Reg flags raised as MEC announces yet more budget cuts
By Silindile Nyathikazi, Mphathi Nxumalo
Mar 10, 2021
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Durban - THE Department of Education will receive the biggest portion of this year’s provincial budget, with the allocation set at R53.2 billion.
The second largest portion – R48.4bn – of the province’s public purse will go to the Department of Health. During her budget speech delivered yesterday, Finance MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube said she would ensure that the new Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme Memorial Hospital was operational within this new financial year .
The Department of Transport, which underspent on its 2019/20 capital budget, will receive R11.6bn, the third largest allocation.