Net change in the stock of cash from the national and provincial extra-budgetary accounts and funds amounted to R18 077 million for the 2019/2020 fiscal year.

This statistical release pr.ovides information on the sources and uses of cash of extra-budgetary accounts and funds for the fiscal years 2018/2019 and 2019/2020, classified economically and functionally. The net change in the stock of cash from the national and provincial extra-budgetary accounts and funds amounted to R18 077 million for the 2019/2020 fiscal year.

Major influences

The major contributors to the amount of R18 077 million of net change in the stock of cash of extra-budgetary accounts and funds for the fiscal year 2019/2020 are the cash receipts from operating activities, R307 847 million and the expense cash outflows amounted to R251 754 million, resulting in a net cash inflow from operating activities of R56 093 million for the 2019/2020 fiscal year ending 31 March 2020. The net cash outflow from transactions in non-financial assets amounted to R16 746 million for the 2019/2020 fiscal year. The cash surplus for 2019/2020 was R39 347 million. The net acquisition of financial assets other than cash amounted to a cash outflow of R20 988 million for the 2019/2020 fiscal year. The net incurrence of liabilities amounted to cash outflow of R282 million, resulting in a net cash outflow of R21 270 million from financing activities for the 2019/2020 fiscal year. The total net change in the stock of cash for extra-budgetary accounts and funds amounted to R18 077 million (See Table A, p.5 of the statistical release).

The largest contributor to the total cash payments for operating activities and purchases of non-financial assets (functionally classified) of R269 148 million from the national and provincial extra-budgetary accounts and funds for the 2019/2020 fiscal year was social protection (R75 323 million, or 28,0%); followed by economic affairs (R64 275 or 23,9%); general public services (R47 553 million or 17,7%); education (R35 463 or 13,2%); housing and community amenities (R15 525 million or 5,8%); health (R11 061 million or 4,1%); recreation, culture and religion (R7 049 million or 2,6%); environmental protection (R5 960 million or 2,2%) and public order and safety (R5 173 million or 1,9%) and defence (R1 631 million or 0,6%). (See Table C, p. 10 and Figure 2, p. 11 of the statistical release).