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Consolidated cash flow statements

for the years ended 31 March 2009 and 31 March 2008
 
  Notes   31 March  
2009
  
R'000
  
31 March  
2008  
R'000  
Cash flows from operating activities        
Cash from operations   29   5 817 936   5 403 369  
Dividends received from investments and equity-accounted companies     98 236   71 578  
Cash generated from operating activities     5 916 172   5 474 947  
Interest income received     642 389   891 591  
Interest costs paid     (842 366)  (401 619) 
Taxation paid     (1 803 314)  (1 554 165) 
Net cash from operating activities     3 912 881   4 410 754  
Cash flows from investment activities        
Property, plant and equipment acquired     (1 077 285)  (1 113 445) 
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment     40 075   40 089  
Insurance proceeds received     19 154   —  
Intangible assets acquired     (227 317)  (157 670) 
Proceeds from sale of intangible assets     13 462   400  
Acquisition of subsidiaries   30   (438 070)  (16 669 959) 
Disposal of subsidiaries   31   4 306 136   97 719  
Acquisition of joint ventures   32   (8 415)  (3 628) 
Additional stake purchased in M-Net and SuperSport   33   —   60 678  
Partial disposal of interest in subsidiaries   34   271 305   —  
Additional investment in existing subsidiaries     (62 880)  (105 606) 
Net investment in associates     (1 597 242)  (508 651) 
Net cash movement in other investments and loans     (21 916)  28 606  
Net cash from/(utilised in) investing activities     1 217 007   (18 331 467) 
Cash flows from financing activities        
Proceeds from long-term loans raised     99 929   10 385 682  
Repayments of long-term loans     (5 431 069)  (390 520) 
Repayments of capitalised finance lease liabilities     (405 838)  (369 795) 
Payments to finance share-based compensation expenses     (298 655)  (174 427) 
Proceeds from share issue     16 724   96 321  
Contributions by minority shareholders     11 837   —  
Preference dividends received     144 598   135 014  
Dividends paid by subsidiaries     (307 187)  (282 896) 
Dividend paid by holding company     (669 160)  (543 540) 
Net cash (utilised in)/from financing activities     (6 838 821)  8 855 839  
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents     (1 708 933)  (5 064 874) 
Foreign exchange translation adjustments on cash and cash equivalents     187 970   908 149  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year     6 689 873   11 481 108  
Cash and cash equivalents classified as held for sale at beginning of the year     634 510   —  
Cash and cash equivalents classified as held for sale at end of the year   27   (78 969)  (634 510) 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year   35   5 724 451   6 689 873  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated annual financial statements.