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Key findings: P9119.3 - Financial statistics of national government, 2020

The net change in the stock of cash of the national government from the national revenue fund and donor funds amounted to a surplus of R3 318 million for the 2019/2020 fiscal year.


The statistical release provides information on the sources and uses of cash of national government for the fiscal years 2018/2019 and 2019/2020, classified economically and functionally. The net change in the stock of cash of the national government from the national revenue fund and donor funds amounted to a surplus of R3 318 million for the 2019/2020 fiscal year.


Major influences


The major contributors to a deficit of surplus of R3 318 million of net change in the stock of cash from the national government sector for the 2019/2020 fiscal year were the revenue cash flows from operating activities amounted to R1 385 193 million and the expense cash flows amounted to R1 729 325 million, resulting in a net cash outflow from operating activities of R344 132 million for the 2019/2020 fiscal year ended 31 March 2020. The net cash outflow from transactions in non-financial assets amounted to R13 357 million for the 2019/2020 fiscal year. The net acquisition of financial assets other than cash amounted to a cash outflow of R629 million for the 2019/2020 fiscal year. The net incurrence of liabilities amounted to R361 436 million, resulting in a net cash inflow of R360 807 million from financing activities for the 2019/2020 fiscal year. The total net change in the stock of cash of the general government sector amounted to a surplus of R3 318 million (see Table A, p. 4).

The largest contributor to the total cash payments for operating activities and purchases of non-financial assets of R1 742 803 million from the national revenue fund and donor funds for the 2019/2020 fiscal year was transfers of a general character between different levels of government (R584 881 million or 33,6%) (mainly to provincial governments to defray their expenditure on general government services), followed by social protection (R205 648 million or 11,8%) interest paid on public debt (R204 769 million or 11,7%), economic affairs (R188 110 million or 10,8%) and public order and safety (R145 443 million or 8,3%).




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