NOTES TO THE GROUP ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS l NOTE 3.1.1

3. Financial instruments and financial risks
3.1.1 Loans receivable

Loans and receivables
Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. These assets are included in current assets, except for maturities greater than 12 months after the statement of financial position date, which are classified as non-current assets.


  2016 
R’000 
  2015 
R’000 
 
Interest-free loans  53 189     41 041    
Interest-bearing loans receivable  50 938     33 261    
   104 127     74 302    
Less: Amounts included in current portion of loans receivable  (98 217)    (44 569)   
   5 910     29 733    

All loans receivable are unsecured and repayable within five years. Interest-bearing loans bear interest at a range of between prime and prime plus 4%.

The loans receivable are neither past due nor impaired with a low risk of default. Of this amount, R47 million (2015: R19 million) relates to loans receivable from related parties, of which R21 million (2015: R19 million) is interest free. Refer to note 8.

The Group considers its maximum exposure in respect of loans receivable, without taking into account any collateral and financial guarantees, to be as follows:

  2016
R’000
  2015
R’000
 
Group 1 5 427   —  
Group 2 98 340   74 083  
Group 3 360   219  
  104 127   74 302  

The rating groups for counterparties are categorised as follows:

Group 1 – New customers/related parties (less than six months).
Group 2 – Existing customers/related parties (more than six months) with no defaults in the past.
Group 3 – Existing customers/related parties (more than six months) with some defaults in the past.

All defaults were fully recovered or are in the process of being recovered.


NOTES TO THE GROUP ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS l NOTE 3.1.1