The Free State MEC for Finance Gadija Brown on Wednesday 6 March tabled what could be her last budget speech as the Finance MEC. The Free State 2024/2025 budget speech was tabled at the Free State Legislature in Bloemfontein.
Once again, Education and Health Departments received a lion’s share of the budget.
Allocations per department were done as follows:
*Education: R17.895 billion
*Health: R13.717 billion
*Social Development: R1.305 billion
*Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and *Recreation: R641.789 million
*Public Works: R2.092 billion
*Community Safety, Roads and Transport: R3.606 billion.
*Agriculture and Rural Development: R829.092 million
*Human Settlements: R1.268 billion
*DESTEA: R2.058 billion
*Office of the Premier: R632.629 million
*COGHTA: R416.985 million
*Free State Treasury: R284.911 million
*Free State Legislature: R284.911 million
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