He said provincial departments and entities should also explore alternative sources of funding to make up for the constrained revenue streams.
There were no plans for a loan and the annual budget would source the money from three revenue streams.
“Every year we do a budget and there are streams [of revenue]. The first stream is called the equitable share — which is money that goes to provinces from the national government, based on set criteria. The second is conditional grants for roads or building houses — there are grants meant for that. Then there is our own revenue, which is money we raise.
“When we do the budget we allocate where the money goes, we assess the shortfalls and look at what is urgent. We didn’t borrow money and we won’t borrow money,” he said.
Regarding people who paid their e-toll bills in the past, Maile said they would not be refunded as the payments were made lawfully.
“When people were paying for e-tolls it was legal as they were using the service. They will not be paid back because it was not illegal and their money was not collected illegally.”
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