Notes to the consolidated annual financial statements l Note 40

40 Group interest in subsidiaries and associates  

Set out below is a list of the significant subsidiaries and associate of the group at 31 March 2017. Unless otherwise stated, the entities as listed below have share capital consisting solely of ordinary shares, which are held directly by the group and the proportion of ownership interest held equals to the voting rights held by the group.

Country of incorporation: RSA - Republic of South Africa

 

      Issued
share
capital
    Interest in
issued
ordinary
share capital
    Ownership
interest
held by
non-controlling
interest
    Issued
share
capital
    Interest in
issued
ordinary
share capital
    Ownership
interest
held by
non-controlling
interest
 
      2017
R
    2017
%
    2017
%
    2016
R
    2016
%
    2016
%
 
Business Connexion RSA   2 280 500     100         2 280 500     100      
Trudon (Pty) Ltd RSA   100 000     64.9     35.1     100 000     64.9     35.1  
Rossal No 65 (Pty) Ltd RSA   100     100         100     100      
Acajou Investments (Pty) Ltd RSA   100     100         100     100      
Intekom (Pty) Ltd RSA   10 001 000     100         10 001 000     100      
Q-Trunk (Pty) Ltd* RSA   10 001 000     100         10 001 000     100      
Swiftnet (Pty) Ltd RSA   5 000 000     100         5 000 000     100      
Number Portability company RSA   100     20         100     20      

The total non-controlling interest for the period is R337 million (2016: R390 million), which relates to Trudon and Business Connexion and is not considered material to the group.

The group's interest in the Number Portability company is not regarded as individually material. The equity method is used to account for the financial information of the associate. The investment is recorded at cost.

Interest in operating profits from subsidiaries and associate   Revenue     EBITDA     EBIT     Net profit/
(loss)
 
    Rm     Rm     Rm     Rm  
2017                        
Business Connexion   13 977     2 118      1 785      1 065   
Trudon (Pty) Ltd   987     216      221      114   
Swiftnet (Pty) Ltd   184     53      30      21   
Rossal No 65 (Pty) Ltd       –      –      –   
Acajou Investments (Pty) Ltd       –      –      –   
Intekom (Pty) Ltd       –      –      –   
Telkom Foundation*       (1)     (1)     (1)  
2016                        
Business Connexion**   4 810     353      213      132   
Trudon (Pty) Ltd**   1 048     360      362      235   
Swiftnet (Pty) Ltd   158     47      25      20   
Rossal No 65 (Pty) Ltd       –      –       
Acajou Investments (Pty) Ltd       –      –      (2)  
Intekom (Pty) Ltd       22      22      16   
Telkom Foundation*       (3)     (3)     (3)  

None of the group's equity-accounted investees are publicly listed entities and consequently they do not have published price quotations.

There are no significant restrictions on the ability of the associate to transfer funds to the group in the form of cash dividends, or to repay loans or advances made by the group.

* Non-profit making trust.
** Restated

Notes to the consolidated annual financial statements l Note 40