| Notes | 2022 R'000 |
2021 R'000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONTINUING OPERATIONS | ||||
| Revenue | 1.2 | 17 395 281 | 18 438 662 | |
| Finance revenue | 1.2 | 410 981 | 382 628 | |
| Total revenue | 1.2 | 17 806 262 | 18 821 290 | |
| Other income | 390 851 | 103 684 | ||
| Direct operating costs* | (14 858 153) | (16 378 665) | ||
| Finance costs incurred in the generation of revenue | (17 135) | (59 371) | ||
| Employee compensation and benefit expense | 5.2 | (780 255) | (637 387) | |
| Depreciation and amortisation | (174 045) | (188 883) | ||
| Impairments and fair value movements | 1.3 | 63 246 | 7 795 | |
| Bad debts and expected credit loss | 1.3 | (327 761) | 11 900 | |
| Other expenses | (578 561) | (508 973) | ||
| Operating profit | 1 524 449 | 1 171 390 | ||
| Finance costs | 1.4 | (201 225) | (131 947) | |
| Finance income | 1.4 | 80 993 | 59 717 | |
| Share of gains from associates and joint ventures | 2.1 | 8 042 | 2 951 | |
| Profit before taxation | 1 412 259 | 1 102 111 | ||
| Taxation | 7.1 | (320 262) | (249 416) | |
| Profit after taxation from continuing operations | 1 091 997 | 852 695 | ||
| Profit from discontinued operations | 11 | — | 25 321 | |
| Profit for the year | 1 091 997 | 878 016 | ||
| Profit for the year from continuing operations attributable to: | ||||
| Equity holders of the parent | 1 027 079 | 805 286 | ||
| Non-controlling interest | 64 918 | 47 409 | ||
| Profit for the year from discontinued operations attributable to: | ||||
| Equity holders of the parent | — | 25 321 | ||
| Non-controlling interest | — | — | ||
| Earnings per share for profit attributable to: | ||||
| Equity holders (cents) | ||||
| – Basic | 1.5 | 117.13 | 94.55 | |
| – Diluted | 1.5 | 114.14 | 91.36 |
| * | Direct operating expenses are the operating expenses directly attributable to the production of goods and services sold by the Group. These include, but are not limited to, the costs associated with the acquisition of airtime and handsets sold by the Group. |
