Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
| Sept. 2006 | Sept. 2005 | March 2006 | |
| Unaudited | Unaudited | Audited | |
| Rm | Rm | Rm | |
| Cash flows from operating activities | |||
| Operating profit before working capital | |||
| changes | 440,8 | 392,0 | 1 085,9 |
| Increase in working capital | (52,0) | (226,1) | (555,4) |
| Cash generated by operations | 388,8 | 165,9 | 530,5 |
| Increase in private label card receivables | (112,5) | (56,6) | (188,4) |
| Increase in loan receivables | (42,5) | (85,3) | (158,6) |
| Interest received | 424,3 | 286,9 | 644,1 |
| Interest paid | (30,3) | (31,9) | (79,1) |
| Taxation paid | (201,4) | (219,0) | (464,2) |
| Dividends paid | (344,5) | (224,2) | (412,7) |
| Net cash inflows (outflows) from operating | |||
| activities | 81,9 | (164,2) | (128,4) |
| Cash flows from investing activities | |||
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | (151,0) | (136,6) | (282,7) |
| Proceeds from sale of property, plant and | |||
| equipment | 1,9 | 2,5 | 4,8 |
| Decrease in participation in export | |||
| partnerships | 3,8 | 44,2 | 94,2 |
| (Increase) decrease in loans | (0,6) | 0,5 | 2,5 |
| Shares purchased by share trust | (181,8) | (222,3) | (256,9) |
| Proceeds on dilution of interest in subsidiary | 183,3 | – | 263,8 |
| Net cash outflows from investing activities | (144,4) | (311,7) | (174,3) |
| Cash flows from financing activities | |||
| Proceeds on delivery of shares by share trust | 0,4 | 55,3 | 80,1 |
| Increase in interest-bearing debt | 65,9 | 439,4 | 243,6 |
| (Decrease) increase in short-term loans | (0,5) | (2,7) | 5,3 |
| Net cash inflows from financing activities | 65,8 | 492,0 | 329,0 |
| Net increase in cash and cash | |||
| equivalents during the period | 3,3 | 16,1 | 26,3 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning | |||
| of the period | 62,5 | 36,2 | 36,2 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of | |||
| the period | 65,8 | 52,3 | 62,5 |