madam deputy speaker honourable deputy president the two thousand eleven twelve budget provides for total expenditure of eight hundred and eighty nine billion rand which is nine point eight percent more than the revised estimate for the two thousand ten eleven financial year the funds for distribution among the various spheres of government will increase from eight hundred and eight billion rand to nine hundred and twenty six billion rand by the end of the medium term expenditure framework mtef period budgets will increase every year and the minister of finance is obliged to raise the necessary revenue to cover the proposed expenditure this is normally done by way of increased taxation or borrowings attracting interest