THEBE MABANGA
THE Gauteng provincial government is to spend an additional R5.9 billion over the next three years fighting COVID-19 and maintain spending on housing, health and infrastructure to revitalise the province’s economy, which has lost R80.9 billion and shed more than 600 000 jobs partly as a result of the pandemic.
This was revealed by the Gauteng MEC of Finance, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, who delivered the 2021/2022 Budget at the Gauteng Legislature on Thursday.
Beyond defeating COVID-19 pandemic and re-igniting the Gauteng economy, the government’s other priorities are recalibrating social policy and improving governance.
Ralehoko revealed that the Department of Health will receive R 2, 8 billion in once off allocations over the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), or the next three years.
R624 million will go towards boosting the purchase of medicines while R565 million will be allocated for the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Nkomo-Ralehoko reflected on the
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