1. Free State Department of Agriculture
3rd Quarterly Conditional Grants and Capital Expenditure Report for 2006/07
Free State Department of Agriculture
19 February 2007
Presented by Mr. MC Mokitlane

2. Index Overview of Conditional Grants for 2006/07
Allocated Conditional Grant Budget and Roll-over for 2006/07
Conditional Grant transfers for 2006/07
3rd Quarter Budget Variance Report
Monthly Grant Expenditure: 3rd Quarter 2006/07
Outstanding Commitments
CASP 2006/07: Progress

3. Index – Cont. LandCare 2006/07: Progress Constraints
Internal CAPEX: 3rd Quarter 2006/07
Monthly CAPEX: 3rd Quarter 2006/07
Monitoring Capacity
Reporting

4. Conditional Grants for 2006/07
Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP)
Land Care Programme (LC)
Disaster Management (DM) (To be funded from rollover funds)

5. 2006/07 Allocated Budget and Roll-Over Funds (R’000)
Grant
Allocated Budget
2005/06 Roll-Over
Adjustment to Budget
Total Available Budget
CASP
25 306 -
Land Care
3 115 9
785
3 909
Agricultural Disaster Management
6 672
TOTAL
28 421
6 681
35 887

6. 2006/07 Transfers and Proposed Transfers from National
Grant A M J S O N D F
CASP
2 531 -
8 857
5 061 LC
312
1 090
1408
TOTAL
2 843
9 947
6469

7. 2006/07 Budget and Expenditure up to Dec ’06
Grant
Budget
(R’000)
Expenditure (R’000)
% Budget Spent
(Over)/Under Expenditure (R’000)
CASP
25 306
14 062
55.6
11 244
Land Care
3 909
1 991
50.9
1 918
Agricultural Disaster Management
6 672
1 631
24.4
5 041
TOTAL
35 887
17 684
49.3
18 203

8. 2006/07 Monthly Grant Expenditure up to Dec‘06 (R’000)J S O N D F
Total
CASP
1 661
3 175
519
975
1050
670
515
2447
3050 -
14062 LC 4 6
216
177
433
154
824
1991
ADM 47
535
736
313
1631
TOTAL
1 708
3 179
525
1191
1227
1103
1428
2601
4187
17684

9. Outstanding Commitments
Unpaid commitments as on 31 December 2006:
CASP: R
Land Care: R
Disaster Management: R

10. 2006/07 CASP Physical Progress
Project Name
Project Status (%)
Expenditure
(until December ‘06)
Rand
Jacobsdal commonage 95
Bethany restitution 50
Boitumelo vineyard 44
Vukani-ma-afrika 4
56 453
Essential Oils
Hide processing & tannery: Kotoko 1
20 545
Riverside Farm
Mphatlalatsane Layers
7 944
Tikwe Farmers 11
30 647

11. 2006/07 CASP Physical Progress – Cont.
Project Name
Project Status (%)
Expenditure
(until December ‘06)
Rand
Boiteko Peanuts 18
36 430
Glenross Farm 25
47 632
Kamogelo Chickens
Tender
Multi-Layer Trading Cc 14
39 306
Qwaqwa Hydroponics Project 11
27 019
114 Farmers
Diyatalawa 62
Van Reenen& Swinburne LRAD 34
Heelgoed LRAD Farms 50
Thuloane Trust

12. 2006/07 CASP Physical Progress
Project Name
Project Status (%)
Expenditure
(until December ‘06) R’
Nyambose&Motsima Farming Cc 54
Seloane Farmers Project
Tender
Matlakeng Cc 50
Itumeleng Cc 32
69 297
Mashaeng
Maluti Dairy 24
Setsoto Dairy
Cancelled
15980
Pax Project
Itekeng Project 96

13. 2006/07 CASP Physical Progress – Cont.
Project Name
Project Status (%)
Expenditure
(until December ‘06) R’
Sasolburg Hydroponics 16
60 000
Parys Hydroponics
Tender
Bophela Ke Matla Medicinal Plant Nursery
Steynsrus Land Reform Projects 7
87 883
Metsimaholo CommPropertyTrust 61
Training: Beneficiaries Of Projects
Unallocated Expenditure
Varying
Oppermans Restitution Project

14. 2006/07 LandCare Physical Progress
Current Project
Progress (%)
On Schedule
Exp. to end Dec’06 (R)
Aasvoëlberg Junior LandCare 85 X
Enviro Charcoal project 55
Satansbos Research 60
88 839
Sehalahala Control 83
Eco Schools & Enviro Clubs 98
Bophelo ke Matla Medicinal Plants 40
85 825
General Awareness 65

15. Constraints – Grant Funding
Procurement and tender procedures (Learning curve)
Scarce Skills (Agric Engineers and Economists)
Departmental working capital
Group dynamics
Financing of agricultural inputs and mechanisation

16. (Over)/Under Expenditure
2006/07 Annual Capital Expenditure (excluding conditional grants) up to December ’06 (R’000)
Capital Assets
Budget
Expenditure
% Budget Spent
(Over)/Under Expenditure
Assets
1 612
1 322 82
290

17. 2006/07 Monthly Capital Expenditure up to December ‘06 (R’000) (Excl
2006/07 Monthly Capital Expenditure up to December ‘06 (R’000) (Excl. Grants)
Capital A M J S O N D F
Assets
475 95
188 47
(2) 33
102
241
143 -

18. Monitoring Capacity
The Department has developed sufficient capacity to monitor its projects, both financially and physically
An additional four staff members have been allocated to the Strategic Planning and Control Unit since January 2007
Systems and processes have been put in place to improve the efficiency and quality of information flow in the Department

19. Monthly Reporting
All DORA reports (financial and non-financial) are submitted to NDA on a monthly and quarterly basis
IRM reports are submitted to the Free State Treasury on a monthly basis
EPWP reports are submitted to Free State Department of Public Works on a monthly basis and to NDA on a quarterly basis

20. I Thank You!