Statements of cash flows
For the year ended 31 March 2015
| Group | Company | ||||||||||||
| Notes | 2015 Rm |
2014 Rm |
2015 Rm |
2014 Rm |
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| Cash flows from operating activities | 6 226 | 6 366 | 6 220 | 6 303 | |||||||||
| Cash receipts from customers | 31 852 | 32 455 | 31 249 | 31 231 | |||||||||
| Cash paid to suppliers and employees | (25 210) | (26 143) | (24 978) | (25 420) | |||||||||
| Cash generated from operations | 33 | 6 642 | 6 312 | 6 271 | 5 811 | ||||||||
| Interest received | 470 | 358 | 467 | 295 | |||||||||
| Dividend received | 34 | – | – | 226 | 230 | ||||||||
| Finance charges paid | 35 | (491) | (585) | (491) | (584) | ||||||||
| Taxation refund | 32 | – | 854 | – | 854 | ||||||||
| Taxation paid | 36 | (274) | (449) | (251) | (302) | ||||||||
| Cash generated from operations before dividend paid | 6 347 | 6 490 | 6 222 | 6 304 | |||||||||
| Dividend paid | 37 | (121) | (124) | (2) | (1) | ||||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities | (5 113) | (4 333) | (5 111) | (4 234) | |||||||||
| Proceeds on disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets | 253 | 67 | 253 | 66 | |||||||||
| Proceeds on disposal of investment | 16.2 | 750 | – | 750 | – | ||||||||
| Additions to assets for capital expansion* | (5 015) | (6 370) | (4 996) | (6 297) | |||||||||
| (Increase)/decrease in repurchase agreements | (1 101) | 1 970 | (1 101) | 1 970 | |||||||||
| Loans (advanced to)/repaid from subsidiaries | – | – | (17) | 27 | |||||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities | 685 | (2 583) | 685 | (2 579) | |||||||||
| Loans raised | 1 000 | 300 | 1 000 | 300 | |||||||||
| Loans repaid | (310) | (3 036) | (310) | (3 033) | |||||||||
| Finance lease repaid | (170) | (156) | (170) | (155) | |||||||||
| Settlement of derivatives | 165 | 309 | 165 | 309 | |||||||||
| Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 1 798 | (550) | 1 794 | (510) | |||||||||
| Net cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year** | 1 841 | 2 381 | 1 746 | 2 255 | |||||||||
| Trudon cash and cash equivalents classified as held for sale | (27) | – | – | – | |||||||||
| Effect of foreign exchange rate gains on cash and cash equivalents | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Net cash and cash equivalents at end of year | 22 | 3 615 | 1 841 | 3 543 | 1 746 | ||||||||
*Includes R137 million inventory purchases in the current financial year.
**Refer to note 10 for cash flow activities on discontinued operations of the iWayAfrica group over which control was relinquished on disposal in the prior financial year and of the Trudon group which has been reclassified as a discontinued operation in the current financial year.