Supplementary information
for the year ended 31 March 2011

  31 March  
2011  
R’m  
  31 March  
2010  
R’m  
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment   1 040     878  
Amortisation   1 172     1 213  
intangible assets
1 045     1 135  
software
127     78  
Other gains/(losses) – net   (881)    (364) 
profit/(loss) on sale of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets  
42     (47) 
impairment and derecognition of goodwill and intangible assets  
(1 035)    (384) 
impairment of tangible assets  
(33)    (225) 
Welkom Yizani refinancing  
—     (330) 
insurance proceeds  
51     369  
profit on transponder lease settlement  
88     253  
fair value adjustment on shareholders’ liability  
6     —  
Interest received   401     348  
loans and bank accounts  
308     314  
other  
93     34  
Interest paid   (1 389)    (883) 
loans and overdrafts  
(883)    (600) 
transponder leases  
(144)    (93) 
RCF costs – accelerated amortisation  
(128)    —  
other  
(234)    (190) 
Other finance income/(cost) – net   (30)    114  
net foreign exchange differences and fair value adjustments on derivatives  
(247)    (154) 
preference dividends received  
217     268  
Gains on acquisitions and disposals   42     144  
profit on sale of investments  
34     144  
profit on partial disposal of investments  
72     —  
acquisition-related costs  
(109)    —  
other  
45     —  
Goodwill        
cost  
17 051     15 407  
accumulated impairment  
(431)    (49) 
Opening balance   16 620     15 358  
foreign currency translation effects  
(510)    (1 163) 
acquisitions  
1 885     2 807  
contingent consideration adjustment  
(49)    —  
impairment and derecognition  
(668)    (382) 
Closing balance   17 278     16 620  
cost  
18 371     17 051  
accumulated impairment  
(1 093)    (431) 
Investments and loans   24 068     15 442  
listed investments  
16 874     4 646  
unlisted investments  
7 194     10 796  
Market value of listed investments   137 735     92 843  
Directors’ valuation of unlisted investments   7 194     10 796  
Commitments   16 997     18 626  
capital expenditure  
401     527  
programme and film rights  
7 744     8 698  
network and other service commitments  
700     656  
transponder leases  
6 787     7 689  
operating lease commitments  
896     697  
set-top box commitments  
469     359  
Share of equity-accounted results   3 290     2 058  
dilution gains  
(39)    (64) 
FCTR release  
(29)    —  
impairment of investments  
24     —  
(gains)/losses on acquisitions and disposals  
(262)    100  
Contribution to headline earnings   2 984     2 094  
amortisation of intangible assets  
355     180  
treasury-settled share scheme charges  
227     148  
business combination costs  
15     —  
reversal of deferred taxation  
13     101  
Contribution to core headline earnings   3 594     2 523  
Tencent   3 164     2 148  
Mail.ru   152     70  
Abril   250     318  
Other   28     (13)