Net change in the stock of cash from the provincial revenue funds and donor funds amounted to a cash deficit of R4 498 million for the 2009/2010 fiscal year.

This statistical release provides information on the sources and uses of cash of provincial government for the fiscal years 2008/2009 and 2009/2010, classified economically and functionally. The net change in the stock of cash from the provincial revenue funds and donor funds amounted to a cash deficit of R4 498 million for the 2009/2010 fiscal year. The amount has decreased from the R8 758 million cash deficit in 2008/2009.
     
Major Influences

The major contributors to the R4 498 million cash deficit of net change in the stock of cash of provincial government for the fiscal year 2009/2010 are the cash receipts from operating activities, R300 702 million, (2008/2009: R255 303 million); cash payments for operating activities, R283 853million, (2008/2009: R235 251 million); purchases of non-financial assets, R21 439 million, (2008/2009: R28 916 million); and sales of non-financial assets, R92 million, (2008/2009: R106 million).