The KwaZulu-Natal government will repurpose its budget and return R6.21bn to the national government for the 2020/21 financial year as part of its equitable contribution to the “extraordinary coronavirus budget” of R500bn injected into the economy.
"The national departments will contribute R100bn, while all nine provinces will contribute R30bn. This means that from the existing baselines, KZN has had to reprioritise its budget to fund the required programmes to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. Using the provincial equitable share formula, KwaZulu-Natal’s contribution to the R30bn is R6.21bn for the 2020/21 financial year," said premier Sihle Zikalalala.
identifying these funds and returning them to the national government towards the response package announced by Ramaphosa. He said the prioritisation process has taken"due care to exclude the departments of health and education, and to a limited extent the department of social development" as these three lead the government response to Covid-19.
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