IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

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 R54 173 million for the 2020/2021 fiscal year.

 The statistical release provides information on the sources and uses of cash of national government for the fiscal years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, 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 R54 173 million for the 2020/2021 fiscal year.

 Major influences

 The major contributors to a surplus of R54 173 million of net change in the stock of cash from the national government sector for the 2020/2021 fiscal year were the revenue cash flows from operating activities amounted to R1 290 031million and the expense cash flows amounted to R1 838 411 million, resulting in a net cash outflow from operating activities of R548 380 million for the 2020/2021 fiscal year ended 31 March 2021. The net cash outflow from transactions in non-financial assets amounted to R12 580 million for the 20202/2021 fiscal year. The net acquisition of financial assets other than cash amounted to a cash outflow of R251 million for the 2020/2021 fiscal year. The net incurrence of liabilities amounted to R615 384 million, resulting in a net cash inflow of R615 133 million from financing activities for the 2020/2021 fiscal year. The total net change in the stock of cash of the general government sector amounted to a surplus of R54 173 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 851 115 million from the national revenue fund and donor funds for the 2020/2021 fiscal year was transfers of a general character between different levels of government (R618 391 million or 33,4%) (mainly to provincial governments to defray their expenditure on general government services), followed by social protection (R234 910 million or 12,7%) interest paid on public debt (R232 596 million or 12,6%), economic affairs (R196 912 million or 10,6%) and public order and safety (R144 022 million or 7,8%).