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Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999)NoticesStatement of National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowings2025 StatementsStatement of National Revenue, Expenditure and Borrowings as at 30 April 2025Notice No. 3258 of 2025 |
Notice No. 3258
30 May 2025
GG 52782
National Treasury
The statement of actual revenue, expenditure and borrowings with regard to the National Revenue Fund as at the end of April 2025/2026 fiscal year is hereby published in terms of section 32(1) of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999.
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Summary table of national revenue, expenditure and borrowing for the month ended 30 April 2025
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Table |
2025/26 |
2024/25 |
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Budget estimate |
April |
Year to date |
Preliminary outcome |
April |
Year to date |
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Revenue1 |
1 |
1 949 408 686
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104 472 229 |
104 472 229 |
1 807 360 085 |
90 597 196 |
90 597 196 |
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Expenditure1 |
2 |
2 310 729 739 |
169 102 618 |
169 102 618 |
2 144 100 680 |
168 644 389 |
168 644 389 |
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Appropriation by vote |
2 |
1 172 207 412 |
103 429 306 |
103 429 306 |
1 110 697 986 |
107 223 884 |
107 223 884 |
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Direct charges against the NRF |
2 |
1 114 810 583 |
65 673 312 |
65 673 312 |
1 033 402 694 |
61 420 505 |
61 420 505 |
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Debt-service costs |
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426 345 611 |
9 745 897 |
9 745 897 |
385 822 134 |
9 011 500 |
9 011 500 |
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Provincial equitable share |
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633 165 959 |
52 763 829 |
52 763 829 |
600 475 640 |
50 039 636 |
50 039 636 |
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General fuel levy sharing with metropolitan municipalities |
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16 849 080 |
- |
- |
16 126 608 |
- |
- |
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Public-sector-related pension, post-retirement medical and other benefits |
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7 900 704 |
624 874 |
624 874 |
- |
- |
- |
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Skill Levy and SETAs |
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26 005 953 |
2 133 704 |
2 133 704 |
24 137 413 |
1 973 797 |
1 973 797 |
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Other costs |
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4 543 276 |
405 008 |
405 008 |
6 840 899 |
395 572 |
395 572 |
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Provisional allocation not assigned to votes |
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18 711 744 |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
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Contingency reserve |
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5 000 000 |
- |
- |
- |
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Main budget balance |
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(361 321 053) |
(64 630 390) |
(64 630 390) |
(336 740 596) |
(78 047 193) |
(78 047 193) |
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Redemptions |
4 |
(171 705 154) |
(11 608 887) |
(11 608 887) |
(98 619 787) |
(10 517 846) |
(10 517 846) |
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Eskom debt-relief arrangement2 |
4 |
(80 223 000) |
- |
- |
(64 000 000) |
- |
- |
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GFECRA settlement (net)3 |
4 |
25 000 000 |
- |
- |
100 000 000 |
- |
- |
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Gross borrowing requirement |
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(588 249 207) |
(76 239 277) |
(76 239 277) |
(399 360 383) |
(88 565 039) |
(88 565 039) |
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Financing of the net borrowing requirement |
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Domestic short-term loans (net) |
3 |
37 162 000 |
4 605 882 |
4 605 882 |
39 508 235 |
41 087 495 |
41 087 495 |
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Domestic long-term loans (gross) |
3 |
343 300 000 |
37 042 642 |
37 042 642 |
347 744 297 |
26 043 960 |
26 043 960 |
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Foreign loans (gross) |
3 |
98 873 872 |
- |
- |
67 356 714 |
- |
- |
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Change in cash and other balances4 |
3 |
108 913 335 |
34 590 753 |
34 590 753 |
(55 248 864) |
21 433 584 |
21 433 584 |
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Total financing (gross) |
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588 249 207 |
76 239 277 |
76 239 277 |
399 360 383 |
88 565 039 |
88 565 039 |
| 1) | The GFECRA cash receipt and requisition of cash recorded in Table 4 is not included in revenue and expenditure as the budget position presents the net of the cash flows related to balance sheet transactions. These transactions are recorded as part of Changes of cash and other balances. |
| 2) | Loan advance by National Treasury to Eskom in terms of the Eskom Debt Relief Act, 2023 (Act No.7 of 2023). |
| 3) | The Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account Defrayal Amendment Act, Act No 27 of 2024 refers. In 2024/25, the Reserve Bank will pay R200 billion to government in partial settlement of the GFECRA balances. Of this amount government paid the Reserve Bank R100 billion towards the Reserve Banks contingency reserve requirements, as a direct charge against the National Revenue Fund. The balance of the GEFECRA receipt is recorded on the balance sheet as a reduction in the financing requirement of R100 billion. |
| 4) | A negative value indicates an increase in cash and other balances. A positive value indicates that cash is used to finance part of the borrowing requirement. |
