The Strategy Formulation to Confine the Escalating Wage Bill: A Case of Limpopo Provincial Government: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. LEGISLATIVE INSIGHTS 2.1 Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999) 2.2 Treasury Regulations 2.3 Public Service Regulations (Government Notice No. R.1 of 5 January 2001 as amended). 2.4 Public Service Act (RSA, 1994) and the Public Service Amendment Act (RSA, 2007) 3. LITERATURE REVIEW 3.1 The global analogy of the public sector wage bill. 3.2 The African countries’ experience with managing public sector wage bill 3.3 Contextualizing public sector wage bill in South Africa 4. LIMPOPO PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET ALLOCATION AND PERSONNEL SPENDING. 5. THEORETICAL ELUCIDATION. AJBM. 2025;12(1). doi:10.24203/gdyvgn69