IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

The net change in the stock of cash from the national revenue fund and donor funds amounted to an increase of R10 587 million for the 2017/2018 fiscal year.

This statistical release provides information on the sources and uses of cash of national government for the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 fiscal years, classified economically and functionally. The total net change in the stock of cash from the national government and donor funds amounted to R10 587 million for the 2017/2018 fiscal year.

 Major influences

 The major contributors to the amount of R10 587 million from the net change in the stock of cash of national government for the fiscal year 2017/2018 are the cash receipts from operating activities, R1 238 127 million and the expense cash flow amounted to R1 446 674 million, resulting in a net cash outflow from operating activities of R208 547 million for the 2017/2018 fiscal year ending 31 March 2018. The net cash outflow from transactions in non-financial assets amounted to R15 096 million for the 2017/2018 fiscal year. The cash deficit for 2017/2018 was R223 643 million. The net acquisition of financial assets other than cash amounted to a cash outflow of R1 115 million for the 2017/2018 fiscal year. The net incurrence of liabilities amounted to R235 345 million, resulting in a net cash inflow of R234 230 million from financing activities for the 2017/2018 fiscal year. The total net change in the stock of cash for national government amounted to R10 587 million (see Table A, p. 6, Figure 1, p. 7 of the statistical release).

The largest contributor to the total cash payments for operating activities and purchases of non-financial assets of R1 461 955 million from the national government and donor funds for the 2017/2018 fiscal year was transfers of a general character between different levels of government (R509 232 million or 34,8%) (mainly to provincial governments to defray their expenditure on general government services), followed by social protection (R164 980 million or 11,3%), interest paid on public debt (R162 645 or 11,1%) and public order and safety (R131 209 million or 9,0%) and economic affairs (R131 117 million or 9,0%) (see Table C, p. 13, Figure 5, p. 14 of the statistical release).