ANNUAL REPORT 2014/15

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
VOTE 17
NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the year ended 31 March 2015
2014/15 2013/14
Note R’000 R’000
9. Cash and cash equivalents
Cash receipts 5 5
Cash on hand 32 23
306 6 139
Total 343 6 167
10. Prepayments and advances
Travel and subsistence 87 62
Prepayments 2 630 4 084
Advances paid 10.1 5 427 9 068
Total 8 144 13 214
10.1 Advances paid
National departments Annex 5A 5 427 9 068
Total 5 427 9 068
2014/15 2013/14
Less than
one year
One to
three
years
Older
than three
years Total Total
Note R’000 R’000 R’000 R’000 R’000
11. Receivables
Claims recoverable 11.1
Annex 3 218 533 332 51 912 270 777 212 931
Recoverable expenditure 11.2 697 342 302 1 341 878
Staff debt 11.3 568 264 6 838 699
Other debtors 11.4 1 378 57 436 434
Total 219 799 1 316 52 277 273 392 214 942
2014/15 2013/14
Note R’000 R’000
11.1 Claims recoverable 11
National departments 3 313 4 240
Provincial departments 51 548 51 560
Public entities 213 927 156 896
Private enterprises 1 629 235
Higher education institutions 35 -
325 -
Total 270 777 212 931
The increase in claims recoverable is due to claims in respect of March 2015 for services rendered
on behalf of the National Skills Fund and for the payments in respect of the NSF growth projects
for the 201415 nancial year and outstanding balances of the Gauteng Education Department that
were taken over from the former Department of Education. Claims in respect of March 2015 were
only issued in April 2015.
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