The table above shows the distribution of 2017/18 spending on cleaning and garden services for the national and provincial spheres. Also included are state-owned entities, excluding the public corporations and other off-budget entities. National departments spent R153.5 million on cleaning and R32.3 million on garden services, while provinces spent R767 million and R215.6 million, and the public entities R661.2 million and R175.3 million on these services respectively.
Total spent was R1.6 billion on cleaning and R423.3 million on garden services, which is about 0.1% and 0.03% of total consolidated government spending respectively.