31 Reconciliation of profit for the year to cash generated from operations		Group						Company
		2017  Rm			2016  Rm			2017  Rm			2016  Rm
Cash generated from operations		8 910			8 694			7 362			7 955
Profit for the year		3 854			2 376			4 705			2 585
Finance charges and fair value movements		888			622			801			618
Taxation		691			524			65			359
Investment income		(219)			(203)			(522)			(812)
Interest received from trade receivables and subsidiaries		(236)			(261)			(213)			(255)
Non-cash items		4 739			7 091			3 118			5 616
Depreciation, amortisation, impairment and write-offs		5 661			5 527			5 229			5 274
Debtors impairment		556			416			380			424
Cost of equipment disposed when recognising finance leases					42			–			42
Sale of Telkom enterprise		–			–			(1 828)			–
Post-retirement medical aid settlement gain		–			(19)			–			(19)
(Decrease)/increase in provisions		(991)			1 424			(790)			399
Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets		(222)			(475)			(161)			(474)
Deferred revenue		(265)			176			288			(30)
(Decrease) / increase in working capital		(807)			(1 455)			(592)			(156)
Inventories		(363)			(23)			(305)			107
Accounts receivable		(1 112)			(295)			(2 225)			(493)
Accounts payable		668			(1 137)			1 938			230