Consolidated summary statement of cash flows

for the year ended 31 March 2020

   Notes    31 March 
2020 
Rm 		   31 March 
2019 
Rm 		  
Cash flows from operating activities      8 563    5 706   
Cash receipts from customers      43 239    40 341   
Cash paid to suppliers and employees      (30 483)   (31 438)  
Cash generated from operations  23    12 756    8 903   
Interest received      212    441   
Finance charges paid      (1 374)   (847)  
Taxation paid      (1 320)   (945)  
Cash generated from operations before dividend paid      10 274    7 552   
Dividend paid      (1 711)   (1 846)  
Cash flows utilised for investing activities      (5 961)   (7 522)  
Proceeds on disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets      28    35   
Additions to assets for capital expansion      (7 712)   (7 584)  
Proceeds on disposal of SOX, BCX Nigeria and BCX Tanzania  14    244    –   
Realisation of investment in other financial assets      –    45   
Investments made by FutureMakers      (21)   (18)  
Withdrawal from the Absa sinking fund investment      1 500    –   
Cash flows from financing activities      696    717   
Loans raised  24    8 660    3 246   
Loans repaid  24    (6 950)   (2 544)  
Other financing activities      (104)   –   
Purchase of shares for the Telkom and subsidiarieslong-termincentive scheme      (172)   (47)  
Acquisition ofnon-controllinginterest in Yellow Pages      (160)   –   
Repayment of lease liability      (780)   (42)  
Repayment of derivatives      (176)   (222)  
Proceeds from derivatives      378    326   
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents      3 298    (1 099)  
Net cash and cash equivalents at 1 April      1 428    2 527   
Net cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year  11    4 726    1 428