IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Net change in the stock of cash from the national and provincial extra-budgetary accounts and funds amounted to R6 073 million for the 2018/2019 fiscal year.

This statistical release provides information on the sources and uses of cash of extra-budgetary accounts and funds for the fiscal years 2017/2018 and 2018/2019, classified economically and functionally. The net change in the stock of cash from the national and provincial extra-budgetary accounts and funds amounted to R6 073 million for the 2018/2019 fiscal year.

1.    Major influences

The major contributors to the amount of R6 073 million of net change in the stock of cash of extra-budgetary accounts and funds for the fiscal year 2018/2019 are the cash receipts from operating activities, R281 681 million and the expense cash outflows amounted to R232 628 million, resulting in a net cash inflow from operating activities of R49 053 million for the 2018/2019 fiscal year ending 31 March 2019. The net cash outflow from transactions in non-financial assets amounted to R19 315 million for the 2018/2019 fiscal year. The cash surplus for 2018/2019 was R29 738 million. The net acquisition of financial assets other than cash amounted to a cash outflow of R20 526 million for the 2018/2019 fiscal year. The net incurrence of liabilities amounted to cash outflow of R3 139 million, resulting in a net cash outflow of R23 665 million from financing activities for the 2018/2019 fiscal year. The total net change in the stock of cash for extra-budgetary accounts and funds amounted to R6 073 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 R252 462 million from the national and provincial extra-budgetary accounts and funds for the 2018/2019 fiscal year was social protection (R69 222 million, or 27,4%); followed by economic affairs (R64 151 or 25,4%); general public services (R47 169 million or 18,7%); education (R25 838 or 10,2%); housing and community amenities (R17 083 million or 6,8%); health (R9 906 million or 3,9%); recreation, culture and religion (R6 958 million or 2,8%); environmental protection (R5 746 million or 2,3%) and public order and safety (R4 898 million or 1,9%) and defence (R1 491 million or 0,6%);. (See Table C, p. 10 and Figure 2, p. 11 of the statistical release).