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Pulse - Provincial Capital Expenditure on Buildings and Other Fixed Structures 2024/25 (March 2025)

Western Cape Leads While Gauteng Falters in Provincial Infrastructure Spending

South Africa’s provinces collectively spent R29 billion on buildings and other fixed structures during the 2024/25 financial year, up 7.9% from the previous year despite a R1.5 billion underspend against budget. The Western Cape achieved the highest budget execution rate at nearly 100%, with a strong 18% rise in actual expenditure, while KwaZulu-Natal also improved spending despite a reduced budget. Conversely, Gauteng’s capital expenditure has deteriorated sharply since 2019, dropping from R10 billion to R3.5 billion (real terms), reflecting broader infrastructure decline and service delivery failures. Provinces like North West and Eastern Cape showed solid spending increases, but overall concerns remain around poor revenue collection, delayed payments, and declining infrastructure investment in key economic hubs.. read the review here (available to subscribers)

 

The full provincial dataset including actual and projected expenditure as at March 2025 on selected conditional grants including health and education infrastructure, human settlement development and provincial roads maintenance grants is available for download.

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