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In 2021/22 the Western Cape Provincial government received a total budget of just under R 72.35 billion with 74% (R54.445 billion) of that in the form of "equitable shares" from the national government budget, 18% (R13.53 billion) in the form of "conditional grants" from national government, 4% in "financing", 3% from the provinces own receipts ...
The Government of South Africa, or South African Government, is the national government of the Republic of South Africa, a parliamentary republic with a three-tier system of government and an independent judiciary, operating in a parliamentary system. Legislative authority is held by the Parliament of South Africa.
The executive branch of the national government of South Africa is divided into the cabinet and the civil service, as in the Westminster system. Public administration, the day-to-day implementation of legislation and policy, is managed by government departments (including state agencies with department status), which are usually headed by permanent civil servants with the title of director ...
The minister of finance is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa who is the political head of the National Treasury.The minister of finance is responsible for the financial management of government affairs, drawing up the budget, and developing economic policy (in cooperation with the minister of economic development and the minister of trade and industry).
A positive (+) number indicates that revenues exceeded expenditures (a budget surplus), while a negative (-) number indicates the reverse (a budget deficit). Normalizing the data, by dividing the budget balance by GDP, enables easy comparisons across countries and indicates whether a national government saves or borrows money.
In 2017, a whistleblower notified the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and US Department of Justice, alleging possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in awarding of a R1 billion (2015) (equivalent to R1.17 billion or US$88.54 million in 2018) [6] contract to the Oracle Corporation by National Treasury in 2015.
Second Jan Smuts government; South African Council for Educators Act, 2000; South African Human Rights Commission; South African identity card; South African Law Reform Commission; South African Local Government Association; South African National Lottery; South African Spatial Data Infrastructure; Special Investigating Unit
The Inkatha Freedom Party continued to hold seats in the government, as minority partners, until the elections of 2004. In 2014, Lynne Brown became the first openly LGBT person to serve as a cabinet minister in South Africa and Africa. [31] In 2019, president Cyril Ramaphosa appointed the first gender-balanced cabinet in South African history. [32]