local government have been published in the Local Government Budgets and Expenditure Review. However, considerable work remains to align this data to the data included in the consolidated account.

A discussion on the consolidation procedures, as well as a detailed list of all entities included in the consolidation, is available in Annexure W2 on the National Treasury website: www.treasury.gov.za.

Total debt of government (Table 8)

Table 8 shows the major components of government debt. Total loan debt net consists of total domestic and foreign debt less the cash balances of the National Revenue Fund. Realised profits and losses on the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account are also disclosed. The projections for 2010/11 to 2013/14 are based on national budget data.

Financial guarantees: Amounts drawn on government guarantees (Table 9)

The national government furnishes guarantees to various institutions that will realise as liabilities to the government only if these institutions are unable to meet their commitments. It is not possible to anticipate the portion of these guarantees that will realise as liabilities to the national government, and

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Table 1

Main Budget:

Revenue, expenditure, budget balance and financing 1)

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

R million

Actual outcome

Preliminary outcome

Main budget revenue

Current revenue

347 824.2

411 668.6

481 158.2

559 267.6

607 867.4

578 685.2

Tax revenue (gross)

354 978.8

417 195.7

495 548.6

572 814.6

625 100.2

598 705.4

Less: SACU payments

-13 327.8

-14 144.9

-25 194.9

-24 712.6

-28 920.6

-27 915.4

Other adjustment

—

Non-tax revenue (departmental receipts)

6 173.2

8 617.8

10 804.5

11 165.6

11 687.9

7 895.2

Financial transactions in assets and liabilities

1 296.9

797.1

957.1

Sales of capital assets

30.2

79.3

38.8

230.1

131.2

36.3

Total revenue

347 854.4

411 747.9

481 197.0

560 794.6

608 795.7

579 678.6

Main budget expenditure

Direct charges against the National Revenue Fund

175 496.3

192 340.8

208 090.9

231 642.6

265 332.8

310 813.2

Cost of servicing state debt

48 851.2

50 912.0

52 192.2

52 877.1

54 393.7

57 129.2

Provincial equitable share

120 884.5

135 291.6

149 245.6

171 053.7

201 795.6

236 890.8

General fuel levy sharing with metros

—

6 800.1

Skills levy and Setas

4 725.4

4 883.3

5 328.4

6 284.3

7 234.1

7 815.6

Other

1 035.3

1 253.9

1 324.7

1 427.6

1 909.3

2 177.5

Appropriated by vote

192 963.0

224 343.2

262 101.6

309 800.8

370 620.6

436 383.5

Current payments

61 481.7

68 568.7

76 586.8

87 084.5

101 467.1

114 952.4

Transfers and subsidies

126 136.6

148 790.8

178 111.1

214 591.9

249 672.4

280 675.8

Payments for capital assets

5 344.7

6 983.7

6 067.8

7 018.5

8 508.4

9 202.2

Payments for financial assets

10)

—

1 335.8

1 105.9

10 972.6

31 553.0

Plus: Unallocated funds

—

Contingency reserve

—

Total expenditure

368 459.4

416 684.0

470 192.5

541 443.4

635 953.3

747 196.8

Budget balance

-20 604.9

-4 936.1

11 004.5

19 351.2

-27 157.6

-167 518.2

Budget balance as percentage of GDP

-1.4

-0.3

0.6

0.9

-1.2

-6.9

Extraordinary payments

11)

-9 787.3

-4 553.9

-4 213.7

-775.6

-4 284.1

-671.2

Extraordinary receipts

12)

2 492.0

6 905.2

3 438.1

1 849.8

8 203.4

6 434.6

Net borrowing requirement (-)

-27 900.2

-2 584.8

10 228.9

20 425.4

-23 238.3

-161 754.8

Financing

Change in loan liabilities

Domestic short-term loans (net)

6 132.0

5 716.4

5 334.1

5 672.9

12 225.1

49 770.3

Domestic long-term loans (net)

33 409.3

23 086.0

891.7

-2 448.2

23 059.0

118 855.8

Market loans

50 300.2

44 932.0

36 938.3

26 820.2

42 354.3

132 394.9

Extraordinary issues

9 460.8

4 539.0

—

Redemptions

-26 351.7

-26 385.0

-36 046.6

-29 268.4

-19 295.3

-13 539.1

Foreign loans (net)

4 537.9

518.0

181.5

-4 745.4

-3 954.4

23 257.5

Market loans

9 872.9

—

3 617.9

-1 568.0

—

30 872.4

Arms procurement loan agreements

—

2 896.8

3 690.0

2 426.5

3 057.3

800.0

World Bank loans

—

50.0

—

20.0

1.4

—

Redemptions (including revaluation of loans)

13)

-5 335.0

-2 428.8

-7 126.4

-5 623.9

-7 013.1

-8 414.9

Change in cash and other balances (- increase)

-16 178.9

-26 735.6

-16 636.2

-18 904.7

-8 091.4

-30 128.9

Total financing (net)

27 900.2

2 584.8

-10 228.9

-20 425.4

23 238.3

161 754.8

Gross domestic product (GDP)

1 449 020

1 613 812

1 832 763

2 078 822

2 312 965

2 442 593


1)		This table summarises revenue, expenditure and the main budget balance since 2004/05. As available data are incomplete, the estimates are not fully consistent with other sources, such as the government finance statistics series of the South African Reserve Bank.

2)		Mining leases and ownership has been reclassified as non-tax revenue (rent on land). Historical numbers have been adjusted for comparative purposes.

3)		Payment to SACU partners in respect of a previous error in calculation of the 1969 agreement.

4)		Excludes sales of capital assets, discount and premium on the issuance of new government debt instruments, premium on debt portfolio restructuring and revaluation of foreign loan repayments.

5)		Includes cost of raising loans and management cost.

6)		Include direct appropriations iro the salaries of the President, Deputy President, judges, magistrates and members of Parliament. Standing appropriations have been reclassified as transfers and subsidies.

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Table 1
Main Budget:
Revenue, expenditure, budget balance and financing 1)

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Budget

Revised

estimate

Deviation

Medium-term estimates

R million

Main budget revenue

641 839.7

665 521.7

23 682.0

728 901.1

806 352.9

904 245.2

Current revenue

647 850.0

672 200.0

24 350.0

741 620.0

827 310.0

927 960.0

Tax revenue (gross)

-14 991.3

—

-21 763.2

-32 431.8

-35 997.4

Less: SACU payments

—

-2 900.0

—

Other adjustment

8 981.0

11 213.0

2 232.1

9 044.4

11 474.7

12 282.6

Non-tax revenue (departmental receipts)

1 341.3

982.6

894.4

Financial transactions in assets and liabilities

58.0

58.3

0.3

62.2

65.3

68.5

Sales of capital assets

643 239.0

666 562.7

23 682.3

729 857.7

806 418.2

904 313.7

Total revenue

Main budget expenditure

350 625.0

350 003.5

-621.5

385 312.0

418 016.1

450 423.3

Direct charges against the National Revenue Fund

71 357.6

66 570.4

-4 787.2

76 578.7

90 807.7

104 036.2

Cost of servicing state debt

260 973.7

265 139.4

4 165.7

288 492.8

305 725.4

323 604.4

Provincial equitable share

7 542.4

—

8 573.1

9 039.7

9 613.4

General fuel levy sharing with metros

8 424.2

—

9 148.7

9 606.1

10 134.5

Skills levy and Setas

2 327.1

—

2 518.6

2 837.0

3 034.8

Other

461 517.9

459 919.7

-1 598.2

499 480.9

538 380.2

578 700.1

Appropriated by vote

128 611.4

132 986.2

4 374.8

145 241.7

153 373.6

163 849.1

Current payments

302 727.5

297 226.8

-5 500.7

342 282.2

371 182.8

397 386.3

Transfers and subsidies

9 290.5

8 817.0

-473.5

11 206.9

13 823.7

17 464.5

Payments for capital assets

20 888.6

20 889.7

1.1

750.1

0.1

10)

Payments for financial assets

—

40.0

330.0

530.0

Plus: Unallocated funds

6 000.0

—

-6 000.0

4 090.4

11 405.4

23 375.2

Contingency reserve

818 142.9

809 923.3

-8 219.7

888 923.3

968 131.7

1 053 028.6

Total expenditure

-174 903.9

-143 360.6

31 543.4

-159 065.6

-161 713.5

-148 714.8

Budget balance

-6.5

-5.4

1.1

-5.5

-5.1

-4.2

Budget balance as percentage of GDP

—

-802.0

-150.0

—

11)

Extraordinary payments

—

3 148.0

1 350.0

—

12)

Extraordinary receipts

-174 903.9

-141 014.6

33 889.4

-157 865.6

-161 713.5

-148 714.8

Net borrowing requirement (-)

Financing

Change in loan liabilities

22 000.0

35 100.0

13 100.0

22 000.0

21 000.0

Domestic short-term loans (net)

137 740.2

139 150.0

1 409.8

135 366.7

124 238.9

111 838.9

Domestic long-term loans (net)

151 344.3

152 613.8

1 269.5

150 400.0

150 675.0

143 450.0

Market loans

—

Extraordinary issues

-13 604.1

-13 463.8

140.3

-15 033.3

-26 436.1

-31 611.1

Redemptions

11 563.9

-2 267.0

-13 830.9

4 998.7

-3 545.5

-9 629.9

Foreign loans (net)

14 439.0

—

-14 439.0

7 150.0

7 870.0

8 690.0

Market loans

352.0

512.0

160.0

1 009.0

26.0

—

Arms procurement loan agreements

—

World Bank loans

-3 227.1

-2 779.0

448.1

-3 160.3

-11 441.5

-18 319.9

13)

Redemptions (including revaluation of loans)

3 600.0

-30 968.7

-34 568.7

-4 499.6

19 020.6

25 505.5

Change in cash and other balances
(-increase)

174 903.9

141 014.3

-33 889.7

157 865.7

161 713.9

148 714.5

Total financing (net)

2 699 888

2 666 894

-32 994

2 914 862

3 201 299

3 536 002

Gross domestic product (GDP)


7)		Includes compensation of employees, payments for goods and services, interest on overdue accounts and rent on land. Payment for medical benefits to former employees has been moved to transfers.

8)		Includes current and capital transfers and subsidies to business, households, foreign countries and other levels and funds of general government.

9)		Includes acquisition and own account construction of new assets and the cost of upgrading, improving and extentions to existing capital assets.

10)		Consists mainly of lending to public corporations or making equity investments in them for policy purposes. Previously included in transfers and subsidies.

11)		Includes premiums incurred on loan issues, bond switch and buy-back transactions and revaluation adjustments when utilising foreign exchange deposits.

12)		Includes proceeds from the sale of state assets and strategic supplies as well as premiums received on loan issues, bond switches and buy-back transactions and revaluation adjustment when utilising foreign exchange deposits.

13)		Revaluation estimates are based on National Treasury’s projection of exchange rates.

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Table 2
Main Budget: Estimates of national revenue
Summary of revenue 1)

		1993/94		1994/95		1995/96		1996/97		1997/98		1998/99		1999/00
R million		Actual collections
Taxes on income and profits			50 933.7		61 004.7		68 883.8		82 876.1		95 003.6		108 021.5		116 148.9
Persons and individuals			37 805.3		44 972.8		51 179.3		59 519.8		68 342.4		77 733.9		85 883.8
Gold mines			622.5		1 172.7		893.7		507.7		332.5		1 88.6		—
Other mines			508.6		457.2		714.8		1 341.6		1 349.4		1946.1		—
Companies			10 359.3		11 961.3		14 059.0		16 985.0		19 696.4		20 388.0		20 971.6
Secondary tax on companies			876.7		1 303.6		1 262.2		1 337.9		1 446.4		1 930.8		3 149.9
Tax on retirement funds			—		—		—		2 565.5		3 229.7		5 098.8		5 330.4
Other	2)		761.4		1 137.1		774.8		618.6		606.8		735.3		813.1

Taxes on payroll and workforce			—		—		—		—		—		—		0.1
Skills development levy	3)		—		—		—		—		—		—		0.1

Taxes on property			1 500.9		2 074.7		2 233.9		2 359.3		2 618.4		2 830.4		3 808.4
Donations tax			39.0		104.4		61.0		46.7		17.7		9.1		15.2
Estate duty			118.3		125.3		181.3		181.8		302.6		256.4		304.2
Securities transfer tax	4)		267.0		431.5		462.9		397.3		442.3		721.1		1 090.4
Transfer duties			1 076.7		1 413.5		1 528.7		1 733.5		1 855.8		1 565.4		1 821.6
Demutualisation charge			—		—		—		—		—		278.5		577.0

Domestic taxes on goods and services			38 949.2		44 070.3		48 881.7		53 572.9		60 619.0		66 213.2		72 184.7
Value-added tax	5)		25 449.0		29 288.4		32 768.2		35 902.9		40 095.6		43 985.4		48 376.8
Specific excise duties			4 628.3		5 431.3		6 075.0		5 912.4		7 425.8		8052.8		8 886.1
Ad valorem excise duties			338.7		372.9		400.2		718.7		581.6		518.9		584.3
General fuel levy			7 860.2		8 351.5		8 928.0		10 391.6		12 091.2		13 640.0		14 289.8
Air departure tax			—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Electricity levy			—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Other	6)		673.0		626.2		710.2		647.2		424.8		16.0		47.6

Taxes on international trade and transactions			5 246.9		5 606.4		6 169.6		7 200.5		5 638.6		6 052.5		6 778.1
Customs duties			3 413.4		4 247.0		5 325.9		6 518.0		6 055.7		5 985.7		6 517.8
Import surcharges			1 756.1		1 170.8		456.7		-5.9		-1.4		1.6		0.4
Other	7)		77.3		188.5		387.1		688.4		-415.7		65.2		259.9

Stamp duties and fees			846.7		942.9		1 024.8		1 202.4		1 483.8		1 489.0		1 618.9

State miscellaneous revenue	8)		10.3		75.6		84.1		121.2		-36.0		179.3		727.0


TOTAL TAX REVENUE (gross)			97 487.7		113 774.5		127 278.0		147 332.3		165 327.4		184 785.9		201 265.9
Non-tax revenue	9)		2 275.7		1 802.2		2 614.9		3 522.7		3 299.4		4 796.2		4 093.8
Less: SACU payments	10)		-3 089.4		-3 248.8		-3 890.1		-4 362.7		-5 237.2		-5 576.7		-7 197.3


TOTAL MAIN BUDGET REVENUE			96 674.0		112 327.9		126 002.7		146 492.4		163 389.6		184 005.4		198 162.4


Current revenue			96 645.2		112 312.4		125 979.4		146 477.7		163 371.2		183 978.6		198 120.7
Direct taxes			51 091.0		61 234.4		69 126.1		83 104.6		95 323.9		108 565.5		117 045.3
Indirect taxes			46 386.4		52 464.5		58 067.7		64 106.6		70 039.5		76 041.1		83 493.7
State miscellaneous revenue			10.3		75.6		84.1		121.2		-36.0		179.3		727.0
Non-tax revenue (excluding sales of capital assets)	12)		2 246.9		1 786.7		2 591.5		3 508.0		3 280.9		4 769.3		4 052.1
Less: SACU payments			-3 089.4		-3 248.8		-3 890.1		-4 362.7		-5 237.2		-5 576.7		-7 197.3
Sales of capital assets			28.8		15.5		23.4		14.7		18.4		26.9		41.7

Extraordinary receipts	13)		1 583.7		1 201.0		1 391.4		1 629.4		2 947.4		2 757.6		7 238.3


1)		Data prior to 1994/95 (representing the former State Revenue Account) are adjusted to be comparable to the current National Revenue Fund (see introductory notes to this statistical annexure). Data prior to 1995/96 include collections by the former TBVC states and self-governing territories.

2)		Includes interest on overdue income tax, non-resident shareholders’ tax (prior to 1999/00), non-residents’ tax on interest (prior to 1999/00), undistributed profits tax (prior to 1999/00) and small business tax amnesty (in 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09).

3)		Levy on payroll dedicated to skills development.

4)		The Securities Transfer Tax (STT) replaced the Uncertificated Securities Tax (UST) as from 1 July 2008. The UST replaced the marketable securities tax as from 1 June 1999.

5)		The value-added tax (VAT) replaced the general sales tax in September 1991.

6)		Includes plastic bag levy (from 2004/05), Universal Service Fund (from 1998/99), Human Resources Fund and Universal Service Agency (in 1998/99 and 1999/00), levies on financial services (up to 2004/05) and CO₂ motor vehicle emissions tax (from 2010/11). Mining leases and ownership has been reclassified as non-tax revenue. The historical years from 1998/99 have been adjusted for comparative purposes.

154

ANNEXURE B: STATISTICAL TABLES


															Table 2
															Main Budget: Estimates of national revenue
															Summary of revenue 1)

2000/01		2001/02		2002/03		2003/04		2004/05		2005/06		2006/07
				Actual collections											R million
	126 145.2		147 310.4		164 565.9		171 962.8		195 219.1		230 803.6		279 990.5		Taxes on income and profits
	86 478.0		90 389.5		94 336.7		98 495.1		110 981.9		125 645.3		140 578.3		Persons and individuals
	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		Gold mines
	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		Other mines
	29 491.8		42 354.5		55 745.1		60 880.8		70 781.9		86 160.8		118 998.6		Companies
	4 031.3		7 162.7		6 325.6		6 132.9		7 487.1		12 277.6		15 291.4		Secondary tax on companies
	5 219.8		6 190.6		6 989.7		4 897.7		4 406.1		4 783.1		3 190.5		Tax on retirement funds
	924.3		1 213.1		1 169.0		1 556.3		1 562.2		1 936.7		1 931.7	2)	Other

	1 257.4		2 717.3		3 352.1		3 896.4		4 443.3		4 872.0		5 597.4		Taxes on payroll and workforce
	1 257.4		2 717.3		3 352.1		3 896.4		4 443.3		4 872.0		5 597.4	3)	Skills development levy

	3 978.8		4 628.3		5 084.6		6 707.5		9 012.6		11 137.5		10 332.3		Taxes on property
	32.1		20.6		17.7		17.1		25.2		29.5		47.0		Donations tax
	442.7		481.9		432.7		417.1		506.9		624.7		747.4		Estate duty
	1 102.1		1 212.8		1 205.2		1 101.1		1 365.9		1 973.4		2 763.9	4)	Securities transfer tax
	2 401.9		2 913.0		3 429.0		5 172.1		7 114.6		8 510.0		6 774.0		Transfer duties
	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		Demutualisation charge

	78 877.5		86 885.1		97 311.5		110 108.6		131 980.6		151 223.7		174 671.4		Domestic taxes on goods and services
	54 455.2		61 056.6		70 149.9		80 681.8		98 157.9		114 351.6		134 462.6	5)	Value-added tax
	9 126.6		9797.2		10 422.6		11 364.6		13 066.7		14 546.5		16 369.5		Specific excise duties
	693.9		776.1		1 050.2		1 016.2		1 015.2		1 157.3		1 282.7		Ad valorem excise duties
	14 495.3		14 923.2		15 333.8		16 652.4		19 190.4		20 506.7		21 844.6		General fuel levy
	85.8		296.4		324.8		367.2		412.2		458.2		484.8		Air departure tax
	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		Electricity levy
	20.7		35.5		30.3		26.5		138.3		203.4		227.2	6)	Other

	8 226.6		8 680.1		9 619.8		8 414.3		13 286.5		18 201.9		24 002.2		Taxes on international trade and transactions
	7 853.6		8 632.2		9 330.7		8 479.4		12 888.4		18 303.5		23 697.0		Customs duties
	0.0		0.5		0.0		—		—		—		—		Import surcharges
	372.9		47.5		289.1		-65.1		398.1		-101.6		305.2	7)	Other

	1 561.6		1 767.2		1 572.4		1 360.1		1 167.7		792.8		615.7		Stamp duties and fees

	72.0		306.7		433.0		-7.1		-130.9		164.2		339.2	8)	State miscellaneous revenue


	220 119.1		252 295.0		281 939.3		302 442.6		354 978.8		417 195.7		495 548.6		TOTAL TAX REVENUE (gross)

	3 868.8		4 172.2		4 827.9		6 711.3		6 203.3		8 697.1		10 843.3	9)	Non-tax revenue
	-8 396.1		-8 204.8		-8 259.4		-9 722.7		-13 327.8		-14 144.9		-25 194.9	10)	Less: SACU payments


	215 591.9		248 262.4		278 507.7		299 431.2		347 854.4		411 747.9		481 197.0		TOTAL MAIN BUDGET REVENUE

	215 548.4		248 258.2		278 449.9		299 414.7		347 824.2		411 668.6		481 158.2		Current revenue
	127 877.4		150 530.1		168 368.4		176 293.5		200 194.5		236 329.7		286 382.4		Direct taxes
	92 169.7		101 458.2		113 137.9		126 156.1		154 915.3		180 701.8		208 827.1		Indirect taxes
	72.0		306.7		433.0		-7.1		-130.9		164.2		339.2		State miscellaneous revenue
	3 825.4		4 168.0		4 770.0		6 694.8		6 173.2		8 617.8		10 804.5	12)	Non-tax revenue (excluding sales of capital assets)
	-8 396.1		-8 204.8		-8 259.4		-9 722.7		-13 327.8		-14 144.9		-25 194.9		Less: SACU payments
	43.5		4.2		57.8		16.5		30.2		79.3		38.8		Sales of capital assets

	2 983.5		4 159.1		8 167.9		1 598.2		2 492.0		6 905.2		3 438.1	13)	Extraordinary receipts


7)		Includes miscellaneous customs and excise receipts, ordinary levy (up to 2004/05) and diamond export duties.

8)		Includes revenue received by SARS which could not be allocated to a specific revenue type.

9)		Includes sales of goods and services, fines, penalties and forfeits, interest, dividends and rent on land (including mineral and petroleum royalties), sales of capital assets as well as transactions in financial assets and liabilities.

10)		Payments in terms of Southern African Custom Union (SACU) agreements.

11)		Payment to SACU partners in respect of a previous error in calculation of the 1969 agreement.

12)		Excludes sales of capital assets.

13)		Sales of strategic fuel stocks, proceeds from sales of state assets and certain other receipts are, by law, paid into the National Revenue Fund, but are not regarded as departmental receipts.

155

2011 BUDGET REVIEW


Table 2
Main Budget: Estimates of national revenue
Summary of revenue 1)
		2007/08		2008/09		2009/10		2010/11					2011/12
										% change			Budget estimates
				Actual				Revised		on actual			Before		After
R million				collections				estimates		2009/10			tax proposals

Taxes on income and profits			332 058.3		383 482.7		359 044.8		380 080.0		5.9	%		426 694.6		418 344.6
Persons and individuals			168 774.4		195 115.0		205 145.0		228 000.0		11.1	%		261 600.0		252 750.0
Companies			140 119.8		165 378.3		134 883.4		132 500.0		-1.8	%		143 665.0		144 165.0
Secondary tax on companies			20 585.4		20 017.6		15 467.8		16 500.0		6.7	%		18 100.0		18 100.0
Tax on retirement funds			285.4		143.3		42.7		—		-100.0	%		—		—
Other	2)		2 293.3		2 828.6		3 505.9		3 080.0		-12.1	%		3 329.6		3 329.6

Taxes on payroll and workforce			6 330.9		7 327.5		7 804.8		8 420.0		7.9	%		9 150.0		9 150.0
Skills development levy	3)		6 330.9		7 327.5		7 804.8		8 420.0		7.9	%		9 150.0		9 150.0

Taxes on property			11 883.9		9 477.1		8 826.4		9 365.0		6.1	%		10 340.0		9 590.0
Donations tax			27.6		125.0		60.1		65.0		—			70.0		70.0
Estate duty			691.0		756.7		759.3		800.0		5.4	%		870.0		870.0
Securities transfer tax	4)		3 757.1		3 664.5		3 324.0		3 000.0		-9.7	%		3 300.0		3 300.0
Transfer duties			7 408.2		4 930.9		4 683.0		5 500.0		17.4	%		6 100.0		5 350.0

Domestic taxes on goods and services			194 690.3		201 416.0		203 666.8		247 540.0		21.5	%		269 225.0		274 210.0
Value-added tax	5)		150 442.8		154 343.1		147 941.3		181 335.0		22.6	%		200 880.0		200 880.0
Specific excise duties			18 218.4		20 184.5		21 289.3		22 900.0		7.6	%		23 300.0		25 085.0
Ad valorem excise duties			1 480.5		1 169.5		1 275.9		1 900.0		48.9	%		2 080.0		2 230.0
General fuel levy			23 740.5		24 883.8		28 832.5		34 300.0		19.0	%		35 000.0		36 900.0
Air departure tax			540.6		549.4		580.3		705.0		21.5	%		730.0		730.0
Electricity levy			—		—		3 341.7		5 200.0		55.6	%		5 380.0		6 530.0
Other	6)		267.5		285.7		405.7		1 200.0		195.8	%		1 855.0		1 855.0

Taxes on international trade and transactions			27 081.9		22 852.4		19 318.9		26 790.0		38.7	%		30 325.4		30 325.4
Customs duties			26 469.9		22 751.0		19 577.1		26 400.0		34.9	%		29 860.4		29 860.4
Other	7)		612.0		101.4		-258.3		390.0		-251.0	%		465.0		465.0

Stamp duties and fees			557.1		571.8		49.5		5.0		-89.9	%		—		—

State miscellaneous revenue	8)		212.2		-27.4		-5.7		—		—			—		—


TOTAL TAX REVENUE (gross)			572 814.6		625 100.2		598 705.4		672 200.0		12.3	%		745 735.0		741 620.0

Non-tax revenue	9)		12 692.6		12 616.2		8 888.5		12 254.0		37.9	%		10 000.9		10 000.9
Less: SACU payments	10)		-24 712.6		-28 920.6		-27 915.4		-14 991.3		-46.3	%		-21 763.2		-21 763.2
Other adjustment	11)		—		—		—		-2 900.0		—			—		—

TOTAL MAIN BUDGET REVENUE			560 794.6		608 795.7		579 678.6		666 562.7		15.0	%		733 972.7		729 857.7


Current revenue			560 564.4		608 664.5		579 642.3		669 404.4		15.5	%		733 910.5		729 795.5
Direct taxes			339 107.8		391 691.9		367 669.0		389 365.0		5.9	%		436 784.6		428 434.6
Indirect taxes			233 494.6		233 435.6		231 042.1		282 835.0		22.4	%		308 950.4		313 185.4
State miscellaneous revenue			212.2		-27.4		-5.7		—		—			—		—
Non-tax revenue (excluding sales of capital assets)	12)		12 462.4		12 485.0		8 852.3		12 195.7		37.8	%		9 938.7		9 938.7
Less: SACU payments			-24 712.6		-28 920.6		-27 915.4		-14 991.3		-46.3	%		-21 763.2		-21 763.2
Sales of capital assets			230.2		131.2		36.3		58.3		60.8	%		62.2		62.2


Extraordinary receipts	13)		1 849.8		8 202.3		6 434.6		3 148.0					—		—


1)		Data prior to 1994/95 (representing the former State Revenue Account) are adjusted to be comparable to the current National Revenue Fund (see introductory notes to this statistical annexure). Data prior to 1995/96 include collections by the former TBVC states and self-governing territories.

2)		Includes interest on overdue income tax, non-resident shareholders’ tax (prior to 1999/00), non-residents’ tax on interest (prior to 1999/00), undistributed profits tax (prior to 1999/00) and small business tax amnesty (in 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09).

3)		Levy on payroll dedicated to skills development.

4)		The Securities Transfer Tax (STT) replaced the Uncertificated Securities Tax (UST) as from 1 July 2008. The UST replaced the marketable securities tax as from 1 June 1999.

5)		The value-added tax (VAT) replaced the general sales tax in September 1991.

6)		Includes plastic bag levy (from 2004/05), Universal Service Fund (from 1998/99), Human Resources Fund and Universal Service Agency (in 1998/99 and 1999/00), levies on financial services (up to 2004/05) and CO ² motor vehicle emissions tax (from 2010/11). Mining leases and ownership has been reclassified as non-tax revenue. The historical years from 1998/99 have been adjusted for comparative purposes.

156

ANNEXURE B: STATISTICAL TABLES


																	Table 2
																	Main Budget: Estimates of national revenue
																	Summary of revenue 1)

2011/12						2012/13					2013/14
% change			% of					% change on					% change
on revised			total budget					after tax proposals					on
2010/11			revenue			Estimates		2011/12			Estimates		2012/13				R million

	10.1	%		57.3	%		469 709.1		12.3	%		533 560.6		13.6	%		Taxes on income and profits
	10.9	%		34.6	%		292 709.8		15.8	%		337 970.0		15.5	%		Persons and individuals
	8.8	%		19.8	%		161 349.5		11.9	%		178 230.2		10.5	%		Companies
	9.7	%		2.5	%		11 990.0		-33.8	%		13 320.0		11.1	%		Secondary tax on companies
	—			—			—		—			—		—			Tax on retirement funds
	8.1	%		0.5	%		3 659.8		9.9	%		4 040.4		10.4	%	2)	Other

	8.7	%		1.3	%		9 610.0		5.0	%		10 130.0		5.4	%		Taxes on payroll and workforce
	8.7	%		1.3	%		9 610.0		5.0	%		10 130.0		5.4	%	3)	Skills development levy

	2.4	%		1.3	%		11 060.0		15.3	%		12 695.4		14.8	%		Taxes on property
	7.7	%		0.0	%		80.0		14.3	%		85.4		6.7	%		Donations tax
	8.7	%		0.1	%		960.0		10.3	%		1 060.0		10.4	%		Estate duty
	10.0	%		0.5	%		3 630.0		10.0	%		4 010.0		10.5	%	4)	Securities transfer tax
	-2.7	%		0.7	%		6 390.0		19.4	%		7 540.0		18.0	%		Transfer duties

	10.8	%		37.6	%		302 880.3		10.5	%		333 170.0		10.0	%		Domestic taxes on goods and services
	10.8	%		27.5	%		226 900.0		13.0	%		254 330.0		12.1	%	5)	Value-added tax
	9.5	%		3.4	%		25 910.0		3.3	%		26 660.0		2.9	%		Specific excise duties
	17.4	%		0.3	%		2 450.0		9.9	%		2 710.0		10.6	%		Ad valorem excise duties
	7.6	%		5.1	%		38 110.0		3.3	%		39 190.0		2.8	%		General fuel levy
	3.5	%		0.1	%		760.0		4.1	%		790.0		3.9	%		Air departure tax
	25.6	%		0.9	%		6 800.0		4.1	%		7 460.0		9.7	%		Electricity levy
	54.6	%		0.3	%		1 950.3		5.1	%		2 030.0		4.1	%	6)	Other

	13.2	%		4.2	%		34 050.7		12.3	%		38 404.1		12.8	%		Taxes on international trade and transactions
	13.1	%		4.1	%		33 530.0		12.3	%		37 820.0		12.8	%		Customs duties
	19.2	%		0.1	%		520.7		12.0	%		584.1		12.2	%	7)	Other

	—			—			—		—			—		—			Stamp duties and fees

	—			—			—		—			—		—		8)	State miscellaneous revenue


	10.3	%		101.6	%		827 310.0		11.6	%		927 960.0		12.2	%		TOTAL TAX REVENUE (gross)

	-18.4	%		1.4	%		11 540.0		15.4	%		12 351.1		7.0	%	9)	Non-tax revenue
	45.2	%		-3.0	%		-32 431.8		49.0	%		-35 997.4		11.0	%	10)	Less: SACU payments
	—			—			—		—			—		—		11)	Other adjustment


	9.5	%		100.0	%		806 418.2		10.5	%		904 313.7		12.1	%		TOTAL MAIN BUDGET REVENUE


	9.0	%		100.0	%		806 352.9		10.5	%		904 245.2		12.1	%		Current revenue
	10.0	%		58.7	%		480 359.1		12.1	%		544 836.0		13.4	%		Direct taxes
	10.7	%		42.9	%		346 951.0		10.8	%		383 124.1		10.4	%		Indirect taxes
	—			—			—		—			—		—			State miscellaneous revenue
	-18.5	%		1.4	%		11 474.7		15.5	%		12 282.6		7.0	%	12)	Non-tax revenue (excluding sales of capital assets)
	45.2	%		-3.0	%		-32 431.8		49.0	%		-35 997.4		11.0	%		Less: SACU payments
	6.6	%		0.0	%		65.3		5.0	%		68.5		5.0	%		Sales of capital assets


							—					—				13)	Extraordinary receipts


7)		Includes miscellaneous customs and excise receipts, ordinary levy (up to 2004/05) and diamond export duties.

8)		Includes revenue received by SARS which could not be allocated to a specific revenue type.

9)		Includes sales of goods and services, fines, penalties and forfeits, interest, dividends and rent on land (including mineral and petroleum royalties), sales of capital assets as well as transactions in financial assets and liabilities.

10)		Payments in terms of Southern African Custom Union (SACU) agreements.

11)		Payment to SACU partners in respect of a previous error in calculation of the 1969 agreement.

12)		Excludes sales of capital assets.

13)		Sales of strategic fuel stocks, proceeds from sales of state assets and certain other receipts are, by law, paid into the National Revenue Fund, but are not regarded as departmental receipts.

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Table 3
Main Budget: Estimates of national revenue
Detailed classification of revenue
		2007/08		2008/09		2009/10
		Actual				Before		After		Revised		Actual
R thousands		collections				tax proposals				estimate		collection

Taxes on income and profits			332 058 296		383 482 732		403 590 000		389 040 000		352 800 000		359 044 847
Income tax on persons and individuals			168 774 352		195 115 008		221 000 000		207 450 000		203 500 000		205 145 021
Tax on corporate income
Companies			140 119 831		165 378 278		161 000 000		160 000 000		130 500 000		134 883 420
Secondary tax on companies			20 585 421		20 017 580		19 000 000		19 000 000		16 000 000		15 467 795
Tax on retirement funds			285 357		143 251		—		—		—		42 699
Other
Interest on overdue income tax			2 280 507		2 776 988		2 560 000		2 560 000		2 700 000		3 433 025
Small business tax amnesty			12 828		51 627		30 000		30 000		100 000		72 888

Taxes on payroll and workforce			6 330 917		7 327 463		7 749 980		7 749 980		7 749 980		7 804 829
Skills development levy			6 330 917		7 327 463		7 749 980		7 749 980		7 749 980		7 804 829

Taxes on property			11 883 869		9 477 079		10 420 000		10 420 000		9 000 000		8 826 422
Estate, inheritance and gift taxes
Donations tax			27 551		124 992		80 000		80 000		60 000		60 084
Estate duty			691 031		756 738		700 000		700 000		740 000		759 273
Taxes on financial and capital transactions
Securities transfer tax	1)		3 757 114		3 664 484		4 300 000		4 300 000		3 600 000		3 324 017
Transfer duties			7 408 173		4 930 865		5 340 000		5 340 000		4 600 000		4 683 047

Domestic taxes on goods and services			194 690 295		201 416 062		216 832 000		226 757 000		201 995 000		203 666 753
Value-added tax			150 442 849		154 343 122		168 807 000		168 807 000		146 500 000		147 941 322
Specific excise duties
Beer			5 141 862		5 514 810		5 907 600		6 512 800		5 772 000		5 738 164
Sorghum beer and sorghum flour			34 675		38 240		40 500		40 500		41 000		34 394
Wine and other fermented beverages			1 253 881		1 358 440		1 414 300		1 559 200		1 489 000		1 482 517
Spirits			2 364 130		2 511 160		2 501 300		2 807 500		2 808 000		2 790 309
Cigarettes and cigarette tobacco			7 665 368		8 659 210		8 812 300		9 614 000		9 100 000		9 187 982
Pipe tobacco and cigars			379 064		596 030		457 700		679 700		400 000		482 195
Petroleum products	2)		901 269		880 630		876 300		876 300		880 000		872 701
Revenue from neighbouring countries	3)		478 198		626 020		490 000		510 000		510 000		701 017
Ad valorem excise duties			1 480 454		1 169 529		1 350 000		1 350 000		1 100 000		1 275 942
General fuel levy			23 740 511		24 883 776		25 200 000		30 090 000		29 000 000		28 832 536
Taxes on use of goods or permission to use goods or to perform activities
Air passenger tax			540 635		549 365		650 000		770 000		600 000		580 326
Plastic bags levy			86 314		78 563		75 000		90 000		140 000		110 510
Electricity levy			—		—		—		2 780 000		3 400 000		3 341 691
Incandescent light bulb levy			—		—		—		20 000		20 000		63 880
CO₂ tax — motor vehicle emissions			—		—		—		—		—		—
Turnover tax for micro businesses			—		—		—		—		10 000		6 493
Other
Universal Service Fund			181 085		207 167		250 000		250 000		225 000		224 774

Taxes on international trade and transactions			27 081 900		22 852 428		25 287 000		25 337 000		18 830 000		19 318 860
Import duties
Customs duties			26 469 876		22 751 022		24 635 000		24 635 000		18 500 000		19 577 115
Other
Miscellaneous customs and excise receipts			612 024		101 239		652 000		652 000		280 000		-294 020
Diamond export levy			—		167		—		50 000		50 000		35 766

Other taxes			557 123		571 838		—		—		50 000		49 457
Stamp duties and fees			557 123		571 838		—		—		50 000		49 457

State miscellaneous revenue	4)		212 236		-27 439		—		—		—		-5 724


TOTAL TAX REVENUE (gross)			572 814 636		625 100 163		663 878 980		659 303 980		590 424 980		598 705 444


Less: SACU payments	5)		-24 712 567		-28 920 624		-27 915 405		-27 915 405		-27 915 405		-27 915 405
Payments in terms of Customs Union agreements (sec. 51(2) of Act 91 of 1964)			-24 712 567		-28 920 624		-27 915 405		-27 915 405		-27 915 405		-27 915 405
Other adjustment	6)		—		—		—		—		—		—

TOTAL TAX REVENUE (net of SACU payments)			548 102 069		596 179 539		635 963 575		631 388 575		562 509 575		570 790 038


1)		The Securities Transfer Tax (STT) replaced the Uncertificated Securities Tax (UST) as from 1 July 2008.

2)		Specific excise duties on petrol, distillate fuel, residual fuel and base oil.

3)		Excise duties which are collected by the Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland (BLNS) countries.

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														Table 3
														Main Budget: Estimates of national revenue
														Detailed classification of revenue
			2010/11						2011/12
Budget estimates						% change on
Before				Revised		2009/10			Before		After
tax proposals		After		estimate		actual			tax proposals					R thousands

	384 465 800		377 715 800		380 080 000		5.9	%		426 694 589		418 344 589		Taxes on income and profits
	230 075 800		224 675 800		228 000 000		11.1	%		261 600 000		252 750 000		Income tax on persons and individuals
														Tax on corporate income
	135 000 000		133 650 000		132 500 000		-1.8	%		143 665 000		144 165 000		Companies
	16 500 000		16 500 000		16 500 000		6.7	%		18 100 000		18 100 000		Secondary tax on companies
	—		—		—		-100.0	%		—		—		Tax on retirement funds
														Other
	2 780 000		2 780 000		3 050 000		-11.2	%		3 329 589		3 329 589		Interest on overdue income tax
	110 000		110 000		30 000		-58.8	%		—		—		Small business tax amnesty

	8 424 228		8 424 228		8 420 000		7.9	%		9 150 000		9 150 000		Taxes on payroll and workforce
	8 424 228		8 424 228		8 420 000		7.9	%		9 150 000		9 150 000		Skills development levy

	9 960 000		9 960 000		9 365 000		6.1	%		10 340 000		9 590 000		Taxes on property
														Estate, inheritance and gift taxes
	60 000		60 000		65 000		8.2	%		70 000		70 000		Donations tax
	800 000		800 000		800 000		5.4	%		870 000		870 000		Estate duty
														Taxes on financial and capital transactions
	4 100 000		4 100 000		3 000 000		-9.7	%		3 300 000		3 300 000	1)	Securities transfer tax
	5 000 000		5 000 000		5 500 000		17.4	%		6 100 000		5 350 000		Transfer duties

	224 579 990		230 880 000		247 540 000		21.5	%		269 225 000		274 210 000		Domestic taxes on goods and services
	164 000 000		164 000 000		181 335 000		22.6	%		200 880 000		200 880 000		Value-added tax
														Specific excise duties
	6 046 860		6 665 290		6 554 622		14.2	%		6 669 113		7 180 030		Beer
	42 950		47 350		44 217		28.6	%		44 989		48 436		Sorghum beer and sorghum flour
	1 559 900		1 719 440		1 498 867		1.1	%		1 525 048		1 641 882		Wine and other fermented beverages
	2 941 710		3 242 570		2 908 354		4.2	%		2 959 155		3 185 854		Spirits
	9 533 330		10 508 330		9 685 087		5.4	%		9 854 259		10 609 188		Cigarettes and cigarette tobacco
	419 050		461 900		553 403		14.8	%		563 069		606 205		Pipe tobacco and cigars
	921 900		1 016 190		1 039 081		19.1	%		1 057 231		1 138 224	2)	Petroleum products
	534 290		588 930		616 369		-12.1	%		627 136		675 180	3)	Revenue from neighbouring countries
	1 200 000		1 200 000		1 900 000		48.9	%		2 080 000		2 230 000		Ad valorem excise duties
	31 000 000		34 600 000		34 300 000		19.0	%		35 000 000		36 900 000		General fuel levy
														Taxes on use of goods or permission to use goods or to perform activities
	750 000		750 000		705 000		21.5	%		730 000		730 000		Air passenger tax
	150 000		150 000		290 000		162.4	%		300 000		300 000		Plastic bags levy
	5 200 000		5 200 000		5 200 000		55.6	%		5 380 000		6 530 000		Electricity levy
	20 000		20 000		165 000		158.3	%		75 000		75 000		Incandescent light bulb levy
	—		450 000		505 000		—			1 200 000		1 200 000		CO² tax — motor vehicle emissions
	10 000		10 000		5 000		-23.0	%		15 000		15 000		Turnover tax for micro businesses
														Other
	250 000		250 000		235 000		4.5	%		265 000		265 000		Universal Service Fund

	20 850 000		20 850 000		26 790 000		38.7	%		30 325 440		30 325 440		Taxes on international trade and transactions
														Import duties
	20 500 000		20 500 000		26 400 000		34.9	%		29 860 400		29 860 400		Customs duties
														Other
	300 000		300 000		340 000		-215.6	%		409 540		409 540		Miscellaneous customs and excise receipts
	50 000		50 000		50 000		39.8	%		55 500		55 500		Diamond export levy

	20 000		20 000		5 000		-89.9	%		—		—		Other taxes
	20 000		20 000		5 000		-89.9	%		—		—		Stamp duties and fees

	—		—		—		-100.0	%		—		—	4)	State miscellaneous revenue

	648 300 018		647 850 028		672 200 000		12.3	%		745 735 029		741 620 029		TOTAL TAX REVENUE (gross)


	-14 991 309		-14 991 309		-14 991 309		-46.3	%		-21 763 239		-21 763 239	5)	Less: SACU payments
							—							Payments in terms of Customs Union agreements
	-14 991 309		-14 991 309		-14 991 309		-46.3	%		-21 763 239		-21 763 239		(sec. 51(2) of Act 91 of 1964)
	—		—		-2 900 000		—			—		—	6)	Other adjustment

	633 308 709		632 858 719		654 308 691		14.6	%		723 971 790		719 856 790		TOTAL TAX REVENUE (net of SACU payments)


4)		Revenue received by SARS in respect of taxation which could not be allocated to specific revenue types.

5)		Payments in terms of Southern African Custom Union (SACU) agreements.

6)		Payment to SACU partners in respect of a previous error in calculation of the 1969 agreement.

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Table 3
Main Budget: Estimates of national revenue
Detailed classification of revenue
		2007/08		2008/09		2009/10
		Actual				Before		After		Revised		Actual
R thousands		collections				tax proposals				estimate		collection

TOTAL TAX REVENUE (net of SACU payments)			548 102 069		596 179 539		635 963 575		631 388 575		562 509 575		570 790 038


Sales of goods and services other than capital assets			2 841 309		3 392 687		3 256 336		3 256 336		1 802 843		2 313 946
Sales of goods and services produced by departments
Sales by market establishments	7)		83 112		40 923		57 341		57 341		61 882		34 744
Administrative fees			2 287 559		2 849 094		2 461 784		2 461 784		1 259 183		1 529 124
Other sales			446 893		431 361		695 599		695 599		455 874		726 067
Sales of scrap, waste, arms and other used current goods			23 745		71 309		41 612		41 612		25 904		24 011

Transfers received			4 171		291 605		152 985		152 985		196 951		231 615

Fines, penalties and forfeits			1 469 019		478 895		471 355		471 355		1 663 720		1 698 145

Interest, dividends and rent on land			6 851 070		7 524 686		6 623 509		6 623 509		3 827 734		3 651 459
Interest
Cash and cash equivalents			91 240		90 080		118 263		118 263		40 170		1 739 970
Interest investments			42 684		41 882		48 125		48 125		16 360		—
Exchequer investments			1 756 587		1 847 642		1 518 000		1 518 000		867 983		392 782
Sterilisation deposits			3 109 463		2 981 834		2 600 000		2 600 000		1 260 457		—
Dividends
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)			100 709		—		110 000		110 000		—		—
Eskom			—		—		—		—		—		—
Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)			75 000		100 000		85 000		85 000		100 000		120 000
Registration of Deeds Trading Account surplus			119 215		—		—		—		—		—
SA Reserve Bank (SARB) surplus			1 685		119 005		150 000		150 000		—		—
Telkom			1 242 285		1 366 514		1 366 514		1 366 514		465 847		465 857
Department of Mineral Resources			—		—		—		—		—		—
Reserve Bank (National Treasury)			—		—		93 369		93 369		86 000		78 911
Rent on land
Mineral and petroleum royalties	8)		—		—		—		—		—		—
Mining leases and ownership	9)		55 916		708 413		325 000		325 000		810 000		633 125
Royalties, prospecting fees and surface rental	10)		244 101		255 680		122 852		122 852		—		210 579
Land rent			12 185		13 636		86 386		86 386		180 917		10 235

Sales of capital assets			230 100		131 244		42 991		42 991		59 003		36 263

Financial transactions in assets and liabilities	11)		1 296 910		797 067		1 054 399		1 054 399		1 432 319		957 093

TOTAL NON-TAX REVENUE			12 692 579		12 616 184		11 601 575		11 601 575		8 982 570		8 888 521


TOTAL MAIN BUDGET REVENUE			560 794 648		608 795 723		647 565 150		642 990 150		571 492 145		579 678 559


*Extraordinary receipts*			*1 849 837*		*8 202 270*		*6 100 000*		*6 100 000*		*6 536 000*		*6 434 648*
Adjustments due to transactions in government stock			245 326		4 921 428		2 100 000		2 100 000		2 048 927		1 947 575
Agricultural Debt Account surrender			250 000		703 849		150 000		150 000		—		—
Proceeds from the sale of Telkom’s share in Vodacom			—		—		3 500 000		3 500 000		3 933 903		3 933 903
Incorrect deposit to the exchequer											5 899		5 899
Surplus cash from ICASA											8 947		8 947
Profits on GFECRA			319 273		—		—		—		—		—
Special dividends
Telkom			1 035 238		—		—		—		538 324		538 324
Special restructuring proceeds from SASRIA			—		2 141 531		350 000		350 000		—		—
Winding down of Diabo Share Trust			—		435 462		—		—		—		—


7)		New item introduced on the Standard Chart of Accounts (SCOA) from 2008/09.

8)		Mineral royalties imposed on the transfer of mineral resources in terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Royalty Act, 2008, which came into operation on 1 May 2009.

9)		Mining leases and ownership has been reclassified as non-tax revenue. The historical years from 1998/99 have been adjusted for comparative purposes.

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														Table 3
														Main Budget: Estimates of national revenue
														Detailed classification of revenue
2010/11									2011/12
Budget estimates						% change on
Before				Revised		2009/10			Before		After
tax proposals		After		estimate		actual			tax proposals					R thousands

	633 308 709		632 858 719		654 308 691		14.6	%		723 971 790		719 856 790		TOTAL TAX REVENUE (net of SACU payments)

	1 924 561		1 924 561		1 645 451		-28.9	%		1 548 626		1 548 626		Sales of goods and services other than capital assets
														Sales of goods and services produced by departments
	72 965		72 965		143 662		313.5	%		69 505		69 505	7)	Sales by market establishments
	1 318 712		1 318 712		838 361		-45.2	%		945 028		945 028		Administrative fees
	503 160		503 160		634 608		-12.6	%		510 041		510 041		Other sales
	29 724		29 724		28 820		20.0	%		24 052		24 052		Sales of scrap, waste, arms and other used current goods

	195 682		195 682		195 771		-15.5	%		172 353		172 353		Transfers received

	506 473		506 473		1 334 122		-21.4	%		526 859		526 859		Fines, penalties and forfeits

	6 354 246		6 354 246		8 037 694		120.1	%		6 796 512		6 796 512		Interest, dividends and rent on land
														Interest
	39 375		39 375		1 825 000		4.9	%		500 000		500 000		Cash and cash equivalents
	16 036		16 036		75 000		—			400 000		400 000		Interest investments
	850 810		850 810		91 713		-76.7	%		112 459		112 459		Exchequer investments
	1 235 519		1 235 519		600 000		—			—		—		Sterilisation deposits
														Dividends
	115 000		115 000		115 000		—			124 000		124 000		Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)
	—		—		—		—			—		—		Eskom
	90 000		90 000		—		-100.0	%		95 400		95 400		Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
	—		—		—		—			—		—		Registration of Deeds Trading Account surplus
	—		—		—		—			—		—		SA Reserve Bank (SARB) surplus
	238 105		238 105		621 143		33.3	%		621 143		621 143		Telkom
	—		—		4 220		—			—		—		Department of Mineral Resources
	—		—		—		-100.0	%		—		—		Reserve Bank (National Treasury)
							—					—		Rent on land
	3 540 000		3 540 000		3 712 000		—			4 890 000		4 890 000	8)	Mineral and petroleum royalties
	—		—		900 000		42.2	%		—		—	9)	Mining leases and ownership
	—		—		90 623		-57.0	%		23 063		23 063	10)	Royalties, prospecting fees and surface rental
	229 401		229 401		2 995		-70.7	%		30 447		30 447		Land rent

	58 022		58 022		58 322		60.8	%		62 177		62 177		Sales of capital assets

	1 341 298		1 341 298		982 640		2.7	%		894 350		894 350	11)	Financial transactions in assets and liabilities

	10 380 282		10 380 282		12 254 000		37.9	%		10 000 877		10 000 877		TOTAL NON-TAX REVENUE


	643 688 991		643 239 001		666 562 691		15.0	%		733 972 667		729 857 667		TOTAL MAIN BUDGET REVENUE


					*3 148 000*									*Extraordinary receipts*
					2 636 000									Adjustments due to transactions in government stock
					—									Agricultural Debt Account surrender
					—									Proceeds from the sale of Telkom’s share in Vodacom
					—									Incorrect deposit to the exchequer
					—									Surplus cash from ICASA
					—									Profits on GFECRA
														Special dividends
					362 000									Telkom
					150 000									Special restructuring proceeds from SASRIA
					—									Winding down of Diabo Share Trust


10)		Royalties, prospecting fees and surface rental collected by the Department of Minerals and Energy.

11)		Includes recoveries of loans and advances.

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Table 4
Main Budget: Expenditure defrayed from the
National Revenue Fund by vote
		2007/08						2008/09
		Expenditure		*of which*				Expenditure		*of which*
		on budget		*transfers*		*transfers*		on budget		*transfers*
		vote		to		*to local*		vote		to
R million		Outcome		*provinces* 1)		*government* 2)		Outcome		*provinces* 1)

Central Government Administration
The Presidency			649.4		—		—		308.8		—
Parliament			849.8		—		—		1 071.5		—
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs			28 359.9		—		27 842.9		33 386.0		29.7
Of which: Local government equitable share			—		—		20 675.6		—		—
Home Affairs			3 241.7		—		—		4 666.6		—
International Relations and Cooperation			4 069.7		—		—		5 472.3		—
Public Works			3 402.3		836.6		—		4 197.0		889.3
Women, Children and People with Disabilities			52.5		—		—		61.9		—
Performance Monitoring and Evaluation			2.0		—		—		3.6		—
Financial and Administrative Services
Government Communication and Information System			380.9		—		—		427.5		—
National Treasury			12 569.3		—		716.5		23 762.8		—
Public Enterprises			4 604.0		—		—		3 265.1		—
Public Service and Administration			609.6		—		—		630.6		—
Statistics South Africa			1 054.3		—		—		1 323.1		—
Social Services
Arts and Culture			1 585.8		163.2		—		2 114.5		344.6
Basic Education			4 799.5		4 012.9		—		6 384.0		5 215.6
Health			13 578.6		12 368.6		—		16 424.5		14 988.7
Higher Education and Training			15 999.1		2 435.3		—		18 767.8		3 005.8
Labour			1 431.5		—		—		1 507.2		—
Social Development			67 191.4		—		—		76 096.7		—
Sport and Recreation South Africa			5 048.0		194.0		4 605.0		4 871.4		293.7
Justice, Crime Prevention and Security
Correctional Services			11 122.4		—		—		12 822.6		—
Defence and Military Veterans			25 180.1		—		—		27 801.3		—
Independent Complaints Directorate			80.9		—		—		99.3		—
Justice and Constitutional Development			7 194.0		—		—		8 244.4		—
Police			36 525.9		—		—		41 635.2		—
Economic Services and Infrastructure
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries			3 957.2		761.7		—		3 564.9		898.0
Communications			1 911.8		—		—		2 328.6		—
Economic Development			245.1		—		—		220.4		—
Energy			2 229.8		—		462.5		2 961.7		—
Environmental Affairs			1 564.5		—		—		1 789.9		—
Human Settlements			10 503.0		6 988.5		2 948.3		13 269.5		8 727.6
Mineral Resources			717.5		—		—		768.3		—
Rural Development and Land Reform			5 896.6		—		—		6 669.8		—
Science and Technology			3 127.3		—		—		3 703.5		—
Tourism			1 056.0		—		—		1 202.2		—
Trade and Industry			5 050.2		—		—		4 836.7		—
Transport			19 155.9		5 853.7		1 174.0		28 161.7		7 663.3
Water Affairs			4 802.9		—		732.9		5 797.8		—

			309 800.8		*33 614.6*		*38 482.0*		370 620.6		*42 056.3*
Plus:
Unallocated/Projected underspending			—						—		—
Contingency Reserve			—		—		—		—		—

Subtotal: Appropriations by vote			309 800.8		*33 614. 6*		*38 482.0*		370 620.6		*42 056.3*

Plus:
Direct charges against the National Revenue Fund
President and Deputy President salary (The Presidency)			2.3		—		—		4.0		—
Members remuneration (Parliament)			240.7		—		—		304.2		—
State debt costs (National Treasury)	4)		52 877.1		—		—		54 393.7		—
Provincial equitable share (National Treasury)			171 053.7		171 053.7		—		201 795.6		201 795.6
General fuel levy sharing with metros (National Treasury)			—		—		—		—		—
Skills levy and Setas (Higher Education and Training)			6 284.3		—		—		7 234.1		—
Judges and magistrates salaries (Justice and Const. Dev.)			1 184.5				—		1 601.1		—
Unemployment Insurance Fund (Labour)			—		—		—		—		—
Road Accident Fund (Transport)

Main budget expenditure			541 443.4		*204 668.3*		*38 482.0*		635 953.3		*243 851.9*


1)		Includes provincial equitable share and conditional grants allocated to provinces.

2)		Includes local government equitable share and conditional grants allocated to local government as well as general fuel levy sharing with metros.

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													Table 4
													Main Budget: Expenditure defrayed from the
													National Revenue Fund by vote
2008/09		2009/10						2010/11
*of which*		Expenditure		*of which*
*transfers*		on budget		*transfers*		*transfers*				Adjusted
*to local*		vote		to		*to local*		Budget		appro-
*government* 2)		Outcome		*provinces* 1)		*government* 2)		estimate 3)		priation			R million

													Central Government Administration
	—		659.1		—		—		702.2		766.9		The Presidency
	—		1 009.0		—		—		1 179.2		1 201.6		Parliament
	32 746.0		33 661.6		—		32 833.8		41 096.9		41 748.5		Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
	25 559.7		—		—		23 845.5		—		—		Of which: Local government equitable share
	—		5 195.4		—		—		5 719.6		5 834.4		Home Affairs
	—		5 417.4		—		—		4 824.4		4 715.8		International Relations and Cooperation
	—		5 533.6		1 466.0		100.5		6 446.3		7 364.8		Public Works
	—		77.5		—		—		97.8		106.2		Women, Children and People with Disabilities
	—		10.4		—		—		20.4		40.5		Performance Monitoring and Evaluation
													Financial and Administrative Services
	—		495.4		—		—		546.2		550.2		Government Communication and Information System
	361.5		53 240.6		4 200.0		808.1		38 715.4		38 704.9		National Treasury
	—		3 983.3		—		—		350.6		555.5		Public Enterprises
	—		670.8		—		—		651.5		658.7		Public Service and Administration
	—		1 555.8		—		—		1 973.4		2 101.4		Statistics South Africa
													Social Services
	—		2 224.9		440.6		—		2 406.7		2 441.2		Arts and Culture
	—		7 854.3		6 460.1		—		10 918.5		10 924.3		Basic Education
	—		19 168.6		17 523.8		—		22 967.9		23 132.5		Health
	—		20 684.4		3 155.3		—		23 720.7		23 776.2		Higher Education and Training
	—		1 698.7		—		—		1 783.9		1 835.8		Labour
	—		85 318.2		—		—		95 929.1		95 941.1		Social Development
	4 295.0		2 866.4		402.3		2 168.7		1 245.6		1 255.5		Sport and Recreation South Africa
													Justice, Crime Prevention and Security
	—		13 687.3		—		—		15 129.0		15 427.5		Correctional Services
	—		31 324.2		—		—		30 715.3		30 442.6		Defence and Military Veterans
	—		106.2		—		—		129.3		131.4		Independent Complaints Directorate
	—		9 653.5		—		—		10 250.5		10 787.3		Justice and Constitutional Development
	—		47 662.5		—		—		52 556.4		53 529.7		Police
													Economic Services and Infrastructure
	—		3 961.8		973.7		—		3 708.0		4 003.9		Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
	—		2 301.9		—		—		2 114.0		2 138.0		Communications
	—		314.6		—		—		418.6		449.8		Economic Development
	589.1		3 690.9		—		1 074.6		5 535.4		5 648.7		Energy
	—		2 124.3		—		—		2 557.8		2 438.5		Environmental Affairs
	3 572.4		16 407.4		10 819.3		4 418.2		19 215.6		19 305.9		Human Settlements
	—		853.8		—		—		1 030.0		995.8		Mineral Resources
	—		5 863.8		—		—		6 769.6		7 293.4		Rural Development and Land Reform
	—		4 183.9		—		—		4 615.5		4 128.0		Science and Technology
	—		1 145.6		—		—		1 151.8		1 183.8		Tourism
	—		5 923.3		—		—		6 150.1		6 194.2		Trade and Industry
	2 928.7		28 664.0		10 832.1		2 431.0		30 178.0		30 380.8		Transport
	994.6		7 188.6		—		902.4		7 996.6		8 203.2		Water Affairs

	*45 487.3*		436 383.5		*56 273.0*		*44 737.2*		461 517.9		466 338.6
													Plus:
	—						—		—		-1 700.0		Unallocated/Projected underspending
	—		—		—		—		6 000.0		—		Contingency Reserve

	*45 487.3*		436 383.5		*56 273.0*		*44 737.2*		467 517.9		464 638.6		Subtotal: Appropriations by vote

													Plus:
													Direct charges against the National Revenue Fund
	—		3.8		—		—		4.6		4.6		President and Deputy President salary (The Presidency)
	—		398.8		—		—		392.7		392.7		Members remuneration (Parliament)
	—		57 129.2		—		—		71 357.6		67 606.9	4)	State debt costs (National Treasury)
	—		236 890.8		236 890.8		—		260 973.7		265 139.4		Provincial equitable share (National Treasury)
	—		6 800.1		—		6 800.1		7 542.4		7 542.4		General fuel levy sharing with metros (National Treasury)
	—		7 815.6		—		—		8 424.2		8 424.2		Skills levy and Setas (Higher Education and Training)
			1 774.9		—		—		1 929.9		1 929.9		Judges and magistrates salaries (Justice and Const. Dev.)
	—		—		—		—		—		—		Unemployment Insurance Fund (Labour)

	*45 487.3*		747 196.8		*293 163.8*		*51 537.3*		818 142.9		815 678.6		Main budget expenditure


3)		Budget estimate adjusted for function shifts.

4)		Provincial equitable share, excluding conditional grants to provinces.

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Table 4
Main Budget: Expenditure defrayed from the
National Revenue Fund by vote


			2010/11						2011/12
					of which						of which
			Projected		transfers		transfers				transfers		transfers
			vote		to		to local		Budget		to		to local
R million			outturn		provinces 1)		government 2)		estimate		provinces 1)		government 2)

Central Government Administration
The Presidency				766.9		—		—		815.0		—		—
Parliament				1 201.6		—		—		1 265.3		—		—
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs				41 748.5		214.4		40 285.3		47 933.6		305.0		46 240.8
Of which: Local government equitable share				—		—		30 558.6		—		—		34 107.9
Home Affairs				5 834.4		—		—		5 464.1		—		—
International Relations and Cooperation				4 715.8		—		—		4 796.8		—		—
Public Works				7 138.7		2 181.3		551.4		7 819.3		2 270.9		679.6
Women, Children and People with Disabilities				106.2		—		—		117.9		—		—
Performance Monitoring and Evaluation				40.5		—		—		75.8		—		—
Financial and Administrative Services
Government Communication and Information System				550.2		—		—		496.4		—		—
National Treasury				38 375.4		—		1 186.6		22 598.2		—		1 184.6
Public Enterprises				555.5		—		—		230.2		—		—
Public Service and Administration				656.7		—		—		690.1		—		—
Statistics South Africa				1 741.7		—		—		3 240.9		—		—
Social Services
Arts and Culture				2 339.7		512.7		—		2 468.6		543.4		—
Basic Education				9 093.0		7 107.4		—		13 868.1		10 546.4		—
Health				22 218.7		20 483.0		—		25 731.6		23 947.7		—
Higher Education and Training				23 757.2		3 804.0		—		28 228.6		4 326.0		—
Labour				1 793.2		—		—		1 981.5		—		—
Social Development				94 841.0		—		—		104 732.7		—		—
Sport and Recreation South Africa				1 249.6		426.4		512.6		802.7		452.0		—
Justice, Crime Prevention and Security
Correctional Services				15 232.5		—		—		16 559.2		—		—
Defence and Military Veterans				30 442.6		—		—		34 605.0		—		—
Independent Complaints Directorate				131.4		—		—		151.6		—		—
Justice and Constitutional Development				10 742.3		—		—		11 413.5		—		—
Police				53 529.7		—		—		58 061.5		—		—
Economic Services and Infrastructure
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries				4 003.9		1 166.9		—		4 719.7		1 487.1		—
Communications				2 138.0		—		—		1 889.1		—		—
Economic Development				384.5		—		—		594.5		—		—
Energy				5 648.7		—		1 240.1		6 089.9		—		1 376.6
Environmental Affairs				2 359.8		—		—		2 846.1		—		—
Human Settlements				19 305.9		13 032.1		5 157.6		22 578.5		14 941.5		6 267.0
Mineral Resources				995.8		—		—		1 036.2		—		—
Rural Development and Land Reform				7 293.4		—		—		8 124.2		—		—
Science and Technology				4 128.0		—		—		4 404.6		—		—
Tourism				1 183.8		—		—		1 242.9		—		—
Trade and Industry				6 075.5		—		—		6 786.9		—		—
Transport				29 989.4		9 012.8		3 709.9		35 084.0		10 615.9		4 838.8
Water Affairs				7 609.7		—		966.3		9 936.2		—		1 010.8

				459 919.7		57 940.8		53 609.8		499 480.9		69 435.8		61 598.2

Plus:
Unallocated/Projected underspending				—		—		—		40.0		—		—
Contingency Reserve				—		—		—		4 090.4		—		—

Subtotal: Appropriations by vote				459 919.7		57 940.8		53 609.8		503 611.3		69 435.8		61 598.2

Plus:
Direct charges against the National Revenue Fund
President and Deputy President salary (The Presidency)				4.6		—		—		4.8		—		—
Members remuneration (Parliament)				392.7		—		—		409.6		—		—
State debt costs (National Treasury)	4	)		66 570.4		—		—		76 578.7		—		—
Provincial equitable share (National Treasury)				265 139.4		265 139.4		—		288 492.8		288 492.8		—
General fuel levy sharing with metros (National Treasury)				7 542.4		—		7 542.4		8 573.1		—		8 573.1
Skills levy and Setas (Higher Education and Training)				8 424.2		—		—		9 148.7		—		—
Judges and magistrates salaries (Justice and Const. Dev.)				1 929.9		—				2 104.2		—		—
Unemployment Insurance Fund (Labour)				—		—		—		—		—		—
Road Accident Fund (Transport)

Main budget expenditure				809 923.3		323 080.3		61 152.1		888 923.3		357 928.6		70 171.4


1)		Includes provincial equitable share and conditional grants allocated to provinces.

2)		Includes local government equitable share and conditional grants allocated to local government as well as general fuel levy sharing with metros.

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Table 4

Main Budget: Expenditure defrayed from the

National Revenue Fund by vote


2012/13						2013/14
		of which						of which
		transfers		transfers				transfers		transfers
Budget		to		to local		Budget		to		to local
estimate		provinces 1)		government 2)		estimate		provinces 1)		government 2)		R million

													Central Government Administration
	887.5		—		—		924.2		—		—		The Presidency
	1 315.9		—		—		1 387.6		—		—		Parliament
	53 842.8		180.0		52 047.6		57 120.8		190.0		55 232.4		Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
	—		—		37 573.4		—		—		39 960.3		Of which: Local government equitable share
	5 249.7		—		—		5 864.3		—		—		Home Affairs
	5 154.9		—		—		5 569.3		—		—		International Relations and Cooperation
	8 061.2		2 504.8		665.7		8 900.1		2 778.5		779.5		Public Works
	129.5		—		—		140.8		—		—		Women, Children and People with Disabilities
	141.0		—		—		160.4		—		—		Performance Monitoring and Evaluation
													Financial and Administrative Services
	524.4		—		—		552.0		—		—		Government Communication and Information System
	23 469.1		—		1 279.3		25 578.9		—		1 326.1		National Treasury
	199.7		—		—		210.4		—		—		Public Enterprises
	726.2		—		—		774.5		—		—		Public Service and Administration
	1 698.3		—		—		1 717.7		—		—		Statistics South Africa
													Social Services
	2 625.1		570.8		—		2 784.7		602.2		—		Arts and Culture
	16 557.9		11 330.6		—		20 409.6		11 953.7		—		Basic Education
	27 610.8		25 746.5		—		30 136.7		28 175.2		—		Health
	31 318.5		4 705.1		—		33 688.2		5 262.4		—		Higher Education and Training
	2 098.5		—		—		2 221.7		—		—		Labour
	113 524.0		—		—		122 075.5		—		—		Social Development
	852.3		474.6		—		915.5		500.7		—		Sport and Recreation South Africa
													Justice, Crime Prevention and Security
	17 805.0		—		—		18 827.8		—		—		Correctional Services
	37 371.2		—		—		39 702.2		—		—		Defence and Military Veterans
	161.0		—		—		170.4		—		—		Independent Complaints Directorate
	12 674.3		—		—		13 409.3		—		—		Justice and Constitutional Development
	62 077.6		—		—		66 696.7		—		—		Police
													Economic Services and Infrastructure
	5 312.0		1 683.9		—		5 503.2		1 866.9		—		Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
	1 721.7		—		—		1 851.7		—		—		Communications
	674.7		—		—		713.3		—		—		Economic Development
	5 575.3		—		1 151.4		4 304.8		—		1 214.8		Energy
	2 399.3		—		—		2 643.0		—		—		Environmental Affairs
	24 875.1		15 599.4		7 409.5		26 674.7		16 457.4		8 126.8		Human Settlements
	1 107.5		—		—		1 178.7		—		—		Mineral Resources
	8 674.1		—		—		9 381.1		—		—		Rural Development and Land Reform
	4 887.4		—		—		5 510.1		—		—		Science and Technology
	1 273.9		—		—		1 345.3		—		—		Tourism
	7 366.9		—		—		7 572.4		—		—		Trade and Industry
	38 204.4		11 928.5		5 037.2		41 198.9		12 860.0		5 602.9		Transport
	10 231.5		—		399.0		10 883.5		—		420.9		Water Affairs

	538 380.2		74 724.2		67 989.8		578 700.1		80 647.0		72 703.4
													Plus:
	330.0				—		530.0				—		Unallocated/Projected underspending
	11 405.4		—		—		23 375.2		—		—		Contingency Reserve

	550 115.6		74 724.2		67 989.8		602 605.3		80 647.0		72 703.4		Subtotal: Appropriations by vote
													Plus:
													Direct charges against the National Revenue Fund
	5.1		—		—		5.3		—		—		President and Deputy President salary (The Presidency)
	430.1		—		—		453.8		—		—		Members remuneration (Parliament)
	90 807.7		—		—		104 036.2		—		—	4)	State debt costs (National Treasury)
	305 725.4		305 725.4		—		323 604.4		323 604.4		—		Provincial equitable share (National Treasury)
	9 039.7		—		9 039.7		9 613.4		—		9 613.4		General fuel levy sharing with metros (National Treasury)
	9 606.1		—		—		10 134.5		—		—		Skills levy and Setas (Higher Education and Training)
	2 401.9		—		—		2 575.7		—		—		Judges and magistrates salaries (Justice and Const. Dev.)
	—		—		—		—		—		—		Unemployment Insurance Fund (Labour)

	968 131.7		380 449.6		77 029.4		1 053 028.6		404 251.4		82 316.7		Main budget expenditure


3)		3) Budget estimate adjusted for function shifts.

4)		4) Provincial equitable share excluding conditional grants to provinces.

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Table 5
Consolidated national, provincial and social security
funds expenditure: Economic classification 1)
		2007/08					2008/09					2009/10					2010/11
				% of					% of					% of			Revised
R million		Outcome		total			Outcome		total			Outcome		total			estimate

Current payments			308 166.6		54.2	%		361 883.6		53.6	%		412 302.9		52.7	%		470 138.7
Compensation of employees			177 101.1		31.2	%		211 164.1		31.3	%		248 612.3		31.8	%		286 060.6
Goods and services			78 074.4		13.7	%		96 074.8		14.2	%		106 218.6		13.6	%		117 452.1
Interest and rent on land			52 991.1		9.3	%		54 644.7		8.1	%		57 471.9		7.3	%		66 626.0

Transfers and subsidies			234 757.6		41.3	%		271 865.4		40.3	%		305 605.0		39.1	%		325 490.3
Municipalities			38 945.3		6.9	%		46 225.4		6.9	%		55 549.1		7.1	%		66 005.2
of which: Local government share	2)		38 482.0		6.8	%		45 487.3		6.7	%		51 537.3		6.6	%		61 152.1
Departmental agencies and accounts			53 552.2		9.4	%		62 901.3		9.3	%		67 994.3		8.7	%		64 029.9
Universities and technikons			12 126.9		2.1	%		14 043.9		2.1	%		15 563.6		2.0	%		17 727.1
Foreign governments and international organisations			935.8		0.2	%		1 017.4		0.2	%		1 366.7		0.2	%		1 359.3
Public corporations and private enterprises			24 193.1		4.3	%		24 692.7		3.7	%		25 884.5		3.3	%		24 889.8
Public corporations			16 285.8		2.9	%		15 698.7		2.3	%		21 297.5		2.7	%		20 445.6
Subsidies on products and production			6 555.0		1.2	%		8 431.3		1.2	%		9 621.2		1.2	%		11 200.4
Other transfers			9 730.9		1.7	%		7 267.5		1.1	%		11 676.3		1.5	%		9 245.3
Private enterprises			7 907.3		1.4	%		8 994.0		1.3	%		4 587.0		0.6	%		4 444.2
Subsidies on products and production			6 740.7		1.2	%		8 094.5		1.2	%		2 780.5		0.4	%		2 691.3
Other transfers			1 166.5		0.2	%		899.4		0.1	%		1 806.5		0.2	%		1 752.9
Non-profit institutions			11 651.4		2.1	%		14 998.9		2.2	%		16 472.7		2.1	%		17 559.3
Households			93 352.8		16.4	%		107 985.7		16.0	%		122 774.1		15.7	%		133 919.7
Social benefits			80 313.2		14.1	%		92 253.9		13.7	%		105 710.5		13.5	%		114 165.3
Other transfers to households			13 039.6		2.3	%		15 731.8		2.3	%		17 063.6		2.2	%		19 754.4

Payments for capital assets			24 100.0		4.2	%		29 861.2		4.4	%		32 607.6		4.2	%		31 496.2
Buildings and other fixed structures			17 804.5		3.1	%		23 357.2		3.5	%		25 629.0		3.3	%		24 681.9
Buildings			11 681.2		2.1	%		15 580.2		2.3	%		17 340.5		2.2	%		16 049.5
Other fixed structures			6 123.3		1.1	%		7 777.0		1.2	%		8 288.4		1.1	%		8 632.4
Machinery and equipment			5 834.8		1.0	%		6 137.1		0.9	%		6 389.3		0.8	%		6 612.6
Transport equipment			1 952.9		0.3	%		1 939.8		0.3	%		1 988.1		0.3	%		2 378.3
Other machinery and equipment			3 881.9		0.7	%		4 197.3		0.6	%		4 401.2		0.6	%		4 234.3
Land and sub-soil assets			159.3		0.0	%		76.5		0.0	%		237.9		0.0	%		67.5
Software and other intangible assets			285.7		0.1	%		284.4		0.0	%		257.2		0.0	%		90.9
Other assets	3)		15.7		0.0	%		6.0		0.0	%		94.1		0.0	%		43.3

Payments for financial assets			1 253.6		0.2	%		11 032.9		1.6	%		31 711.2		4.1	%		21 254.2


Subtotal: Votes and Direct charges			568 277.7		100	%		674 643.1		100	%		782 226.6		100	%		848 379.4

Plus:
Contingency reserve			—		—			—		—			—		—			—


Total consolidated expenditure			568 277.7		100	%		674 643.1		100	%		782 226.6		100	%		848 379.4


1)		These figures were estimated by the National Treasury and may differ from data published by Statistics South Africa and the South African Reserve Bank. The numbers in this table are not strictly comparable to those published in previous years due to the reclassification of expenditure items for previous years. Data for the history years have been adjusted accordingly.

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																			Table 5
																			Consolidated national, provincial and social security
																			funds expenditure: Economic classification 1)
			2011/12					2012/13					2013/14
% of			Budget		% of			Budget		% of			Budget		% of
total			estimate		total			estimate		total			estimate		total				R million

	55.4	%		516 153.4		55.7	%		555 963.0		55.2	%		596 952.1		54.6	%		Current payments
	33.7	%		308 803.4		33.3	%		326 068.8		32.4	%		346 198.3		31.7	%		Compensation of employees
	13.8	%		130 429.8		14.1	%		138 754.6		13.8	%		146 426.1		13.4	%		Goods and services
	7.9	%		76 920.3		8.3	%		91 139.7		9.0	%		104 327.7		9.5	%		Interest and rent on land
	38.4	%		366 747.2		39.6	%		396 542.1		39.4	%		424 315.1		38.8	%		Transfers and subsidies
	7.8	%		73 933.0		8.0	%		80 911.8		8.0	%		86 831.9		7.9	%		Municipalities
	7.2	%		70 171.4		7.6	%		77 029.4		7.6	%		82 316.7		7.5	%	2)	of which: Local government share
	7.5	%		75 118.0		8.1	%		80 281.8		8.0	%		85 977.5		7.9	%		Departmental agencies and accounts
	2.1	%		19 525.8		2.1	%		20 937.4		2.1	%		22 134.2		2.0	%		Universities and technikons
	0.2	%		1 464.7		0.2	%		1 725.0		0.2	%		1 832.0		0.2	%		Foreign governments and international organisations
	2.9	%		27 879.1		3.0	%		29 548.6		2.9	%		30 209.1		2.8	%		Public corporations and private enterprises
	2.4	%		22 473.8		2.4	%		23 959.5		2.4	%		24 298.6		2.2	%		Public corporations
	1.3	%		11 236.0		1.2	%		11 439.3		1.1	%		10 309.0		0.9	%		Subsidies on products and production
	1.1	%		11 237.8		1.2	%		12 520.3		1.2	%		13 989.6		1.3	%		Other transfers
	0.5	%		5 405.3		0.6	%		5 589.1		0.6	%		5 910.5		0.5	%		Private enterprises
	0.3	%		3 566.9		0.4	%		3 571.4		0.4	%		3 800.7		0.3	%		Subsidies on products and production
	0.2	%		1 838.4		0.2	%		2 017.7		0.2	%		2 109.9		0.2	%		Other transfers
	2.1	%		20 046.5		2.2	%		21 556.1		2.1	%		22 829.9		2.1	%		Non-profit institutions
	15.8	%		148 780.0		16.0	%		161 581.5		16.0	%		174 500.5		16.0	%		Households
	13.5	%		126 467.9		13.6	%		137 560.0		13.7	%		149 577.3		13.7	%		Social benefits
	2.3	%		22 312.1		2.4	%		24 021.5		2.4	%		24 923.2		2.3	%		Other transfers to households

	3.7	%		39 503.0		4.3	%		43 308.2		4.3	%		49 098.2		4.5	%		Payments for capital assets
	2.9	%		31 624.7		3.4	%		35 291.0		3.5	%		40 568.2		3.7	%		Buildings and other fixed structures
	1.9	%		20 818.1		2.2	%		23 799.9		2.4	%		28 006.5		2.6	%		Buildings
	1.0	%		10 806.6		1.2	%		11 491.1		1.1	%		12 561.7		1.1	%		Other fixed structures
	0.8	%		7 604.2		0.8	%		7 801.8		0.8	%		8 300.2		0.8	%		Machinery and equipment
	0.3	%		2 577.6		0.3	%		2 320.6		0.2	%		2 399.5		0.2	%		Transport equipment
	0.5	%		5 026.5		0.5	%		5 481.3		0.5	%		5 900.7		0.5	%		Other machinery and equipment
	0.0	%		104.3		0.0	%		44.8		0.0	%		62.1		0.0	%		Land and sub-soil assets
	0.0	%		148.6		0.0	%		148.6		0.0	%		144.6		0.0	%		Software and other intangible assets
	0.0	%		21.2		0.0	%		21.9		0.0	%		23.0		0.0	%	3)	Other assets

	2.5	%		767.1		0.1	%		8.0		0.0	%		4.5		0.0	%		Payments for financial assets


	100	%		923 170.8		99.6	%		995 821.4		98.9	%		1 070 369.8		97.9	%		Subtotal: Votes and Direct charges

																			Plus:
	—			4 090.4		—			11 405.4		—			23 375.2		—			Contingency reserve


	100	%		927 261.2		100	%		1 007 226.8		100	%		1 093 745.0		100	%		Total consolidated expenditure


2)		Includes equitable share and conditional grants to local government.

3)		Includes biological, heritage and specialised military assets

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Table 6
Consolidated national, provincial and social security
funds expenditure: Functional classification 1)
			2007/08					2008/09					2009/10					2010/11
			Estimated		% of			Estimated		% of			Estimated		% of			Revised
R million			outcome		total			outcome		total			outcome		total			estimate

General public services	2	)		84 893.8		14.9	%		95 098.4		14.1	%		102 321.8		13.1	%		115 057.0
of which: State debt cost				52 877.1		9.3	%		54 393.7		8.1	%		57 129.2		7.3	%		66 570.4

Defense				27 764.4		4.9	%		30 644.9		4.5	%		34 376.5		4.4	%		33 749.3
Public order and safety				57 938.7		10.2	%		66 640.4		9.9	%		75 136.5		9.6	%		83 880.8
Police services				38 370.8		6.8	%		43 837.0		6.5	%		49 939.1		6.4	%		55 950.1
Law courts				8 432.2		1.5	%		9 939.4		1.5	%		11 511.3		1.5	%		12 743.2
Prisons				11 135.8		2.0	%		12 864.0		1.9	%		13 686.1		1.7	%		15 187.4

Economic affairs				73 236.8		12.9	%		95 981.7		14.2	%		123 646.5		15.8	%		114 741.3
General economic, commercial and labour affairs				9 143.3		1.6	%		8 999.4		1.3	%		9 909.5		1.3	%		10 222.1
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting				13 335.4		2.3	%		14 607.0		2.2	%		14 969.9		1.9	%		15 739.8
Fuel and energy				4 742.8		0.8	%		14 720.0		2.2	%		35 439.0		4.5	%		25 680.8
Mining, manufacturing and construction				4 746.4		0.8	%		3 805.5		0.6	%		4 808.9		0.6	%		4 570.1
Transport				34 657.2		6.1	%		45 675.2		6.8	%		49 192.9		6.3	%		49 449.7
Communication				1 975.1		0.3	%		2 794.0		0.4	%		2 589.1		0.3	%		2 330.4
Economic affairs not elsewhere classified				4 636.6		0.8	%		5 380.5		0.8	%		6 737.2		0.9	%		6 748.5

Environmental protection				2 803.1		0.5	%		3 278.6		0.5	%		3 373.8		0.4	%		3 473.0
Housing and community amenities				46 966.8		8.3	%		57 002.3		8.4	%		69 122.7		8.8	%		82 335.2
Housing development				11 720.0		2.1	%		15 005.3		2.2	%		18 082.3		2.3	%		21 706.0
Community development				26 037.5		4.6	%		31 498.9		4.7	%		38 135.5		4.9	%		47 262.2
Water supply				9 209.3		1.6	%		10 498.2		1.6	%		12 904.9		1.6	%		13 367.0

Health				62 266.3		11.0	%		74 448.0		11.0	%		90 747.6		11.6	%		102 023.4
Recreation and culture				8 488.8		1.5	%		9 651.8		1.4	%		7 544.3		1.0	%		5 961.9
Education				111 508.4		19.6	%		135 055.6		20.0	%		153 560.7		19.6	%		173 923.3
Social protection				92 410.7		16.3	%		106 841.4		15.8	%		122 396.3		15.6	%		133 234.1


Subtotal: Votes and Direct charges				568 277.7		100	%		674 643.1		100	%		782 226.6		100	%		848 379.4

Plus:
Contingency reserve				—		—			—		—			—		—			—


Total consolidated expenditure				568 277.7		—			674 643.1		—			782 226.6		—			848 379.4


1)		These figures were estimated by the National Treasury and may differ from data published by Statistics South Africa. The numbers in this table is not strictly comparable to those published in previous years due to the allocation of some of the unallocable expenditure for previous years. Data for the history years has been adjusted accordingly.

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																			Table 6
																			Consolidated national, provincial and social security
																			funds expenditure: Functional classification 1)
			2011/12					2012/13					2013/14
% of			Budget		% of			Budget		% of			Budget		% of
total			estimate		total			estimate		total			estimate		total				R million

	13.6	%		129 438.0		14.0	%		143 512.5		14.4	%		160 755.0		15.0	%	2)	General public services
	7.8	%		76 578.7		8.3	%		90 807.7		9.1	%		104 036.2		9.7	%		of which: State debt cost

	4.0	%		38 223.5		4.1	%		41 126.8		4.1	%		43 662.5		4.1	%		Defense
	9.9	%		90 729.8		9.8	%		97 678.7		9.8	%		104 364.2		9.8	%		Public order and safety
	6.6	%		60 658.0		6.6	%		64 818.3		6.5	%		69 585.4		6.5	%		Police services
	1.5	%		13 570.8		1.5	%		15 121.2		1.5	%		16 024.8		1.5	%		Law courts
	1.8	%		16 501.0		1.8	%		17 739.2		1.8	%		18 754.0		1.8	%		Prisons

	13.5	%		106 906.9		11.6	%		113 237.6		11.4	%		119 572.2		11.2	%		Economic affairs
	1.2	%		13 034.7		1.4	%		14 025.3		1.4	%		15 541.6		1.5	%		General economic, commercial and labour affairs
	1.9	%		18 292.0		2.0	%		19 447.3		2.0	%		20 299.1		1.9	%		Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
	3.0	%		6 141.1		0.7	%		5 587.8		0.6	%		4 318.0		0.4	%		Fuel and energy
	0.5	%		4 870.7		0.5	%		5 277.7		0.5	%		5 436.1		0.5	%		Mining, manufacturing and construction
	5.8	%		55 323.3		6.0	%		58 846.1		5.9	%		62 786.0		5.9	%		Transport
	0.3	%		1 948.1		0.2	%		1 783.2		0.2	%		1 912.5		0.2	%		Communication
	0.8	%		7 297.0		0.8	%		8 270.2		0.8	%		9 279.0		0.9	%		Economic affairs not elsewhere classified

	0.4	%		4 425.3		0.5	%		4 053.6		0.4	%		4 383.5		0.4	%		Environmental protection
	9.7	%		96 424.7		10.4	%		106 306.9		10.7	%		113 044.9		10.6	%		Housing and community amenities
	2.6	%		26 742.4		2.9	%		29 619.7		3.0	%		31 297.4		2.9	%		Housing development
	5.6	%		53 030.2		5.7	%		58 401.1		5.9	%		62 387.9		5.8	%		Community development
	1.6	%		16 652.2		1.8	%		18 286.0		1.8	%		19 359.6		1.8	%		Water supply

	12.0	%		112 488.1		12.2	%		120 444.4		12.1	%		127 152.9		11.9	%		Health
	0.7	%		5 844.9		0.6	%		6 251.0		0.6	%		6 589.5		0.6	%		Recreation and culture
	20.5	%		191 230.6		20.7	%		204 216.5		20.5	%		218 544.5		20.4	%		Education
	15.7	%		147 459.1		16.0	%		158 993.5		16.0	%		172 300.6		16.1	%		Social protection


	100	%		923 170.8		100	%		995 821.4		100	%		1 070 369.8		100	%		Subtotal: Votes and Direct charges

																			Plus:
	—			4 090.4		—			11 405.4		—			23 375.2		—			Contingency reserve


	—			927 261.2		—			1 007 226.8		—			1 093 745.0		—			Total consolidated expenditure


2)		Mainly general administration, cost of raising loans and unallocatable capital expenditure.

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Table 7
Consolidated government revenue and expenditure 1)


		2007/08					2008/09					2009/10					2010/11
				% of					% of					% of			Revised
R million		Outcome		total			Outcome		total			Outcome		total			estimate

Revenue
Current revenue			626 488.6		100.0	%		682 774.7		100.0	%		664 551.7		100.0	%		754 828.9
Tax revenue (net of SACU)			574 218.7		91.6	%		624 877.7		91.5	%		602 503.9		90.6	%		691 116.7
Non-tax revenue			52 269.9		8.3	%		57 896.9		8.5	%		62 047.8		9.3	%		63 712.2
Sales of capital assets			216.5		0.0	%		222.5		0.0	%		288.8		0.0	%		194.2

Total revenue			626 705.1		100.0	%		682 997.2		100.0	%		664 840.5		100.0	%		755 023.1
Expenditure
Economic classification
Current payments			351 148.4		59.4	%		411 705.7		57.9	%		474 252.4		57.4	%		534 071.7
Compensation of employees			194 986.6		33.0	%		232 542.6		32.7	%		273 095.5		33.1	%		314 157.2
Goods and services			99 239.6		16.8	%		120 492.7		17.0	%		138 566.7		16.8	%		148 378.3
Interest and rent on land			56 922.2		9.6	%		58 670.4		8.3	%		62 590.2		7.6	%		71 536.2
Transfers and subsidies			206 079.1		34.8	%		238 199.5		33.5	%		263 936.3		32.0	%		282 269.1
Municipalities			40 351.7		6.8	%		46 520.5		6.5	%		55 858.2		6.8	%		66 788.2
Departmental agencies and accounts			19 485.0		3.3	%		23 586.7		3.3	%		20 407.2		2.5	%		11 539.4
Universities and technikons			12 126.9		2.1	%		14 043.9		2.0	%		15 563.6		1.9	%		17 855.5
Foreign governments and international organisations			1 289.9		0.2	%		1 499.1		0.2	%		1 701.8		0.2	%		1 760.4
Public corporations and private enterprises			24 768.2		4.2	%		25 455.5		3.6	%		26 435.6		3.2	%		25 661.5
Non-profit institutions			12 261.3		2.1	%		15 902.8		2.2	%		18 320.0		2.2	%		21 673.6
Households			95 796.0		16.2	%		111 191.0		15.6	%		125 649.9		15.2	%		136 990.6
Payments for capital assets			33 040.7		5.6	%		49 584.6		7.0	%		56 016.6		6.8	%		59 781.4
Buildings and other fixed structures			24 575.6		4.2	%		39 595.9		5.6	%		43 158.2		5.2	%		46 025.8
Machinery and equipment			7 498.4		1.3	%		8 628.4		1.2	%		11 504.0		1.4	%		12 297.7
Land and sub-soil assets			199.1		0.0	%		376.1		0.1	%		290.9		0.0	%		195.5
Software and other intangible assets			716.0		0.1	%		852.5		0.1	%		830.9		0.1	%		1 142.8
Other assets	2)		51.5		0.0	%		131.7		0.0	%		232.5		0.0	%		119.7
Payments for financial assets			1 253.6		0.2	%		11 032.9		1.6	%		31 711.2		3.8	%		21 254.2

Subtotal: Economic classification			591 521.7		100	%		710 522.7		100.0	%		825 916.6		100.0	%		897 376.4

Functional classification
General public services	3)		86 412.3		14.6	%		97 471.5		13.7	%		103 505.6		12.5	%		117 895.1
of which: State debt cost			52 877.1		8.9	%		54 393.7		7.7	%		57 129.2		6.9	%		66 570.4
Defense			27 934.0		4.7	%		30 889.0		4.3	%		34 621.1		4.2	%		33 958.2
Public order and safety			58 061.8		9.8	%		66 855.0		9.4	%		75 271.3		9.1	%		84 049.8
Police services			38 403.0		6.5	%		43 837.1		6.2	%		49 918.4		6.0	%		55 950.1
Law courts			8 523.1		1.4	%		10 154.0		1.4	%		11 666.8		1.4	%		12 912.3
Prisons			11 135.8		1.9	%		12 864.0		1.8	%		13 686.1		1.7	%		15 187.4
Economic affairs			82 298.8		13.9	%		115 180.5		16.2	%		153 090.1		18.5	%		140 319.0
General economic, commercial and labour affairs			10 612.2		1.8	%		12 327.0		1.7	%		14 084.0		1.7	%		16 948.3
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting			13 911.1		2.4	%		15 267.6		2.1	%		17 690.4		2.1	%		16 303.1
Fuel and energy			5 469.7		0.9	%		15 852.6		2.2	%		36 914.5		4.5	%		27 560.4
Mining, manufacturing and construction			5 151.5		0.9	%		4 318.4		0.6	%		5 557.4		0.7	%		5 530.3
Transport			38 948.2		6.6	%		56 471.2		7.9	%		66 023.9		8.0	%		60 521.9
Communication			2 138.7		0.4	%		3 313.5		0.5	%		3 446.0		0.4	%		3 296.6
Economic affairs not elsewhere classified			6 067.5		1.0	%		7 630.2		1.1	%		9 373.9		1.1	%		10 158.4
Environmental protection			3 784.2		0.6	%		4 403.3		0.6	%		4 285.7		0.5	%		4 745.1
Housing and community amenities			57 981.7		9.8	%		68 642.5		9.7	%		81 543.7		9.9	%		102 061.0
Housing development			12 146.3		2.1	%		15 829.9		2.2	%		18 886.6		2.3	%		22 530.0
Community development			26 801.1		4.5	%		32 373.2		4.6	%		38 941.8		4.7	%		48 356.1
Water supply			19 034.2		3.2	%		20 439.4		2.9	%		23 715.4		2.9	%		31 174.8
Health			62 745.5		10.6	%		74 969.2		10.6	%		91 137.1		11.0	%		102 522.2
Recreation and culture			8 657.9		1.5	%		9 823.1		1.4	%		7 734.3		0.9	%		6 351.4
Education			110 702.5		18.7	%		134 601.1		18.9	%		152 241.8		18.4	%		172 713.2
Social protection			92 943.0		15.7	%		107 687.4		15.2	%		122 485.7		14.8	%		132 761.3

Subtotal: Functional classification			591 521.7		100.0	%		710 522.7		100.0	%		825 916.6		100.0	%		897 376.4
Plus:
Contingency reserve			—		—			—		—			—		—			—

Total consolidated expenditure			591 521.7		—			710 522.7		—			825 916.6		—			897 376.4
Consolidated budget balance			35 183.4					-27 525.5					-161 076.1					-142 353.3


1)		Consisting of national and provincial government, social security funds and selected public entities. Refer to Annexure W2 for a detailed list of entities included. In some cases figures were estimated by the National Treasury and may differ from data published by Statistics South Africa and the Reserve Bank.

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															Table 7 Consolidated government revenue and expenditure 1)

2010/11			2011/12					2012/13					2013/14
% of			Budget		% of			Budget		% of			Budget		% of
total			estimate		total			estimate		total			estimate		total			R million

																		Revenue
	100.0	%		824 347.9		100.0	%		908 632.8		100.0	%		1 017 097.5	100.0	%		Current revenue
	91.5	%		758 773.7		92.0	%		837 085.0		92.1	%		937 731.5	92.2	%		Tax revenue (net of SACU)
	8.4	%		65 574.3		8.0	%		71 547.8		7.9	%		79 366.0	7.8	%		Non-tax revenue
	0.0	%		118.5		0.0	%		81.2		0.0	%		89.6	0.0	%		Sales of capital assets

	100.0	%		824 466.5		100.0	%		908 713.9		100.0	%		1 017 187.1	100.0	%		Total revenue
																		Expenditure
																		Economic classification
	59.5	%		587 702.4		60.3	%		635 952.9		60.6	%		684 638.5	60.7	%		Current payments
	35.0	%		338 572.0		34.7	%		357 925.5		34.1	%		380 229.0	33.7	%		Compensation of employees
	16.5	%		164 622.7		16.9	%		177 866.6		16.9	%		190 702.9	16.9	%		Goods and services
	8.0	%		84 507.6		8.7	%		100 160.9		9.5	%		113 706.7	10.1	%		Interest and rent on land
	31.5	%		315 097.1		32.3	%		340 806.2		32.5	%		363 098.8	32.2	%		Transfers and subsidies
	7.4	%		74 976.1		7.7	%		82 028.7		7.8	%		88 040.3	7.8	%		Municipalities
	1.3	%		13 751.4		1.4	%		14 405.9		1.4	%		14 588.6	1.3	%		Departmental agencies and accounts
	2.0	%		19 636.6		2.0	%		20 963.6		2.0	%		22 370.9	2.0	%		Universities and technikons
	0.2	%		1 950.1		0.2	%		2 220.2		0.2	%		2 357.2	0.2	%		Foreign governments and international organisations
	2.9	%		30 270.7		3.1	%		32 070.7		3.1	%		32 937.2	2.9	%		Public corporations and private enterprises
	2.4	%		23 057.8		2.4	%		24 604.8		2.3	%		25 151.3	2.2	%		Non-profit institutions
	15.3	%		151 454.4		15.5	%		164 512.4		15.7	%		177 653.3	15.7	%		Households
	6.7	%		71 608.3		7.3	%		73 409.8		7.0	%		80 656.2	7.1	%		Payments for capital assets
	5.1	%		57 200.4		5.9	%		58 918.4		5.6	%		65 817.9	5.8	%		Buildings and other fixed structures
	1.4	%		13 120.0		1.3	%		13 438.1		1.3	%		13 813.7	1.2	%		Machinery and equipment
	0.0	%		237.4		0.0	%		193.5		0.0	%		228.3	0.0	%		Land and sub-soil assets
	0.1	%		991.7		0.1	%		837.8		0.1	%		773.2	0.1	%		Software and other intangible assets
	0.0	%		58.8		0.0	%		22.0		0.0	%		23.0	0.0	%	2)	Other assets
	2.4	%		767.1		0.1	%		8.0		0.0	%		4.5	0.0	%		Payments for financial assets

	100.0	%		975 174.9		100.0	%		1 050 176.9		100.0	%		1 128 398.0	100.0	%		Subtotal: Economic classification

																		Functional classification
	13.1	%		131 976.8		13.5	%		147 525.3		14.0	%		164 886.6	14.6	%	3)	General public services
	7.4	%		76 578.7		7.9	%		90 807.7		8.6	%		104 036.2	9.2	%		of which: State debt cost
	3.8	%		38 435.9		3.9	%		41 352.4		3.9	%		43 894.7	3.9	%		Defense
	9.4	%		90 904.0		9.3	%		97 856.1		9.3	%		104 555.3	9.3	%		Public order and safety
	6.2	%		60 691.3		6.2	%		64 847.3		6.2	%		69 604.7	6.2	%		Police services
	1.4	%		13 711.7		1.4	%		15 269.7		1.5	%		16 196.7	1.4	%		Law courts
	1.7	%		16 501.0		1.7	%		17 739.2		1.7	%		18 754.0	1.7	%		Prisons
	15.6	%		130 538.2		13.4	%		140 143.9		13.3	%		149 193.6	13.2	%		Economic affairs
	1.9	%		19 125.4		2.0	%		19 804.5		1.9	%		20 523.7	1.8	%		General economic, commercial and labour affairs
	1.8	%		19 015.3		1.9	%		20 178.8		1.9	%		21 033.1	1.9	%		Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
	3.1	%		7 894.9		0.8	%		7 538.9		0.7	%		6 342.7	0.6	%		Fuel and energy
	0.6	%		5 954.2		0.6	%		6 446.4		0.6	%		6 578.9	0.6	%		Mining, manufacturing and construction
	6.7	%		65 583.9		6.7	%		72 812.9		6.9	%		79 791.2	7.1	%		Transport
	0.4	%		3 200.6		0.3	%		2 734.0		0.3	%		2 960.0	0.3	%		Communication
	1.1	%		9 763.9		1.0	%		10 628.4		1.0	%		11 964.0	1.1	%		Economic affairs not elsewhere classified
	0.5	%		6 019.2		0.6	%		5 740.3		0.5	%		6 159.2	0.5	%		Environmental protection
	11.4	%		121 921.4		12.5	%		130 352.9		12.4	%		138 376.8	12.3	%		Housing and community amenities
	2.5	%		27 592.8		2.8	%		30 842.1		2.9	%		32 557.4	2.9	%		Housing development
	5.4	%		53 937.8		5.5	%		59 582.6		5.7	%		63 466.2	5.6	%		Community development
	3.5	%		40 390.8		4.1	%		39 928.2		3.8	%		42 353.3	3.8	%		Water supply
	11.4	%		112 574.8		11.5	%		120 641.0		11.5	%		127 394.4	11.3	%		Health
	0.7	%		6 351.7		0.7	%		6 580.8		0.6	%		6 919.1	0.6	%		Recreation and culture
	19.2	%		189 522.7		19.4	%		201 349.3		19.2	%		215 121.1	19.1	%		Education
	14.8	%		146 930.1		15.1	%		158 634.8		15.1	%		171 897.2	15.2	%		Social protection

	100.0	%		975 174.9		100.0	%		1 050 176.9		100.0	%		1 128 398.0	100.0	%		Subtotal: Functional classification
																		Plus:
	—			4 090.4		—			11 405.4		—			23 375.2	—			Contingency reserve

	—			979 265.3		—			1 061 582.3		—			1 151 773.2	—			Total consolidated expenditure
				-154 798.8					-152 868.3					-134 586.1


2)		Includes biological, heritage and specialised military assets

3)		Mainly general administration, cost of raising loans and unallocatable capital expenditure.

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Table 8
Total debt of government 1)


R million		1986/87			1987/88			1988/89			1989/90			1990/91			1991/92			1992/93

Domestic debt
Marketable			39 956			47 385			61 124			72 923			85 546			104 646			138 681
Government bonds			39 195			47 173			60 860			71 026			82 824			100 662			132 853
Treasury bills			761			212			264			1 897			2 722			3 984			5 828
Bridging bonds			—			—			—			—			—			—			—
Non-marketable	3)		4 443			7 675			5 386			6 883			7 989			6 520			4 703
Gross loan debt			44 399			55 060			66 510			79 806			93 535			111 166			143 384
Cash balances	4)		-1 573			-1 588			-3 785			-11 181			-8 524			-9 762			-4 750
Net loan debt			42 826			53 472			62 725			68 625			85 011			101 404			138 634

Foreign debt
Gross loan debt	5)		2 446			2 442			2 227			2 090			1 770			2 940			2 348
Cash balances	4)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—
Net loan debt			2 446			2 442			2 227			2 090			1 770			2 940			2 348

Gross loan debt			46 845			57 502			68 737			81 896			95 305			114 106			145 732
Net loan debt			45 272			55 914			64 952			70 715			86 781			104 344			140 982

Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account	6)		-3 469			-2 554			-11 158			-14 140			-10 351			-12 508			-8 934

Composition of gross debt (excluding deduction of cash balances)
Marketable domestic debt			85.3	%		82.4	%		88.9	%		89.0	%		89.8	%		91.7	%		95.2	%
Government bonds			83.7	%		82.0	%		88.5	%		86.7	%		86.9	%		88.2	%		91.2	%
Treasury bills			1.6	%		0.4	%		0.4	%		2.3	%		2.9	%		3.5	%		4.0	%
Bridging bonds			0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%
Non-marketable domestic debt	3)		9.5	%		13.3	%		7.8	%		8.4	%		8.4	%		5.7	%		3.2	%

Domestic debt			94.8	%		95.8	%		96.8	%		97.4	%		98.1	%		97.4	%		98.4	%
Foreign debt	5)		5.2	%		4.2	%		3.2	%		2.6	%		1.9	%		2.6	%		1.6	%

Total as percentage of GDP:
Gross domestic debt			28.5	%		30.3	%		30.3	%		30.6	%		31.2	%		32.3	%		37.5	%
Net domestic debt			27.5	%		29.4	%		28.6	%		26.3	%		28.4	%		29.5	%		36.2	%
Gross foreign debt			1.6	%		1.3	%		1.0	%		0.8	%		0.6	%		0.9	%		0.6	%
Net foreign debt			1.6	%		1.3	%		1.0	%		0.8	%		0.6	%		0.9	%		0.6	%
Gross loan debt			30.1	%		31.6	%		31.3	%		31.4	%		31.8	%		33.2	%		38.1	%
Net loan debt			29.1	%		30.7	%		29.6	%		27.1	%		29.0	%		30.3	%		36.8	%

Source: National Treasury and South African Reserve Bank.


1)		Debt of the central government, excluding extra-budgetary institutions and social security funds.

2)		As projected at the end of January 2011.

3)		Includes non-marketable Treasury bills, retail bonds, former Namibian loans and loan levies.

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Table 8
Total debt of government 1)


1993/94			1994/95			1995/96			1996/97			1997/98			1998/99			1999/00				R million

																						Domestic debt
	181 460			225 662			263 844			290 424			318 773			344 938			354 706			Marketable
	174 892			210 191			248 877			276 124			301 488			325 938			332 706			Government bonds
	6 568			7 018			10 700			14 300			17 285			19 000			22 000			Treasury bills
	—			8 453			4 267			—			—			—			—			Bridging bonds
	3 310			5 705			4 700			6 421			2 778			2 013			998		3)	Non-marketable
	184 770			231 367			268 544			296 845			321 551			346 951			355 704			Gross loan debt
	-4 591			-6 665			-8 630			-2 757			-4 798			-5 166			-7 285		4)	Cash balances
	180 179			224 702			259 914			294 088			316 753			341 785			348 419			Net loan debt

																						Foreign debt
	5 201			8 784			10 944			11 394			14 560			16 276			25 799		5)	Gross loan debt
	—			—			—			—			—			—			—		4)	Cash balances
	5 201			8 784			10 944			11 394			14 560			16 276			25 799			Net loan debt

	189 971			240 151			279 488			308 239			336 111			363 227			381 503			Gross loan debt
	185 380			233 486			270 858			305 482			331 313			358 061			374 218			Net loan debt

																						Gold and Foreign Exchange
	-2 190			-4 147			—			-2 169			-73			-14 431			-9 200		6)	Contingency Reserve Account

																						Composition of gross debt (excluding deduction of cash balances)
	95.5	%		94.0	%		94.4	%		94.2	%		94.8	%		95.0	%		93.0	%		Marketable domestic debt
	92.1	%		87.5	%		89.0	%		89.6	%		89.7	%		89.7	%		87.2	%		Government bonds
	3.5	%		2.9	%		3.8	%		4.6	%		5.1	%		5.2	%		5.8	%		Treasury bills
	0.0	%		3.5	%		1.5	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		Bridging bonds
	1.7	%		2.4	%		1.7	%		2.1	%		0.8	%		0.6	%		0.3	%	3)	Non-marketable domestic debt

	97.3	%		96.3	%		96.1	%		96.3	%		95.7	%		95.5	%		93.2	%		Domestic debt
	2.7	%		3.7	%		3.9	%		3.7	%		4.3	%		4.5	%		6.8	%	5)	Foreign debt

																						Total as percentage of GDP:
	41.8	%		46.5	%		47.6	%		46.7	%		45.9	%		45.8	%		42.5	%		Gross domestic debt
	40.8	%		45.2	%		46.1	%		46.3	%		45.3	%		45.1	%		41.6	%		Net domestic debt
	1.2	%		1.8	%		1.9	%		1.8	%		2.1	%		2.1	%		3.1	%		Gross foreign debt
	1.2	%		1.8	%		1.9	%		1.8	%		2.1	%		2.1	%		3.1	%		Net foreign debt
	43.0	%		48.3	%		49.5	%		48.5	%		48.0	%		48.0	%		45.6	%		Gross loan debt
	41.9	%		47.0	%		48.0	%		48.1	%		47.3	%		47.3	%		44.7	%		Net loan debt

Source: National Treasury and South African Reserve Bank.


4)		Bank balances of the National Revenue Fund (balnaces of government’s accounts with the Reserve Bank and commercial banks).

5)		Valued at appropriate foreign exchange rates up to 31 March 2010 as at the end of each period. Forward estimates are based on exchange rates prevailing at 31 January 2011, projected to depreciate in line with inflation differentials.

6)		The balance on the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account on 31 March 2011 represents an estimated balance on the account.

		No provision for any profits or losses on this account has been made for subsequent years. A negative balance indicates a loss and a positive balance a profit.

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Table 8
Total debt of government 1)


R million		2000/01			2001/02			2002/03			2003/04			2004/05			2005/06			2006/07

Domestic debt
Marketable			365 231			349 415			350 870			388 300			428 593			457 780			467 864
Government bonds			339 731			331 505			328 820			359 700			394 143			417 380			422 064
Treasury bills			25 500			17 910			22 050			28 600			34 450			40 400			45 800
Bridging bonds			—			—			—			—			—			—			—
Non-marketable	3)		2 382			2 030			1 910			1 999			3 498			3 699			3 238

Gross loan debt			367 613			351 445			352 780			390 299			432 091			461 479			471 102
Cash balances	4)		-2 650			-6 549			-9 730			-12 669			-30 870			-58 187			-75 315
Net loan debt			364 963			344 896			343 050			377 630			401 221			403 292			395 787

Foreign debt
Gross loan debt	5)		31 938			82 009			74 286			64 670			69 405			66 846			82 581
Cash balances	4)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—
Net loan debt			31 938			82 009			74 286			64 670			69 405			66 846			82 581


Gross loan debt			399 551			433 454			427 066			454 969			501 496			528 325			553 683
Net loan debt			396 901			426 905			417 336			442 300			470 626			470 138			478 368

Gold and Foreign Exchange
Contingency Reserve Account	6)		-18 170			-28 024			-36 577			-18 036			-5 292			1 751			28 514

Composition of gross debt (excluding deduction of cash balances)
Marketable domestic debt			91.4	%		80.6	%		82.2	%		85.3	%		85.5	%		86.6	%		84.5	%
Government bonds			85.0	%		76.5	%		77.0	%		79.1	%		78.6	%		79.0	%		76.2	%
Treasury bills			6.4	%		4.1	%		5.2	%		6.3	%		6.9	%		7.6	%		8.3	%
Bridging bonds			0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%
Non-marketable domestic debt	3)		0.6	%		0.5	%		0.4	%		0.4	%		0.7	%		0.7	%		0.6	%

Domestic debt			92.0	%		81.1	%		82.6	%		85.8	%		86.2	%		87.3	%		85.1	%
Foreign debt	5)		8.0	%		18.9	%		17.4	%		14.2	%		13.8	%		12.7	%		14.9	%

Total as percentage of GDP:
Gross domestic debt			38.6	%		33.5	%		29.3	%		29.9	%		29.8	%		28.6	%		25.7	%
Net domestic debt			38.3	%		32.9	%		28.5	%		29.0	%		27.7	%		25.0	%		21.6	%
Gross foreign debt			3.4	%		7.8	%		6.2	%		5.0	%		4.8	%		4.1	%		4.5	%
Net foreign debt			3.4	%		7.8	%		6.2	%		5.0	%		4.8	%		4.1	%		4.5	%
Gross loan debt			42.0	%		41.3	%		35.5	%		34.9	%		34.6	%		32.7	%		30.2	%
Net loan debt			41.7	%		40.7	%		34.7	%		33.9	%		32.5	%		29.1	%		26.1	%

Source: National Treasury and South African Reserve Bank.


1)		Debt of the central government, excluding extra-budgetary institutions and social security funds.

2)		As projected at the end of January 2011.

3)		Includes non-marketable Treasury bills, retail bonds, former Namibian loans and loan levies.

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																						Table 8 Total debt of government 1)
									2)
2007/08			2008/09			2009/10			2010/11			2011/12			2012/13			2013/14				R million

																						Domestic debt
	478 265			527 751			700 532			869 947			1 047 828			1 224 651			1 387 671			Marketable
	426 415			462 751			585 992			733 797			889 678			1 044 501			1 186 521			Government bonds
	51 850			65 000			114 540			136 150			158 150			180 150			201 150			Treasury bills
	—			—			—			—			—			—			—			Bridging bonds
	2 555			1 956			4 943			23 448			25 004			25 593			27 585		3)	Non-marketable
	480 821			529 707			705 475			893 395			1 072 832			1 250 244			1 415 256			Gross loan debt
	-93 809			-101 349			-106 550			-109 053			-102 157			-102 157			-102 157		4)	Cash balances
	387 012			428 358			598 925			784 342			970 675			1 148 087			1 313 099			Net loan debt

																						Foreign debt
	96 218			97 268			99 454			95 289			100 391			108 530			110 074		5)	Gross loan debt
	—			—			-25 176			-57 241			-72 237			-56 817			-34 911		4)	Cash balances
	96 218			97 268			74 278			38 048			28 154			51 713			75 163			Net loan debt

	577 039			626 975			804 929			988 684			1 173 223			1 358 774			1 525 330			Gross loan debt
	483 230			525 626			673 203			822 390			998 829			1 199 800			1 388 262			Net loan debt

																						Gold and Foreign Exchange
	72 189			101 585			35 618			17 270			17 270			17 270			17 270		6)	Contingency Reserve Account

																						Composition of gross debt (excluding deduction of cash balances)
	82.9	%		84.2	%		87.0	%		88.0	%		89.3	%		90.1	%		91.0	%		Marketable domestic debt
	73.9	%		73.8	%		72.8	%		74.2	%		75.8	%		76.9	%		77.8	%		Government bonds
	9.0	%		10.4	%		14.2	%		13.8	%		13.5	%		13.3	%		13.2	%		Treasury bills
	0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		0.0	%		Bridging bonds
	0.4	%		0.3	%		0.6	%		2.4	%		2.1	%		1.9	%		1.8	%	3)	Non-marketable domestic debt

	83.3	%		84.5	%		87.6	%		90.4	%		91.4	%		92.0	%		92.8	%		Domestic debt
	16.7	%		15.5	%		12.4	%		9.6	%		8.6	%		8.0	%		7.2	%	5)	Foreign debt

																						Total as percentage of GDP:
	23.1	%		22.9	%		28.9	%		33.5	%		36.8	%		39.1	%		40.0	%		Gross domestic debt
	18.6	%		18.5	%		24.5	%		29.4	%		33.3	%		35.9	%		37.1	%		Net domestic debt
	4.6	%		4.2	%		4.1	%		3.6	%		3.4	%		3.4	%		3.1	%		Gross foreign debt
	4.6	%		4.2	%		3.0	%		1.4	%		1.0	%		1.6	%		2.1	%		Net foreign debt
	27.8	%		27.1	%		33.0	%		37.1	%		40.2	%		42.4	%		43.1	%		Gross loan debt
	23.2	%		22.7	%		27.6	%		30.8	%		34.3	%		37.5	%		39.3	%		Net loan debt

Source: National Treasury and South African Reserve Bank.


4)		Bank balances of the National Revenue Fund (balnaces of government’s accounts with the Reserve Bank and commercial banks).

5)		Valued at appropriate foreign exchange rates up to 31 March 2010 as at the end of each period. Forward estimates are based on exchange rates prevailing at 31 January 2011, projected to depreciate in line with inflation differentials.

6)		The balance on the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account on 31 March 2011 represents an estimated balance on the account.

		No provision for any profits or losses on this account has been made for subsequent years. A negative balance indicates a loss and a positive balance a profit.

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Table 9
Financial guarantees:
Amounts drawn on government guarantees


	2007/08						2008/09
R million	Domestic		Foreign		Total		Domestic		Foreign		Total

General Government Sector		872		—		872		595		—		595

Central Government		872		—		872		595		—		595

Former regional authorities		212		—		212		206		—		206
Guarantee scheme for housing loans to employees		374		—		374		255		—		255
Guarantee scheme for motor vehicles — senior officials		10		—		10		8		—		8
Universities and Technikons		276		—		276		126		—		126

Public Entities		44 646		18 781		63 427		42 976		19 315		62 291

Non-financial		42 304		5 173		47 477		41 334		5 521		46 855

Central Energy Fund		—		243		243		—		130		130
Denel		—		—		—		880		—		880
Eskom		—		—		—		—		—		—
Irrigation Boards		43		—		43		43		—		43
Kalahari East Water Board		16		—		16		16		—		16
Komati Basin Water Authority		1 514		—		1 514		1 453		—		1 453
Lesotho Highlands Development Authority		9		604		613		7		517		524
Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa		20		—		20		20		—		20
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa		—		—		—		—		—		—
South African Airways		4 460		—		4 460		4 460		—		4 460
South African Broadcasting Corporation		—		—		—		—		—		—
South African National Roads Agency Limited		6 441		—		6 441		6 708		—		6 708
Telkom South Africa		—		140		140		—		138		138
Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority		19 021		250		19 271		19 363		225		19 588
Transnet		10 780		3 936		14 716		8 384		4 511		12 895

Financial		2 342		13 608		15 950		1 642		13 794		15 436

Development Bank of Southern Africa		—		12 414		12 414		—		12 348		12 348
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa		—		1 194		1 194		—		1 446		1 446
Land Bank		1 500		—		1 500		1 500		—		1 500
South African Reserve Bank		842		—		842		142		—		142

Private Sector		95		—		95		94		—		94

Agricultural Co-operatives		95		—		95		94		—		94

Foreign Sector		91		—		91		58		—		58

Foreign Central Banks and Governments		91		—		91		58		—		58

Total		45 704		18 781		64 485		43 723		19 315		63 038

1) As projected at the end of December 2010.

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		Table 9
		Financial guarantees:
		Amounts drawn on government guarantees



2009/10						2010/11¹⁾
Domestic		Foreign		Total		Domestic		Foreign		Total		R million

	418		—		418		374		—		374	General Government Sector

	418		—		418		374		—		374	Central Government

	190		—		190		145		—		145	Former regional authorities
	154		—		154		156		—		156	Guarantee scheme for housing loans to employees
	3		—		3		2		—		2	Guarantee scheme for motor vehicles — senior officials
	71		—		71		71		—		71	Universities and Technikons
	111 403		17 159		128 562		118 036		41 288		159 324	Public Entities

	93 703		5 037		98 740		101 086		29 972		131 058	Non-financial

	—		19		19		—		—		—	Central Energy Fund
	1 850		—		1 850		1 850		—		1 850	Denel
	46 678		—		46 678		45 633		25 669		71 302	Eskom
	46		—		46		46		—		46	Irrigation Boards
	16		—		16		17		—		17	Kalahari East Water Board
	1 406		—		1 406		1 400		—		1 400	Komati Basin Water Authority
	5		396		401		4		243		247	Lesotho Highlands Development Authority
	20		—		20		20		—		20	Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa
	1 217		—		1 217		1 400		—		1 400	Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa
	1 300		51		1 351		1 300		—		1 300	South African Airways
	1 000		—		1 000		1 000		—		1 000	South African Broadcasting Corporation
	12 287		—		12 287		23 699		—		23 699	South African National Roads Agency Limited
	—		108		108		—		88		88	Telkom South Africa
	20 523		198		20 721		18 630		170		18 800	Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority
	7 355		4 265		11 620		6 087		3 802		9 889	Transnet

	17 700		12 122		29 822		16 950		11 316		28 266	Financial

	15 200		11 170		26 370		15 200		10 533		25 733	Development Bank of Southern Africa
	—		952		952		—		783		783	Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
	2 500		—		2 500		1 750		—		1 750	Land Bank
	—		—		—		—		—		—	South African Reserve Bank

	94		—		94		94		—		94	Private Sector

	94		—		94		94		—		94	Agricultural Co-operatives

	25		—		25		25		—		25	Foreign Sector

	25		—		25		25		—		25	Foreign Central Banks and Governments

	111 940		17 159		129 099		118 529		41 288		159 817	Total

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Tax expenditure statement: February 2011

This abbreviated tax expenditure statement provides a first step towards greater transparency of expenditures incurred through the tax system. Such tax expenditures can take the form of tax exemptions, accelerated depreciation, additional allowances, reduced rates, tax deferrals and / or tax credits.

A tax expenditure statement serves three broad objectives:

•		Increases fiscal transparency and accountability

•		Creates comparability between direct and indirect government expenditures

•		Assists in the design of tax policy by promoting and informing public debate.

The first Katz Commission Report in 1994 argued that tax expenditure analysis holds fundamental implications for tax policy in South Africa. An attempt by the commission to quantify the cost of incentives was abandoned “due to the lack of useful and accurate data and a serious manpower shortage in revenue offices. This is a most unfortunate development which must be changed if South Africa is to develop a rational tax policy” (par. 13.5.2). The commission reported that where data was available, the cost of tax expenditures seemed to be substantial (par. 13.5.3). The commission recommended that steps be taken to provide the necessary computer facilities and staff to undertake a comprehensive audit of all incentives. The report included an appendix, listing provisions of the Income Tax Act (1962), the Value-added Tax (VAT) Act (1991) and the Customs and Excise Act (1964) that were considered tax expenditures. A list of tax expenditure provisions was also published in the 2003 and 2006 Budget Reviews.

What is a tax expenditure?

Tax expenditures are indirect government expenditures that are not reported in the normal budget process. They are tax provisions that reduce the amount of tax revenue that could otherwise have been collected.

Tax expenditures can be defined as deviations from the benchmark of a current standard tax legislative framework. A benchmark is a reference point against which the nature and extent of a concession can be identified — it is the standard taxation treatment that should apply to similar taxpayers or types of economic activities. Tax expenditures deviate from this benchmark of a good tax system that adheres to the basic principles of neutrality and equity.

A less robust but more practical approach is to define tax expenditures merely as a deviation from the basic tax structure, without reference to an ideal benchmark. For example, the United States Treasury’s definition of a tax expenditure states that a tax expenditure must: (a) be special in that it applies to a

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narrow class of transactions or taxpayers; and (b) have a general provision and a specific provision that provides an exemption.

Once tax expenditures have been identified, one of the three methods below can be used to measure the estimated loss to the fiscus:

•		Revenue foregone

•		Revenue gain

•		Outlay equivalence.

The revenue foregone method estimates tax expenditures by calculating the amount of tax revenue that would have been collected in the absence of the tax expenditure, and assumes that the behavioural response of taxpayers remains unchanged. This is the most commonly used method to measure tax expenditures because of its relative simplicity, and it was used in this draft report.

The revenue gain method measures tax expenditures by calculating tax revenue that would have been collected in the absence of the tax expenditure, taking into account behavioural responses associated with the removal of a tax expenditure provision. However, modelling taxpayer behaviour is quite complex.

With the outlay equivalence method, tax expenditures are measured by estimating the amount of direct government expenditures that would be required to provide the same benefit to taxpayers. This approach allows for a comparative analysis with direct expenditures to provide the same level of benefits.

The attached preliminary estimates are not exhaustive or complete, but a summary of the major tax expenditure items. These estimates do not take into account possible behavioural changes that may result from removing a particular tax provision.

Estimates of tax expenditures

The following table is a summary of tax expenditures in terms of the Income Tax Act 58, the VAT Act 89 and the Customs and Excise Act.

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Table C.1 Tax expenditure estimates — R million


	2005/06			2006/07			2007/08			2008/09
Personal income tax

Pension and retirement annuity¹		12 722			13 538			15 464			18 349
-pension contributions employees		4 711			4 911			5 495			6 567
-pension contributions employers		5 298			5 523			6 180			7 386
-retirement annuity		2 713			3 105			3 790			4 397
Medical		9 155			12 841			5 753			6 742
-medical contributions & deductions employees		3 521			4 939			5 753			6 742
- medical contributions — employers ³		5 634			7 902			n/a			n/a
Interest exemptions		1 290			1 715			2 283			3 033
Secondary rebate (65 years and older)		739			739			769			828
Donations		141			178			230			282
Capital gains tax (annual exclusion)		74			98			121			69

Total: Personal income tax		24 122			29 109			24 620			29 303


Corporate income tax

Small business corporation tax savings		178			627			747			675
Research and development (R &D)		183			313			286			219
Learnership allowances		179			221			324			193
Strategic Industrial Policy³		513			281			228			61
Film incentive		186			194			319			n/a
Urban development zones (UDZ)		28			65			90			85

Total: Corporate income tax		1 267			1 701			1 995			1 233


Value-added tax
Zero-rated supplies

19 Basic Food items⁴		10 036			11 376			13 107			13 907
Petrol⁵		6 837			7 763			9 176			10 524
Diesel⁵		586			736			948			1 249
Paraffin⁵		430			454			516			520
Municipal property rates		—			2 618			3 008			3 774
Reduced rates for “commercial” accommodation		80			85			95			113
Subtotal: zero-rated supplies		17 969			23 032			26 849			30 086

Exempt supplies (Public transport & education)		604			682			785			832


Customs duties and excise

Motor vehicles (MIDP, including IRCCs)⁶		15 438			13 179			16 169			12 089
Textile and clothing (Duty Credits — DCCs)⁶		2 189			1 563			1 829			2 024
Furniture and fixtures		120			145			166			128
Other customs⁷		924			636			1 141			1 231
Diesel refund (mining, agriculture and fishing)		753			811			1 205			1 181
Total customs and excise		19 425			16 335			20 509			16 653

Total tax expenditure		63 387			70 859			74 758			78 107

Tax expenditure as % of total gross tax revenue		15.2	%		14.3	%		13.1	%		12.5	%
Total gross tax revenue		417 196			495 549			572 815			625 100

Tax expenditure as % of GDP		3.9	%		3.9	%		3.6	%		3.4	%


1.		Some of this tax expenditure is recouped when amounts are withdrawn as either a lump sum or an annuity

2.		Employer contributions after the introduction of the monetary caps is difficult to estimate.

3.		The amount for 2005/06 includes that for the previous two years

4.		VAT relief in respect of basic food items based on an independent study

5.		Based on fuel volumes and average retail selling prices.

6.		MIDP=Motor industrial development programme, DCC=Duty credit certificate

7.		Goods manufactured exclusively for exports, television monitors and agricultural goods exempted.

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The accelerated depreciation of business assets is a potentially significant tax expenditure item, particularly the immediate deduction in mining capital expenditures, which has not been included in the above statement. In this case, the tax relief relates to the time-value of money and would require a comparison of the depreciation allowed in terms of the Income Tax Act, against the economic depreciation of the relevant capital assets. Data to undertake such an exercise is not readily available at present.

Estimates from the 2005/06 Income and Expenditure Survey by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) suggest that the poorest 20 per cent of households accounted for about 7.9 per cent of total expenditure on food and non-alcoholic beverages, and the top 20 per cent of households accounted for 39.9 per cent. Assuming that the poorer households’ share of expenditure that is VAT zero rated on the list of “basic food items” is slightly higher (about 10 per cent), the monetary benefit that accrued to them was about R1.4 billion (10 per cent of R13.9 billion) in 2008/09, while the upper 20 per per cent of households received a benefit of R5 billion (about 36 per cent of R13.9 billion).This is not the most effective form of relief for the poor.

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Direct tax proposals

Personal income tax rate and bracket structure

The primary rebate is increased to R10 755 per year for all individuals. The secondary rebate, which applies to individuals aged 65 years and over, is increased to R6 012 per year. A third rebate, which applies to individuals aged 75 years and over, is introduced at R2 000 per year. The resulting income tax threshold, below which individuals are not liable for personal income tax, is increased to R59 700 of taxable income per year for those below the age of 65, and to R93 150 per year for those aged 65 and over. The tax threshold for individuals aged 75 years and over is R104 261. The rates for the 2010/11 tax year and those proposed for 2011/12 are set out in Table C.2.

Table C.2 Personal income tax rate and bracket adjustments, 2010/11 — 2011/12


Taxable	2010/11		2011/12
income (R)	Rates of tax	Taxable income (R)	Rates of tax

R0 — R140 000	18% of each R1	R0 — R150 000	18% of each R1
R140 001 — R221 000	R25 200 + 25% of the amount above R140 000	R150 001 — R235 000	R27 000 + 25% of the amount above R150 000
R221 001 — R305 000	R45 450 + 30% of the amount above R221 000	R235 001 — R325 000	R48 250 + 30% of the amount above R235 000
R305 001 — R431 000	R70 650 + 35% of the amount above R305 000	R325 001 — R455 000	R75 250 + 35% of the amount above R325 000
R431 001 — R552 000	R114 750 + 38% of the amount above R431 000	R455 001 — R580 000	R120 750 + 38% of the amount above R455 000
R552 001 and above	R160 730 + 40% of the amount above R552 000	R580 001	R168 250 + 40% of the amount above R580 000
Rebates		Rebates
Primary	R10 260	Primary	R10 755
Secondary	R5 675	Secondary	R6 012
Tax threshold		Third rebate	R2 000
Below age 65	R57 000	Tax threshold
Age 65 and over	R88 528	Below age 65	R59 750
		Age 65 and over	R93 150
		Age 75 and over	R104 261

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The proposed tax schedule compensates individuals for the effect of inflation on income tax liabilities and results in reduced tax liability for taxpayers at all income levels. These tax reductions are set out in Tables C.3, C.4 and C.5. The average tax rates (tax as a percentage of taxable income) for individuals are illustrated in Figures C.1, C.2 and C.3.

Table C.3 Income tax payable, 2010/11 (taxpayers below age 65)


Taxable income	2010 rates		Proposed rates		Tax deduction
(Rands)	(Rands)		(Rands)		(Rands)	% reduction

60 000		540		45	-495	-91.7%
65 000		1 440		945	-495	-34.4%
70 000		2 340		1 845	-495	-21.2%
75 000		3 240		2 745	-495	-15.3%
80 000		4 140		3 645	-495	-12.0%
85 000		5 040		4 545	-495	-9.8%
90 000		5 940		5 445	-495	-8.3%
100 000		7 740		7 245	-495	-6.4%
120 000		11 340		10 845	-495	-4.4%
150 000		17 440		16 245	-1 195	-6.9%
200 000		29 940		28 745	-1 195	-4.0%
250 000		43 890		41 995	-1 895	-4.3%
300 000		58 890		56 995	-1 895	-3.2%
400 000		93 640		90 745	-2 895	-3.1%
500 000		130 710		127 095	-3 615	-2.8%
750 000		229 670		225 495	-4 175	-1.8%
1 000 000		329 670		325 495	-4 175	-1.3%

Figure C.1 Average tax rates for taxpayers under age 65

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Table C.4 Income tax payable, 2010/11 (taxpayers age 65 and over)


	2010 rates	Proposed rates	Tax deduction
Taxable income (Rands)	(Rands)	(Rands)	(Rands)	% reduction

90 000	265	—	-265	-100.0%
100 000	2 065	1 233	-832	-40.3%
120 000	5 665	4 833	-832	-14.7%
150 000	11 765	10 233	-1 532	-13.0%
200 000	24 265	22 733	-1 532	-6.3%
250 000	38 215	35 983	-2 232	-5.8%
300 000	53 215	50 983	-2 232	-4.2%
400 000	87 965	84 733	-3 232	-3.7%
500 000	125 035	121 083	-3 952	-3.2%
750 000	223 995	219 483	-4 512	-2.0%
1 000 000	323 995	319 483	-4 512	-1.4%

Figure C.2 Average tax rates for taxpayers age 65 and over

Table C.5 Income tax payable, 2011/12 (taxpayers age 75 and over)


	2010 rates	Proposed rates	Tax deduction
Taxable income (Rands)	(Rands)	(Rands)	(Rands)	% reduction

100 000	2 065	—	-2 065	-100.0%
120 000	5 665	2 833	-2 832	-50.0%
150 000	11 765	8 233	-3 532	-30.0%
200 000	24 265	20 733	-3 532	-14.6%
250 000	38 215	33 983	-4 232	-11.1%
300 000	53 215	48 983	-4 232	-8.0%
400 000	87 965	82 733	-5 232	-5.9%
500 000	125 035	119 083	-5 952	-4.8%
750 000	223 995	217 483	-6 512	-2.9%
1 000 000	323 995	317 483	-6 512	-2.0%

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Table C.6 Specific excise duties, 2010/11 – 2011/12

2010/11

2011/12

Present rate of duty

Proposed rate of duty

Tariff item

Tariff heading

Description

Excise

Customs

Excise

Customs

104.00

Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco

104.01

19.01

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 per cent by mass of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 04.01 to 04.04, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 per cent by mass of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis not elsewhere specified or included:

.10

Traditional African beer powder as defined in Additional Note 1 to Chapter

34.7c/kg

104.10

22.03

Beer made from malt:

.10

Traditional African beer as defined in Additional Note 1 to Chapter 22

7.82c/l

.20

Other

R50.20/l

R53.97/l

of absolute alcohol

104.15

22.04

Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must (excluding that of heading 20.09):

22.05

Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic substances:

.02

Sparkling

R6.67/l

R6.97/l

.03

Unfortified wine of heading 22.04, with an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 6.5 per cent vol. but not exceeding 16,5 per cent vol.

R2.14/l

R2.32/l

.04

Unfortified wine of heading 22.05, with an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 6.5 per cent vol. but not exceeding 15 per cent vol.

R2.14/li

R2.32/l

.05

Fortified wine of heading 22.04 and 22.05 with an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 15 per cent vol. but not exceeding 22 per cent vol.

R4.03/l

R4.33/l

.06

Other

R93.03/li aa

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2010/11

2011/12

Present rate of duty

Proposed rate of duty

Tariff item

Tariff heading

Description

Excise

Customs

Excise

Customs

104.17

22.06

Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry and mead); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included:

.03

Sparkling beverages

R6.97/l

.05

Traditional African beer as defined in Additional Note 1 to Chapter 22

7.82c/l

.15

Other fermented beverages, unfortified, with an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 9 per cent vol.

R2.52/l

R2.71/l

.16

Other fermented beverages, unfortified, with an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 9 per cent vol. but not exceeding 15 per cent vol.

R2.52/li

R2.71/l

.17

Other fermented beverages, fortified, with an alcoholic streng by volume exceeding 15 per cent vol. but not exceeding 23 per cent vol.

R5.15/l

R38.00/li aa

.22

Other, mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, with an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 9 per cent vol.

R2.52/li

R2.71/l

.25

Other, mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, with an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 9 per cent vol. but not exceeding 15 per cent vol.

R2.52/li

R2.71/l

R2.71/li

.90

Other

R84.57/li aa

R93.03/li aa

104.20

22.07

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 per cent volume or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength;

22.08

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 per cent volume; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages:

.10

Wine spirits, manufactured by the distillation of wine

R84.57/li aa

R93.03/li aa

.15

Spirits, manufactured by the distillation of

R84.57/li aa

R93.03/li aa

.25

Spirits, manufactured by the distillation of

R84.57/li aa

R93.03/li aa

.29

Other spirits

R84.57/li aa

R93.03/li aa

Liiqueurs and other spirituous beverages:

.41

With an alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 15 per cent vol. but not exceeding 23 per cent vol.

R38.00/li aa

.42

Other

R84.57/li aa

R93.03/li aa

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Table C.6 Specific excise duties (continued)

2010/11

2011/12

Present rate of duty

Proposed rate of duty

Tariff item

Tariff heading

Description

Excise

Customs

Excise

Customs

104.30

24.02

Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes:

2402.10

Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos containing tobacco:

.01

402.10.10

Imported from Switzerland

R2 072.31

R2 196.65

/kg net

.03

402.10.90

Other

R2 072.31

R2 196.65

/kg net

2402.20

Cigarettes containing tobacco:

.05

402.20.10

Imported from Switzerland

R4.47

R4.87

/10 cigarettes

.07

402.20.90

Other

R4.47

R4.87

/10 cigarettes

2402.90.1

Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos of tobacco substitutes:

.09

402.90.12

Imported from Switzerland

R2 072.31

R2 196.65

/kg net

.11

402.90.14

Other

R2 072.31

R2 196.65

/kg net

2402.90.2

Cigarette of tobacco substitues:

.13

402.90.22

Imported from Switzerland

R4.47

R4.87

/10 cigarettes

.15

402.90.24

Other

4.5

4.9

/10 cigarettes

104.35

24.03

Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; “homogenised” or “reconstituted” tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences:

2403.10

Smoking tobacco, whether or not
containing tobacco substitutes in any
proportions:

.01

403.10.10

Pipe tobacco, in immediate packings of a content of less than 5 kg

R108.08

R119.16

/kg net

.03

403.10.20

Other pipe tobacco

R108.08

R119.16

/kg net

.05

403.10.30

Cigarette tobacco

R194.60

R210.51

/kg net

2403.99

Other:

.07

403.99.30

Other cigarette tobacco substitutes

R194.60

R210.51

/kg net

.09

403.99.40

Other pipe tobacco substitutes

R108.08

R119.16

/kg net


*		Please note that the Notes to Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 will be amended to provide for the following:

1.		“Fortified wine” means wine which is the final product of the alcoholic fermentation of the *must of fresh grapes*, to which a spirit obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc has been added to such an extent that the alcohol strength by volume thereof is at least 15,0 per cent vol. but not exceeding 22 per cent vol.

2.		Tariff item 104.20.41 shall only apply to liqueurs, cordials and other spirituous beverages with a-

		(a) *fermented* alcoholic base

		(other than those made from beer of heading 22.03 or wine of headings 22.04 and 22.05); or

		(b) *wine spirit* base,

		to which other non-alcoholic ingredients have been added.

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The taxation of lump sums upon retirement

The revised rates for the taxation of lump sums upon retirement and involuntary retrenchments are set out in Table C.7.

Table C.7 Taxation of lump sums


Proposed rates
Taxable lump sum		Rate of tax
0 — R315 000		0 per cent of amount
R315 001 — R630 000		R0 plus 18 per cent of amount exceeding R315 000
R630 001 — R945 000		R56 700 plus 27 per cent of amount exceeding R630 000
R945 001 and above		R141 750 plus 36 per cent of amount exceeding R945 000

n Miscellaneous tax amendments

Provided below is a series of miscellaneous tax amendments proposed for the upcoming tax legislative cycle. These amendments eliminate small anomalies to ensure a more workable tax system within the current framework (these amendments do not represent fundamental policy shifts).

n Employment, individuals and savings

The anti-avoidance rules regarding share incentive schemes are constantly being refined. Well-established anti-avoidance rules exist to ensure that executives cannot readily convert salary (taxable as ordinary revenue) into capital gain. Nonetheless, this area of the law continues to give rise to tax issues because of the variety of plans and sizeable sums involved. At present, two sets of issues have emerged.

•		It is arguable whether deferred taxation of share incentive schemes should give rise to the Skills Development Levy or required Unemployment Insurance Fund contributions once employees have left the employment that gave rise to the shares. The goal would be to free ex-employees of these ancillary dispensations.

•		Employer-provided employment trusts appear to result in unintended double taxation and allow for the conversion of disguised salary into tax-free dividends. The goal is to ensure that one level of ordinary tax properly applies.

Refinement of employer-provided long-term insurance plans

In 2010, amendments were introduced to clarify the legal distinction between plans that protect employers against lost profits and plans covering employees (and their families) against death and disability. This distinction is important because plans for the benefit of employees should trigger fringe benefit tax for them (while employer coverage has no adverse consequence for employees). Despite these changes, certain ambiguities and peripheral issues remain, relating to potential capital gain and the use of employer plans to fund the buy-out of key deceased shareholders/partners. It is proposed that these concerns are rationalised.

Exemption for private employment compensation entities

Compensation for death or personal injury suffered under contract of employment is largely regulated by the 1993 Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA). Most employees are covered by the government-controlled Compensation Fund. In addition, contributions and payouts by

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two privately-owned entities (both of which predate the Compensation Fund) are equally covered by COIDA. The provision of the same income and VAT exemptions as the Compensation Fund is being considered, as these entities are offering the same benefits.

Termination of the capital gain foreign currency rules

To ensure theoretical consistency, capital profits from foreign currency adjustments should be fully taxed when they are realised. Because taxing currency based on realisation can be extremely onerous, a currency pooling concept was introduced that defers any foreign currency capital gain/loss until that foreign currency is converted into a different currency. Despite this deferral, taxing individuals on their currency gains is simply impractical. The cost of compliance typically outweighs any revenue to the fiscus. Given these concerns, it is proposed that the capital gain charge for foreign currency be completely removed.

Relief for long-term commuting by the judiciary

Employees receive tax relief for company vehicles associated with work travel, but not for private travel or ordinary commuting to work. Even though this exclusion for commuting is theoretically sound, it creates unfair results for judges presiding over multiple courts or over a court that is located a long distance from the judge’s home. Government provides judges with vehicles to cover these costs, and it is proposed that this unusual work-travel arrangement be eligible for tax relief.

n Business

Completion of dividends tax

As discussed in Chapter 5 of the Budget Review, the new dividends tax is set to replace the secondary tax on companies from 1 April 2012. To date, most issues have been resolved with the assistance of public consultation. In 2011, final issues will be resolved, most notably:

•		Inbound foreign dividends — The proposed taxation of inbound foreign dividends remains unresolved. Generally, foreign dividends are taxable at varying levels. Some dividends are exempt and others are taxable at top marginal rates (40 per cent or 28 per cent). Given the proposed changes to the taxation of domestic dividends, the exemptions and rates need to be adjusted in line with the new dividends tax.

•		Foreign-owned South African branches — Foreign-owned South African branches are currently subject to tax at a 33 per cent rate instead of the standard 28 per cent rate for local companies. The 33 per cent rate serves as a simplified alternative to a branch profits tax for physical branch repatriations. However, this higher level of tax is only made possible by certain exceptions made to various non-discriminatory provisions within tax treaties. At this stage, it must be determined whether the change from a secondary tax on companies for dividends to a new dividends tax renders these exceptions null-and-void for treaty purposes, thereby calling into question the 33 per cent branch rate as a whole. When the new dividends tax comes into effect, it is proposed that this rate be repealed if discriminatory.

Revised tax rules for capital distributions and for pre-2001 capital gain assets

Dividend distributions are subject to the secondary tax on companies, while capital distributions are subject to the capital gains tax. The capital gains tax impact on capital distributions has had a checkered history. In essence, the most appropriate (and internationally acceptable) result is for capital distributions to reduce the distributing share base cost, with gains only taking effect once base cost is exceeded. However, this result has proven elusive over the years, as the pre-2001 capital gains tax rules prevent

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taxpayers from knowing the base cost of pre-2001 assets until disposal. Therefore, a revised and simplified system for determining the base cost of pre-2001 assets will be considered that does not require the base-cost determination of pre-2001 to be deferred until disposal. If this is achieved, the rules for capital distributions can be realigned with international practice.

Transfer of contingent liabilities

If a business is acquired as a going concern, the purchaser often assumes contingent liabilities (such as warranty obligations). These acquisitions may be taxable or tax-free. The seller is relieved of these liabilities and they are removed from the seller’s books. The impact of these contingent liabilities is an issue that needs to be addressed. In the case of taxable asset acquisitions, a set of explicit rules will be established to ensure these transfers do not give rise to double deductions or double inclusions. In the case of tax-deferred reorganisations, it is proposed that contingent liabilities be completely transferred from seller to buyer.

Taxation of debt

The tax rules for interest were altered several years ago to close certain avoidance schemes. However, this alteration has given rise to technical difficulties, especially concerning debt with indefinite or indeterminable maturities. This problem exists because the interest calculation requires a set term period that is lacking. It is therefore proposed that a special calculation be used in these circumstances to reach an appropriate yield without reliance on a set a term date. It is also proposed that the disposal of debt instruments before their maturity generate ordinary revenue because the gain or loss reflects implied interest differentials to overall market rates.

Film incentive revision

Film investors are entitled to claim a full upfront deduction for production and post-production expenditure incurred due to film ownership costs. Unfortunately, this incentive has been widely abused over the years by many taxpayers who claimed deductions based on artificial expenditure. Due to previous weaknesses in the incentive, taxpayers inflated their expenditure by borrowing through artificial non-recourse loans or by incurring excessive costs imposed by connected persons. In view of these difficulties, the incentive will be transformed into a tax incentive that encourages profits.

Income tax relief for international shipping

National Treasury announced the intention to provide tax relief for the shipping industry in the 2005 Budget Review to stimulate South African shipping transport. While National Treasury remains committed in this regard, it is fully understood that tax is only one contributing factor to the shortfall in the South African shipping register. A working group consisting of all relevant government stakeholders was formed to reformulate government’s policies and rebuild South Africa’s shipping industry. This effort will lead to engagement with the industry and a revision of legislation, including tax relief (such as a proposed tonnage tax).

Government grants to private stakeholders

The Income Tax Act exempts certain government grants if they are approved by the Minister of Finance. This approval depends on a list of factors, but the main issue is distinguishing between: (i) grants representing an indirect form of compensation for goods and/or services that should be taxed, and (ii) other grants designed as a subsidy mainly for the benefit of the grantee. It is proposed that a new set of clear and transparent principles be established to determine this distinction.

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n International

Offshore cell companies

In 2010, National Treasury announced its intent to review offshore cell companies due to concerns of large-scale avoidance. After discussions with stakeholders, it is proposed that offshore cells be taxed according to their substance — as multiple-investment entities. This will trigger imputed income for each party controlling each offshore cell. Consideration will also be given to enhancing the recoupment system when funds are directly or indirectly returned to the insured parties paying the premiums.

Completion of the cross-border withholding tax

In 2010, South Africa enacted a 10 per cent withholding tax on cross-border interest payable by residents to foreign persons, while retaining the current exemption for cross-border portfolio debt. The new tax will become effective from January 2013 (the delay caused by the need to renegotiate certain tax treaties). In the meantime, the withholding enforcement mechanisms will be adjusted to enhance future South African Revenue Service (SARS) enforcement and taxpayer compliance.

Tax treaty coordination of similar taxes

Tax treaties apply to income tax and similar taxes. The scope of the term “similar taxes” is an issue, especially when the different treaties have differing lists of similar taxes. It is proposed that the income tax be amended to list all similar taxes (including the impending dividends tax and interest withholding tax) as explicitly eligible for tax treaty relief.

Company-structured management investment funds

Mutual and private equity funds are showing an increased interest in Africa, including the use of South African management to channel these funds. Unfortunately, this use of South African management triggers significant additional South African tax, even though the investment funds have a foreign origin and destination. While tax changes in 2010 have sought to alleviate certain intermediary partnership and conduit entities, the vast majority of funds use offshore intermediary companies that fall outside this new relief. It is proposed that these intermediary companies receive tax relief from the effective management test to remove the negative tax consequences associated with South African management.

South African multinational offshore restructurings

Many South African multinationals seek to restructure their offshore operations. These restructurings often occur when multinationals acquire foreign companies with inconveniently located subsidiaries and move to more efficient locations within the South African multinational group. In light of the current economic downturn, these restructurings have accelerated to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Because many of these offshore restructurings give rise to immediate tax, even if the restructured offshore entities remain wholly under the control of the South African group, it is proposed that tax relief be provided in these circumstances.

Currency transactions indirectly connected to certain foreign hedges

Foreign currency held for business use is largely taxed on an annual mark-to-market basis with certain exemptions and deferrals until actual disposition. For example, certain loans to offshore foreign subsidiaries fall outside the mark-to-market regime, as do certain currency hedges against the purchase of foreign shares. In essence, once certain assets linked to currency gains and losses are exempt, all linked instruments should also be exempt. It is proposed that a further set of linked arrangements be excluded

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from mark-to-market taxation. These newly exempt arrangements will include foreign bank loans used to fund further intra-group loans, the latter of which already fall outside mark-to-market taxation.

n Value-added tax

VAT and transfer duty nexus

A notional VAT input credit may be claimed when a VAT vendor buys a fixed property from a non-VAT vendor. To combat abuse, this notional VAT input is currently limited to the transfer duty paid by the purchasing VAT vendor. It is proposed that the notional VAT input credit be delinked from the transfer duty payable, and that the quantum of the notional VAT input credit is set equal to the tax fraction (14/114) of the lower of the:

•		Selling price (consideration) payable for the property

•		Open-market value of the property

•		Current municipal value of the property

•		VAT-inclusive acquisition price, including improvements, by the non-vendor selling the property.

Synchronising VAT and customs for temporary import relief

The VAT exemption for temporary imports is encountering operational barriers in the case of customs duty-free imported goods. This is due to coordination issues between the VAT and customs rules. The lack of relief for temporary imports is causing problems for mining and manufacturing operations that temporarily import and upgrade foreign goods, which undermines South Africa’s ability to export value-added goods. To address this issue, technical adjustments will be made to the applicable customs item number to accommodate duty-free goods.

Minimum exemption for imported services

VAT is payable on the import of goods and services into South Africa. VAT provides for a R100 minimum threshold exemption for certain imported goods, but lacks any minimum threshold exemption for imported services. A similar exemption will be introduced for the import of services, easing SARS enforcement and taxpayer compliance. Both exemptions will be set at R500.

Value correction for warehoused goods entered for home consumption

If goods in a storage warehouse are sold to a buyer and the buyer subsequently enters the goods for home consumption, VAT (and possibly customs) applies. However, the VAT Act fails to specify the value on which VAT is calculated in this case. Due to this lack of specificity, many taxpayers claim that the value is based upon entry into the warehouse, not the actual sales value. It is proposed that actual sales value be used as the most accurate value.

Relief for outstanding debt between group members

Most VAT vendors operate on an invoice (i.e. accrual) basis for calculating output tax and input credits. When a VAT vendor makes a purchase, the vendor has a “grace period” of 12 months to pay the invoice, failing which the purchaser must return the input tax claimed to SARS on the theoretical assumption that the debt will probably never be paid. Purchases between VAT vendors within a single group of companies are an issue, as the 12-month period is often commercially unrealistic with intra-group loans clearing at a later date (e.g. two to three years later). Relief from this 12-month claw-back is being considered; provided the selling group member is prevented from claiming a VAT refund before the purchaser is subject to the claw-back of VAT input credits.

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Removal of mining right conversion rules

The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (2002) requires holders of old-order mineral rights to convert their rights into new-order rights after approval by the Department of Mineral Resources. New-order mineral production rights cannot last for more than 30 years, but holders can obtain approval for renewal. Although the current zero rating for conversions and renewals is designed to protect mineral-rights holders from being subject to VAT due to regulatory compliance, the zero rating is unnecessary and misplaced. These conversions and renewals should simply be viewed as a non-event (i.e. a non-supply) in line with common law and without specific legislative relief. It is proposed that the zero rating for mineral-right conversions or renewals be removed to prevent the distortion of collateral VAT issues (e.g. the VAT turnover calculation).

Manufacturer/producer rebates for retail goods

Manufacturers (or producers) may issue coupons that customers redeem when purchasing goods from dealers (or retailers). These coupons (often referred to as a rebate) are used to offset the purchase price of the goods. The question of how to fully account for these three-party relationships in VAT terms is an issue. More specifically, the customer should be prevented from claiming input credits for this full amount. These input credits should only be available for the non-coupon consideration actually incurred by the customer.

Revised starting date for alternative apportionment methods (administration)

If a vendor utilises goods or services for both taxable and other non-taxable purposes (mixed purposes), only a portion of the VAT may be claimed as input tax credits. In this regard, SARS has prescribed the use of the turnover-based method as the default method, and SARS has the discretion to approve alternative methods with retrospective effect. In theory, however, any retroactive input credits caused by the alternative method should be accompanied by a reduction in income tax offsets for the same prior periods. But this corresponding income tax reduction rarely occurs, with taxpayers receiving VAT refunds without any corresponding tax increase (i.e. without amending previously submitted tax returns). It is proposed that retroactive changes of apportionment be limited to periods within current open years of income tax assessment.

Limiting month-end cut-off changes

Vendors account for VAT according to tax periods that generally end on the last day of a calendar month, and the VAT Act allows a vendor to change the month-end cut-off date to another fixed date. This other fixed date must be within 10 days before or after the month end. However, some vendors are regularly changing their end dates solely to reduce VAT. These constant changes were never intended and are a drain on SARS enforcement. It is therefore proposed that end dates should not be changed more than once per 12-month period.

n Securities transfer tax: miscellaneous legislative proposals

Clarifying the broker exemption

Members of a stock exchange (brokers) are exempt from securities transfer tax. While the exemption has existed for years, its initial intent is not entirely clear. Upon review of industry practice, it appears that the exemption is used by brokers as market makers for shares to enhance liquidity and to facilitate the role of banking institutions. It is now proposed that the exemption be revised to clarify that it applies solely to players engaged as market makers.

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n Technical corrections

In addition to the amendments described above, the 2011 tax amendment bills (like all annual amendment bills) will contain various technical corrections. The main thrust of these technical corrections is to cover inconsequential items. These items remedy typing errors, grammar, punctuation, numbering, misplaced cross-references, misleading headings and definitions, differences between the two language texts of legislation, updating or removing obsolete provisions, the removal of superfluous text and the incorporation of regulations and commonly accepted secondary interpretations into formal law. Technical corrections further include changes to effective dates and the proper coordination of transitional tax changes.

A final set of technical corrections relates to modifications that account for practical implementation of the tax law. Although tax amendments go through an intensive comment and review process, new issues arise (including obvious omissions and ambiguities) once the law is applied. Issues of this nature typically arise when returns are prepared for the first time after legislation is implemented. Technical corrections of this nature are almost exclusively limited to recent legislative changes.

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Summary of the national budget

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Budget

Revised

Budget

R million

estimate

Medium term estimates

REVENUE

Estimate of revenue before tax proposals

733 973

806 418

904 314

Budget 2011/12 proposals:

Taxes on individuals and companies

Personal income tax

-8 850

Adjust personal income tax rate structure

-8 100

Adjustment in monetary thresholds

-750

Business taxes

Closure of dividend cession schemes

500

Taxes on property

Adjustment in transfer duties

-750

Indirect Taxes

4 985

Increase in general fuel levy

1 900

Increase in excise duties on tobacco products and alcoholic beverages

1 785

Increase in ad valorem excise duties

150

Increase in electricity levy

1 150

Estimate of revenue after tax proposals

643 239

666 563

729 858

806 418

904 314

Percentage change from previous year

9.5

10.5

12.1

EXPENDITURE

Direct charges against the National Revenue Fund

350 625

350 004

385 312

418 016

450 423

Cost of servicing state debt

71 358

66 570

76 579

90 808

104 036

Provincial equitable share

260 974

265 139

288 493

305 725

323 604

General fuel levy sharing with metros

7 542

8 573

9 040

9 613

Skills development levy and Setas

8 424

9 149

9 606

10 134

Other ¹

2 327

2 519

2 837

3 035

Appropriated by vote

461 518

459 920

499 481

538 380

578 700

Current payments

128 611

132 986

145 242

153 374

163 849

Transfers and subsidies

302 728

297 227

342 282

371 183

397 386

Payments for capital assets

9 291

8 817

11 207

13 824

17 465

Payments for financial assets

20 889

20 890

750

Plus:

Unallocated funds

—

330

530

Contingency reserve

6 000

—

4 090

11 405

23 375

Estimate of national expenditure

818 143

809 923

888 923

968 132

1 053 029

Percentage change from previous year

9.8

8.9

8.8

2010 Budget estimate of expenditure

818 143

888 338

964 314

Increase / decrease (-)

-8 220

585

3 818

Gross domestic product

2 699 888

2 666 894

2 914 862

3 201 299

3 536 002


1)		Consists mainly of salaries of Members of Parliament, judges and magistrates.

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Summary of the consolidated budget

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Budget

Revised

Budget

R million

estimate

Medium term estimates

National budget revenue ¹⁾

643 239

666 563

729 858

806 418

904 314

Revenue of provinces, social security funds and selected public entities

95 165

88 460

94 609

102 296

112 873

Consolidated budget revenue ²⁾

738 404

755 023

824 466

908 714

1 017 187

National budget expenditure ¹⁾

818 143

809 923

888 923

968 132

1 053 029

Expenditure of provinces, social security funds and selected public entities

88 821

87 453

90 342

93 451

98 745

Consolidated budget expenditure ²⁾

906 964

897 376

979 265

1 061 582

1 151 773

Consolidated budget balance

-168 560

-142 353

-154 799

-152 868

-134 586

Percentage of GDP

-6.2

-5.3

-4.8

-3.8

Extraordinary payments

-802

-150

—

Extraordinary receipts

3 148

1 350

—

Consolidated borrowing requirement (net) ³⁾

-140 007

-153 599

-152 868

-134 586

FINANCING

Domestic loans (net)

188 144

175 314

158 469

144 841

Foreign loans (net)

-2 267

4 999

-3 546

-9 630

Market loans

—

7 150

7 870

8 690

Arms procurement loan agreements

512

1 009

—

World Bank loans

—

Redemptions (including revaluation of loans)

-2 779

-3 160

-11 442

-18 320

Change in cash and other balances

-45 870

-26 714

-2 054

-625

Total financing (net)

140 007

153 599

152 869

134 586


1)		Transfers to provinces, social security funds and selected public entities presented as part of the national budget.

2)		Flows between national, provincial, social security funds and selected public entities are netted out.

3)		Consolidated budgeted borrowing requirement for 2010/11 not available in comparable format.

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Accounting officer		The civil servant in a department who is accountable to Parliament for financial management, usually the director-general or head of the department.

Accrual		An accounting convention by which payments and receipts are recorded as they occur, even if no cash flow takes place.

Ad valorem duties		Duties levied on commodities as a certain percentage of their value.

Adjustments estimate		Presentation to Parliament of the amendments to be made to the appropriations voted in the main budget for the year.

Administered prices		Prices set outside ordinary market processes, through administrative decisions by government, a public entity or a regulator.

Allocated expenditure		The part of the national budget that can be divided between the national, provincial and local spheres of government, after interest and the contingency reserve have been taken into account.

Amortisation		The repayment of a loan by instalments over the duration of the loan.

Appropriation		The approval by Parliament of spending from the National Revenue Fund, or by a provincial legislature from a provincial revenue fund.

Asset price bubble		A condition occurring when prices for a category of assets rise above the level justified by economic fundamentals.

Asset swap		An arrangement in which financial institutions exchange a portfolio of South African shares and securities for a portfolio of foreign shares and securities.

Balance of payments		A summary statement of all the international transactions of the residents of a country with the rest of the world over a particular period of time.

Baseline		The initial allocations used during the budget process, derived from the previous year’s forward estimates.

Bond		A certificate of debt issued by a government or corporation guaranteeing payment of the original investment plus interest by a specified future date.

Bond premium		Amount by which the purchase price of a bond is greater than its par value.

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Bond spread		The difference in yield between two bonds.

Budget balance		The difference between budgeted expenditure and budgeted revenue. If expenditure exceeds revenue the budget is in deficit or, if the reverse is true, it is in surplus.

Capital asset		Property of any kind, including assets that are movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, fixed or circulating, but excluding trading stock held for the purpose of realising a financial or economic return.

Capital expenditure		Expenditure on assets such as buildings, land, infrastructure and equipment.

Capital formation		A measure of the net increase in the country’s total stock of capital goods, after allowing for depreciation.

Capital gains tax		Tax levied on the income realised from the disposal of a capital asset by a taxpayer. A capital gain is the excess of the selling price over the purchase price of the capital asset.

Capital goods		Durable goods used over a period of time for the production of other goods. See also intermediate goods.

Capital flow		A flow of investments in and out of the country.

Capital-output ratio		The amount of units of capital employed to produce a certain level of output.

Carbon tax		An environmental tax on emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2).

Category A, B and C municipalities		The Constitution establishes three categories of municipality: Category A, or metropolitan municipalities; Category B, or local municipalities; and Category C, or district municipalities.

Collective bargaining		Negotiations between employees and employers on procedures and rules to cover conditions of work and rates of pay.

Conditional grants		Allocations of money from one sphere of government to another, conditional on certain services being delivered or on compliance with specified requirements.

Consolidated government expenditure		Total expenditure by national and provincial government, social security funds and selected public entities, including transfers and subsidies to municipalities, businesses and other entities.

Consolidated general government		National, provincial and local government, as well as extra-budgetary government institutions and social security funds.

Consumer price index (CPI)		The measure of inflation based on prices in a basket of goods and services.

Consumption expenditure		Expenditure on goods and services, including salaries, which are used up within a short period of time, usually a year.

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Contingency reserve		An amount set aside, but not allocated in advance, to accommodate changes to the economic environment and to meet unforeseeable spending pressures.

Contingent liabilities		A government obligation that will only result in expenditure upon the occurrence of a specific event – such as a government guarantee.

Controlled foreign entity		A foreign business in which South Africans hold a greater than 50 per cent interest, usually of the share capital of a company.

Corporatisation		The transformation of state-owned enterprises into commercial entities, subject to commercial legal requirements and governance structures, while retaining state ownership.

Cost-push inflation		Inflation that is caused by an increase in production costs, such as wages or oil prices.

Countercyclical fiscal policy		Policy that has the opposite effect on economic activity to that caused by the business cycle, such as slowing spending growth in a boom period and accelerating spending in a recession.

Coupon (bond)		The periodic interest payment made to bondholders during the life of the bond. The interest is usually paid twice a year.

Credit rating		An indicator of the risk of default by a borrower or the riskiness of a financial instrument.

Crowding-in		Increase of private investment through the income-raising effect of government spending financed by deficits.

Crowding-out		A fall in private investment or consumption as a result of increased government expenditure financed through borrowing, thereby competing for loanable funds and raising the interest rate, which curtails private investment and consumption spending.

Current account (of the balance of payments)		The difference between total imports and total exports, also taking into account service payments and receipts, interest, dividends and transfers. The current account can be in deficit or surplus. See also trade balance.

Current expenditure		Government expenditure on goods and services, such as salaries, rent, maintenance and interest payments. See also consumption expenditure.

Customs duties		Tax levied on imported goods.

Debt service costs		The cost of interest on government debt and other costs directly associated with borrowing.

Debt switching		The exchange of bonds to manage refinancing risk or improve tradability.

Deleveraging		The reduction of debt previously used to increase the potential return of an investment.

Depreciation (capital)		A reduction in the value of fixed capital as a result of wear and tear or redundancy.

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Depreciation (exchange rate)		A reduction in the external value of a currency.

Derivative financial instrument		A financial asset that derives its value from an underlying asset, which may be a physical asset such as gold, or a financial asset such as a government bond.

Designated countries		Foreign countries from which income may be exempt from South African tax under certain circumstances. See also double tax agreement.

Development finance institutions (DFIs)		State agencies that aim to meet the credit needs of riskier but socially and economically desirable projects that are beyond the acceptance limits of commercial banks.

Direct taxes		Taxes charged on taxable income or capital of individuals and legal entities.

Disposable income		Total income by households less all taxes and employee contributions.

Dissaving		An excess of current expenditure, including the depreciation of fixed capital, over current income.

Division of revenue		The allocation of funds between spheres of government, as required by the Constitution. See also equitable share.

Domestic demand		The total level of spending in an economy, including imports but excluding exports.

Double tax agreement		An agreement between two countries to prevent income that is taxed in one country from being taxed in the other as well. See also designated countries.

Economic growth		An increase in the total amount of output, income and spending in the economy.

Economically active population		The part of the population that is of working age and is either employed or seeking work.

Economic cost		The cost of an alternative that must be forgone to pursue a certain action. Put another way, the benefits that could have been received by taking an alternative action.

Economic rents		The difference between the return made by a factor of production (capital or labour) and the return necessary to keep the factor in its current occupation. For example: a firm making excess profits is earning economic rent.

Effective tax rate		Actual tax liability (or a reasonable estimate thereof) expressed as a percentage of a pre-tax income base rather than as a percentage of taxable income, i.e. tax rates that take into account not only the statutory or nominal tax rate, but also other aspects of the tax system (e.g. allowable deductions), which determine the tax liability.

Emerging economies		A name given by international investors to middle–income economies.

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Employment coefficient		The ratio of employment growth to economic growth.

Equalisation Fund levy		A dedicated fuel levy used to subsidise the local synthetic fuel industry. It is also used to smooth the impact of fluctuations in the international oil price (and exchange rate) on the domestic fuel price.

Equity finance		Raising money by selling shares of stock to investors, who receive an ownership interest in return.

Equitable share		The allocation of revenue to the national, provincial and local spheres of government as required by the Constitution. See also division of revenue.

Exchange control		Rules that regulate the flow of currency out of South Africa, or restrict the amount of foreign assets held by South African individuals and companies.

Excise duties		Taxes on the manufacture or sale of certain domestic or imported products. Excise duties are usually charged on products such as alcoholic beverages, tobacco and petroleum.

Extra-budgetary institutions		Public entities not directly funded from the fiscus.

Extraordinary payments		Payments, excluding departmental appropriated payments, that are not expected to recur frequently.

Extraordinary receipts		Receipts, other than departmental receipts, that are not expected to recur frequently.

Financial account		A statement of all financial transactions between the nation and the rest of the world, including portfolio and fixed investment flows and movements in foreign reserves.

Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC)		An independent body established by the Constitution to make recommendations to Parliament and provincial legislatures about financial issues affecting the three spheres of government.

Financial Services Board		An independent institution established by statute that regulates insurers, intermediaries, retirement funds, friendly societies, unit trust schemes, management companies and financial markets.

Financial Stability Board		An international body made up of representatives of financial authorities and institutions, and central banks. It proposes regulatory, supervisory and other policies in the interest of financial stability.

Financial year		The 12 months according to which companies and organisations budget and account. See also fiscal year.

Fiscal incidence		The combined overall economic impact that fiscal policy has on the economy.

Fiscal policy		Policy on taxation, public spending and borrowing by the government.

Fiscal year		The 12 months on which government budgets are based, beginning 1 April and ending 31 March of the subsequent calendar year.

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Fiscal space		The ability of government’s budget to provide additional resources for a desired programme without jeopardising fiscal or debt sustainability.

Fixed income bond		A bond that pays a specific interest rate.

Fixed investment/capital formation		Spending on buildings, machinery and equipment contributing to production capacity in the economy. See also gross fixed capital formation.

Floating rate notes		A bond on which the interest rate is reset periodically in line with a money market reference rate.

Foreign currency swaps		The exchange of principal and/or interest payments in one currency for those in another.

Foreign direct investment (FDI)		The acquisition of a controlling interest by governments, institutions or individuals of a business in another country.

Forward book		The total amount of contracts for the future exchange of foreign currency entered into by the Reserve Bank at any given point in time.

Forward cover		Transactions involving an agreed exchange rate at which foreign currency will be purchased or sold at a future date.

Forward markets		Markets in which currencies, commodities or securities are bought and sold at agreed prices for delivery at specified future dates.

Fuel levy		An excise tax on liquid fuels.

Function shift		The movement of a function from one departmental vote or sphere of government to another.

Funded pension arrangements		A pension scheme in which expected future benefits are funded in advance and as entitlement accrues.

GDP inflation		A measure of the total increase in prices in the whole economy. Unlike CPI inflation, GDP inflation includes price increases in goods that are exported and intermediate goods such as machines, but excludes imported goods.

Gold and foreign exchange reserve account		Reserves held by the South African Reserve Bank to meet foreign exchange obligations and to maintain liquidity in the presence of external shocks.

Government debt		The total amount of money owed by the government as a consequence of its borrowing in the past.

Gross borrowing requirement		The sum of the main budget balance, extraordinary receipts and payments, and maturing debt. The amount is funded through domestic short- and long-term loans, foreign loans and changes in cash balances.

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Gross domestic product (GDP)		A measure of the total national output, income and expenditure in the economy. GDP per head is the simplest overall measure of welfare, although it does not take account of the distribution of income, nor of goods and services that are produced outside the market economy, such as work within the household.

Gross fixed capital formation		The addition to a country’s fixed capital stock during a specific period,before provision for depreciation.

Hedging		An action taken by a buyer or seller to protect income against changes in prices, interest rates or exchange rates.

Horizontal equity		A principle in taxation that holds that similarly situated taxpayers should face a similar tax treatment or tax burden, i.e. taxpayers with the same amount of income or capital should be accorded equal treatment.

Import parity pricing		When a firm sells goods locally at the price that customers would pay if they were to import the same goods from another country.

Inclusion rate		The portion of the net capital gain derived from the disposal of an asset that will be taxed at the applicable rate.

Inflation		An increase in the general level of prices.

Inflation targeting		A monetary policy framework intended to achieve price stability over a certain period of time. The Reserve Bank and government agree on a target range to be achieved over a stipulated period.

Intermediate goods		Goods produced to be used as inputs in the production of final goods.

Inventories		Stocks of goods held by firms. An increase in inventories reflects an excess of output relative to spending over a period.

Labour intensity		The relative amount of labour used to produce a unit of output.

Liquidity		The ease with which assets can be bought and sold.

Liquidity requirements		The amount of liquid or freely convertible assets that banks are required to hold relative to their liabilities, for prudential and regulatory purposes.

M3		The broadest definition of money supply in South Africa, including notes and coins, demand and fixed deposits, and credit.

Macroeconomics		The branch of economics that deals with the whole economy – including issues such as growth, inflation, unemployment and the balance of payments.

Marginal lending rate		A penalty rate of interest charged by the Reserve Bank for lending to financial institutions in the money market in excess of the daily liquidity provided to the money market at the repurchase rate. See also repurchase agreements.

Marginal income tax rate		The rate of tax on an incremental unit of income.

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Marketable securities		Tradeable financial securities listed with a securities exchange.

Medium Term Expenditure Committee (MTEC)		The technical committee responsible for evaluating the MTEF budget submissions of national departments and making recommendations to the Minister of Finance regarding allocations to national departments.

Medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF)		The three-year spending plans of national and provincial governments, published at the time of the Budget.

Microeconomics		The branch of economics that deals with the behaviour of individual firms, consumers and sectors.

Ministers’ Committee on the Budget		The political committee that considers key policy and budgetary issues that pertain to the budget process before they are tabled in Cabinet.

MinMEC		A political forum where national and provincial departments in the same sector discuss policy issues. It consists of the national minister and the nine provincial ministers, supported by key departmental officials.

Monetary policy		Policy concerning total money supply, exchange rates and the general level of interest rates.

Money supply		The total stock of money in an economy.

National budget		The projected revenue and expenditures that flow through the National Revenue Fund. It does not include spending by provinces or local government from their own revenues.

National Revenue Fund		The consolidated account of the national government into which all taxes, fees and charges collected by SARS and departmental revenue must be paid.

Negotiable certificate of deposit (NCD)		Short-term deposit instruments issued by banks, at a variable interest rate, for a fixed period.

Net borrowing requirement		The sum of the main budget balance, extraordinary receipts and extraordinary payments. Deficits increase the borrowing requirement; surpluses reduce the requirement, leading to a negative requirement.

Net exports		Exports less imports.

Net open foreign currency position (NOFP)		Gold and foreign exchange reserves minus oversold forward book. The figure is expressed in dollars.

Nominal exchange rates		The current rate of exchange between the rand and foreign currencies. The “effective” exchange rate is a trade–weighted average of the rates of exchange with other currencies.

Nominal wage		The return, or wage, to employees at the current price level.

Non-financial public enterprises		Government-owned or controlled organisations that deliver goods and non-financial services, trading as business enterprises, such as Eskom or Transnet.

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Non-interest expenditure		Total expenditure by government less debt service costs.

Non-tax revenue		Income received by the government as a result of administrative charges, licences, fees, sales of goods and services, etc.

Occupation-specific salary dispensation		Revised salary structures unique to identified occupations in the public service, including doctors, nurses and teachers.

Opportunity cost		The value of that which must be given up to achieve or acquire something. It is represented by the next highest valued alternative use of a resource.

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)		An organisation of 30 mainly industrialised member countries. South Africa is not a member.

Outputs		Goods and services delivered by government.

Personal saving rate		Saving as a percentage of disposable income.

Portfolio investment		Investment in financial assets such as stocks and bonds.

Policy reserve		Additional money in the fiscus to fund new and crucial priorities.

Price discovery		The process of determining the price level of a commodity or asset based on supply and demand factors.

Primary deficit/surplus		The difference between total revenue and non-interest expenditure. When revenue exceeds non-interest expenditure there is a surplus.

Primary sector		The agricultural and mining sectors of the economy.

Private sector credit extension		Credit provided to the private sector. This includes all loans, credit cards and leases.

Privatisation		The full or partial sale of state-owned enterprises to private individuals or companies.

Producer price inflation (PPI)		Price increases measured by the producer price index – a measure of the prices paid based mainly on producers’ published price lists.

Productivity		A measure of the amount of output generated from every unit of input. Typically used to measure changes in labour efficiency.

Public entities		Companies, agencies, funds and accounts that are fully or partly owned by government or public authorities and are regulated by law.

Public-benefit organisations (PBOs)		Organisations that are mainly funded by donations from the public and other institutions, which engage in social activities meeting the needs of the general public.

Public goods		Goods and services that would not be fully provided in a pure free-market system (e.g. defence), and are largely provided by government.

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Public Investment Corporation (PIC)		A government-owned investment management company that invests funds on behalf of public-sector entities. Its largest client is the Government Employees Pension Fund.

Public-private partnerships (PPPs)		A contractual arrangement whereby a private party performs part of a government function and assumes the associated risks. In return, the private party receives a fee according to predefined performance criteria.

Public sector		National government, provincial government, local government, extra– budgetary governmental institutions, social security funds and non-financial public enterprises.

Public sector borrowing requirement (PSBR)		The consolidated cash borrowing requirement of general government and non-financial public enterprises.

Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)		A composite index measuring the change in manufacturing activity compared with the previous month. An index value of 50 indicates no change in the activity, a value above 50 indicates increased activity and a value below 50 indicates decreased activity.

Quantitative easing		A measure used to stimulate economic growth when interest rates are near zero. A central bank creates money and purchases long-term government bonds or financial assets. As a result, money supply increases and yields on the targeted financial assets fall, helping to stimulate credit extension.

Rating agency		Companies that evaluate the ability of countries or other borrowers to honour their debt obligations. Credit ratings are used by international investors as indications of sovereign risk. See also credit rating.

Real effective exchange rate		A measure of the rate of exchange of the rand relative to a trade-weighted average of South Africa’s trading partners’ currencies, adjusted for price trends in South Africa and the countries included.

Real exchange rate		The level of the exchange rate taking account of inflation differences.

Real expenditure		Expenditure measured in constant prices, i.e. after taking account of inflation.

Real wage		The return, or wage, to employees, measured at a constant price level.

Recession		A period in which national output and income decline. A recession is usually defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth.

Regional integration		An economic policy intended to boost economic activity in a geographical area extending beyond one country.

Remuneration		The costs of personnel including salaries, housing allowances, car allowances and other benefits received by personnel.

Repurchase (repo) rate		The rate at which the Reserve Bank lends to commercial banks.

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Repurchase agreements		Short-term contracts between the Reserve Bank and private banks in the money market to sell specified amounts of money at an interest rate determined by daily auction.

Reserves (foreign exchange)		Holdings of foreign exchange, either by the Reserve Bank only or by the Reserve Bank and domestic banking institutions.

Residence-based income tax system		A tax system in which the worldwide income accruing to a resident of a country is subject to the taxes of that country.

Revaluation gain/loss		The difference between the value of a foreign currency deposit from original (historic) rate to execution of a trade based on the spot rate.

Saving		The difference between income and spending.

Seasonally adjusted and annualised		The process of removing the seasonal volatility (monthly or quarterly) from a time series. This provides a measure of the underlying trend in the data.

Secondary rebate		A rebate from income tax, in addition to the primary rebate, that is available to taxpayers aged 65 years and older.

Secondary sector		The part of the economy concerned with the manufacture of goods.

Secondary tax on companies (STC)		Tax on dividends declared by a company, calculated at the rate of 10 per cent of the net amount of dividends declared.

Section 21 company		Non-profit entities registered in terms of Section 21 of the Companies Act.

Secured debt instruments		Debt backed or secured by collateral to reduce the risk of lending.

Service and transfer payments		Services involve transactions of non-tangible commodities, while transfers are unrequited transactions that do not generate a counter-economic value (e.g. gifts and grants).

Sector Education and Training Authorities		Institutions funded through employer training levies, responsible for learnership programmes and implementing strategic sector skills plans.

Skills development levy		A payroll tax designed to finance training initiatives, in terms of the skills development strategy.

Source-based income tax system		A system in which income is taxed in the country where the income originates.

Southern African Customs Union (SACU) agreement		An agreement that allows for the unrestricted flow of goods and services, and the sharing of customs and excise revenue, between South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.

Southern African Development Community (SADC)		A regional governmental organisation that promotes collaboration, economic integration and technical cooperation throughout Southern Africa.

Sovereign debt rating		An assessment of the likelihood that a government will default on its debt obligations.

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Specific excise duty		A tax on each unit of output or sale of a good, unrelated to the value of a good.

Standing appropriations		Government’s expenditure obligations that do not require a vote or statutory provision, including contractual guarantee commitments and international agreements.

Statutory appropriations		Amounts appropriated to be spent in terms of statutes and not requiring appropriation by vote.

Sterilisation		Action taken by the Reserve Bank to neutralise excess cash created in the money market when purchasing foreign currency.

Structural budget balance		A representation of what government revenue and expenditure would be if output were at its potential level, with cyclical variations stripped out.

Switch auction		Auctions to exchange bonds to manage refinancing risk or improve tradability.

Syndicated loan		A large loan in which a group of banks work together to provide funds which they solicit from their clients for the borrower.

Tax amnesty		A period allowed by tax authorities during which taxpayers who are outside the tax net, but should be registered for tax purposes, can register for tax without incurring penalties.

Tax avoidance		When individuals or businesses legitimately use provisions in the tax law to reduce their tax liability.

Tax base		The aggregate value of income, sales or transactions on which particular taxes are levied.

Tax evasion		When individuals or businesses illegally reduce their tax liability.

Tax gap		A measure of tax evasion that emerges from comparing the tax liability or tax base declared to the tax authorities with the tax liability or tax base calculated from other sources.

Tax incentives		Specific provisions in the tax code that provide favourable tax treatment to individuals and businesses to encourage specific behaviour or activities.

Tax incidence		The final distribution of the burden of tax. Statutory incidence defines where the law requires a tax to be levied. Economic incidence refers to those who experience a decrease in real income as a result of the imposition of a tax.

Tax loopholes		Unintended weaknesses in the legal provisions of the tax system used by taxpayers to avoid paying tax liability.

Tax-to-GDP ratio		For public finance comparison purposes, a country’s tax burden, or tax-to-GDP ratio, is computed by taking the total tax payments for a particular fiscal year as a fraction or percentage of the GDP for that year.

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Terms of trade		An index measuring the ratio of a country’s export prices relative to its import prices.

Tertiary sector		The part of the economy concerned with the provision of services.

Total factor productivity (TFP)		An index used to measure the efficiency of all inputs that contribute to the production process. Increases in TFP are usually attributable to technological improvements.

Trade balance		The monetary record of a country’s net imports and exports of physical merchandise. See also current account.

Trade regime		The system of tariffs, quotas and quantitative restrictions applied to protect domestic industries, together with subsidies and incentives used to promote international trade.

Trade-weighted rand		The value of the rand pegged to or expressed relative to a market basket of selected foreign currencies.

Trademark		A legal right pointing distinctly to the origin or ownership of merchandise to which it is applied and legally reserved for the exclusive use of the owner as maker or seller.

Treasury committee		The Cabinet committee that evaluates all requests for additional funds for unavoidable and unforeseen expenditure during a financial year.

Trend GDP growth		The theoretical level of GDP growth determined by the full utilisation of all factors of production (land, labour and capital). Growth above the trend rate results in macroeconomic imbalances such as rising inflation or a weakening of the current account. Increases in trend GDP growth are achieved through capital formation, growth in employment and/or technological development.

Unallocated reserves		Potential expenditure provision not allocated to a particular use. It mainly consists of the contingency reserve and amounts of money left unallocated by provinces.

Unemployment (broad definition)		All those of working age that are unemployed, including those actively seeking employment and discouraged workers.

Unemployment (official definition)		Those of working age, that are unemployed and actively seeking work opportunities (excludes discouraged work seekers).

Unit labour cost		The cost of labour per unit of output, calculated by dividing average wages by productivity (output per worker per hour).

Unsecured debt instruments		Debt not backed or secured by collateral to reduce the risk of lending.

User charge		Payments made in exchange for direct benefits accrued, e.g. road toll fees.

Vertical division		The division of revenue between spheres of government.

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		schools. The programme will be completed over three years, after which the grant will be discontinued.

•		In response to the different operational and funding needs of large cities, small towns and rural areas, government is making progressive improvements to local government conditional grants. The introduction of the urban settlements development grant, created by merging the municipal infrastructure grant for cities and a portion of the human settlements development grant, is a step forward in this process. It will allow the eight metropolitan municipalities to take a more integrated approach to upgrading urban informal settlements.

	•		Annexure W1: Explanatory memorandum to the division of revenue

	•		Annexure W2: Structure of the government accounts


Vertical equity		A doctrine in taxation that holds that differently situated taxpayers should be treated differently in terms of income tax provisions – i.e. taxpayers with more income and/or capital should pay more tax.

Virement		The transfer of resources from one programme to another within the same department during a financial year.

Vote		An appropriation voted by Parliament.

Withholding tax		Tax on income deducted at source. Withholding taxes are widely used in respect of dividends, interest and royalties.

Yield		A financial return or interest paid to buyers of government bonds. The yield/rate of return on bonds takes into account the total of annual interest payments, the purchase price, the redemption value and the amount of time remaining until maturity.

Yield curve		A graph showing the relationship between the yield on bonds of the same credit quality but different maturity at a given point in time.