| Notes | 2010 Rm |
2009 Rm |
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| Cash generated by operations | 49.1 | 15 288 | 14 915 | |||
| Cash received from clients | 49.2 | 57 327 | 62 380 | |||
| Cash paid to clients, employees and suppliers | 49.3 | (43 093) | (48 220) | |||
| Dividends received on investments | 254 | 50 | ||||
| Recoveries on loans previously written off | 763 | 457 | ||||
| Effects of exchange rate changes on opening cash and cash equivalents (excluding foreign borrowings) | 37 | 248 | ||||
| Change in funds for operating activities | (12 891) | (14 603) | ||||
| Increase in operating assets | 49.4 | (42 172) | (6 009) | |||
| Increase/(Decrease) in operating liabilities | 49.5 | 29 281 | (8 594) | |||
| Net cash from operating activities before taxation | 2 397 | 312 | ||||
| Taxation paid | 49.6 | (2 093) | (2 318) | Cashflows from/(utilised by) operating activities | 304 | (2 006) |
| Cashflows utilised by investing activities | (4 438) | (3 171) | ||||
| Acquisition of property and equipment, computer software and development costs and investment property | (2 004) | (2 568) | ||||
| Disposal of property and equipment, computer software and development costs and investment property | 372 | 278 | ||||
| Disposal of investment banking assets | 11 | 14 | ||||
| Acquisition of associate companies | (149) | (84) | ||||
| Disposal of associate companies | 138 | 151 | ||||
| Acquisition of other investments | (2 415) | (3 311) | ||||
| Disposal of other investments | 1 462 | 2 301 | ||||
| Acquisition of investments in subsidiary companies net of cash | 49.7 | (1 853) | 48 | |||
| Cashflows from financing activities | 5 504 | 4 878 | ||||
| Net proceeds from issue of ordinary shares | 1 807 | 1 458 | ||||
| Issue of long-term debt instruments | 6 513 | 6 193 | ||||
| Redemption of long-term debt instruments | (493) | (170) | ||||
| Dividends paid to ordinary shareholders | 49.8 | (2 042) | (2 253) | |||
| Preference share dividends paid | (281) | (350) | ||||
| Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 1 370 | (299) | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year* | 18 375 | 18 674 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year* | 21 | 19 745 | 18 375 | |||
| *Including mandatory reserve deposits with central banks. | ||||||