Budget Analysis

The 2019 National Budget introduced new funding mechanisms to channel funding to municipalities for the provision of basic services to and the upgrading of informal settlements.

Asivikelane conducted an analysis of the 2017/18 City of Cape Town budget to identify spending on informal settlement settlements.

Financing the upgrading of informal settlements in South Africa is complex. However, understanding how this process works is very important because it enables civil society and local residents to engage with all three levels of government on the funding of informal settlement upgrading.

This budget brief describes how four South African metropolitan municipalities — Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, the City of Cape Town, the City of Ekurhuleni, and the City of Johannesburg — finance the upgrading of informal settlements.

This paper has been prepared for the International Budget Partnership (IBP) following discussions on questions that were put forward by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the public basic education space about what budget and expenditure information is available on the public basic (school) education function in South Africa. This document provides responses to specific information requests put forward by different CSOs, indicating where information can be found (where publicly available) or who in government is likely to be able to provide the information. If the information is not available, suggestions are made as to what might be done to improve the collection of expenditure data so that the information would become available in future.

This paper has been prepared for the International Budget Partnership (IBP) following discussions on questions that were put forward by Civil Society Organisations in the public basic education space about what budget and expenditure information is available on the public basic (school) education function in South Africa.

This brief looks at education budgets. It first presents and describes a set of key indicators. It then describes the structure of provincial budgets and source of funds. This is followed by discussion on budgeting for the foundation years, teachers, teaching and learning support materials, Grade R, and infrastructure

This brief looks at social developments budgets. It first presents and describes a set of key indicators. It then discusses how much provinces allocate for children’s services, and budgeting for prevention and early intervention services, early child development services, non-profit organisations that deliver children’s services, and child grants.

This brief presents the macro picture of the 2016 government budget and its likely impact on children.