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Eastern Cape Finance MEC, Pumulo Masualle, tabled a R1.2b rand adjustment budget in the Bhisho legislature on Tuesday.
He allocated a large chunk of the budget to the embattled departments of education and health which receive R137.6m and R115m respectively.
Masualle says part of the Health Department's budget will be spent to defray human resources accruals which have led to a strike by emergency services personnel.
He also allocated R176.7m for scholar transport and the recapitalisation of the state-owned Mayibuye Transport.
Masualle also gave the assurance that in crafting the so-called mini-budget, he made sure that "basic services remained a priority and that investment in infrastructure takes place."
The MEC also appealed to his colleagues in the executive and the legislature to "enforce reforms in their respective departments and implement the appropriate oversight on all allocations and service delivery programmes."
Meanwhile, the Democratic Alliance says it welcomes the additional funding for Health and Education.
DA leader in the Bhisho legislature, Bobby Stevenson, says "this will not be enough, as the health department will still overspend."
"Of deep concern is the decline in the equitable share over the next three financial years of R5.1b due to the province's weighted average decreasing, as a result of the new census figures," which he said will have "severe implications for service delivery."
Stevenson says while he agrees with MEC Masualle that under expenditure on conditional grants is criminal, "he did not spell out what action would be taken against officials responsible for this continued under expenditure."
"It's high time that the full weight of the Public Finance Management Act was brought to bear against those officials responsible for financial mismanagement. It is quite clear that the Easter Cape is standing on a fiscal cliff," he said.
