Question NW791 to the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
30 April 2024 - NW791
Alexander, Ms W to ask the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
Considering that the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) opportunities act as a bridging measure for the unemployed and short-term income relief for the unemployed, what (a) has been the budget allocation for EPWP over the past 5 years since May 2019 and (b) total number of the EPWP opportunities have been created for each of the past 5 years since May 2019?
Reply:
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
Over the past 5 years since 01 April 2019 – 31 December 2023 (up to end of quarter 3), the budget allocated to the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) as per the budget captured by public bodies in the EPWP Reporting System is reflected in the table below
Table 1: Budget allocation in rands for the EPWP since 01 April 2019 – 31 December 2023
|
Financial Year |
Environment and Culture Sector |
Infrastructure Sector |
Non-State Sector Community Work Programme |
Non-State Sector Non Profit Organisations |
Social Sector |
Grand Total |
|
2019/2020 |
9 778 531 595,87 |
94 060 139 810,20 |
3 830 657 283,00 |
715 822 037,56 |
17 998 137 901,57 |
126 383 288 628,21 |
|
2020/2021 |
8 325 690 889,08 |
88 939 775 308,40 |
3 678 733 714,00 |
362 503 405,10 |
12 373 292 802,64 |
113 679 996 119,22 |
|
2021/2022 |
10 943 739 725,55 |
128 421 274 739,53 |
3 621 796 351,40 |
963 569 674,70 |
22 633 388 387,70 |
166 583 768 878,89 |
|
2022/2023 |
10 487 208 343,67 |
202 087 919 306,63 |
4 029 089 866,00 |
1 457 253 036,55 |
19 281 798 091,97 |
237 343 268 644,82 |
|
2023/2024 |
14 027 459 830,00 |
292 674 434 688,00 |
3 817 322 298,00 |
1 051 777 886,00 |
14 739 533 833,00 |
326 310 528 535,00 |
|
Grand Total |
53 562 630 384,17 |
806 183 543 852,77 |
18 977 599 512,40 |
4 550 926 039,91 |
87 026 151 016,88 |
970 300 850 806,13 |
a) The total number of the EPWP opportunities which have been created for each of the past 5 years since 01 April 2019 – 31 December 2023 are reflected as follows:
Table 2: Total number of EPWP opportunities created since 01 April 2019 – 31 December 2023
|
Financial year |
Work Opportunities |
|
2019/20 |
994 699 |
|
2020/21 |
938 688 |
|
2021/22 |
1 016 646 |
|
2022/23 |
990 686 |
|
2023/24 |
773 192 |
|
Total |
4 713 911 |