The
PSC’s budget for the financial year ending 31 March 2008 is divided into the
following three programmes, namely:
Programme
1: Administration
Purpose:
To manage, organise and provide administrative support to the Public Service
Commission (PSC) and the Office.
Programme
2: Investigations and Human Resources Reviews
Purpose:
To enable the PSC to improve labour relations and management, carry out audits
and investigations into public administration practices, promote
anti-corruption practices, and review the implementation of human resources
policies in the public service.
Programme
3: Monitoring and Evaluation
Purpose:
To establish a high standard of public service leadership, good governance and
improved service delivery through public participation.
In order to improve organisational
efficiency and performance, the budget of the PSC will be divided into the
following four programmes with effect from 1 April 2008:
–
Administration
–
Leadership
and Management Practices
–
Monitoring
and Evaluation
–
Integrity
and Anti-Corruption
SCoA Item |
Budget |
Actual YTD Feb 08 |
Percentage |
Estimate March 08 |
|
|
|
|
|
Compensation
of employees |
74
126 |
62
627 |
84% |
74
106 |
Goods
& Services |
32
079 |
31
051 |
97% |
31
130 |
Transfers
and subsidies |
32 |
32 |
100% |
32 |
Payment for capital assets |
1
927 |
1
675 |
87% |
1
219 |
Theft & Losses |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
108 164 |
95 405 |
88% |
106 507 |
As at 25 February 2008, overall expenditure was
at 88%.
Since 2005/06
financial year, the PSC’s budget allocation has increased by an annual average
of 10%. Savings/under spending for the 2005/06 and 2006/07 financial years was
1, 6% and 1%, respectively. Despite the limited financial resources, the PSC
has managed to fulfill its Constitutional mandate with vigor.
The
increase for the 2008/09 financial year was only 2,71%.
3. MTEF
ESTIMATES: 2008/09-2010/11
The table below
indicates that the expenditure estimates increase by an average 6,6% over the
MTEF period. The budget has been allocated according to the new structure with
4 programmes as reflected in the table below.
Programme |
2008/09 |
2009/10 |
2010/11 |
|
R’000 |
R’000 |
|
1. Administration |
56 487 |
60 768 |
65 406 |
2. Leadership and Management Practices |
14 649 |
16 051 |
17 872 |
3. Monitoring and Evaluation |
18 249 |
19 930 |
22 836 |
4. Integrity and
Anti-Corruption |
21 787 |
23 752 |
26 049 |
TOTAL |
111 172 |
120 501 |
132 163 |
Average
Annual Increase |
2,7% |
8,4% |
8,8% |
3. CONCLUSION
Since its
inception, the OPSC has increasingly managed to improve financial management
and budgetary control. The following are
worth noting:
§
Spending patterns have consistently improved from an
under-expenditure of 2.35 % in the 2001/2002 financial year to 0.99% in the
2006/2007 financial year.
§
The PSC has an exemplary audit history with unqualified
Audits being received for the past seven years.