Report of the independent auditors
for the year ended 31 December 2007
To the members of MTN Group Limited
Report on the annual financial statements
We have audited the annual financial statements and Group annual financial statements of MTN Group
Limited, which comprise the directors’ report, the balance sheet and the consolidated balance sheet as at
31 December 2007, the income statement and the consolidated income statement, the statement of changes
in equity and the consolidated statement of changes in equity, the cash flow statement and the consolidated
cash flow statement for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other
explanatory notes.
Directors’ responsibility for the financial statements
The Company’s directors are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial
statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, and in the manner required by
the Companies Act of South Africa. This responsibility includes designing, implementing and maintaining
internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies;
and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.
Auditors’ responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted
our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we comply
with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance as to whether the
financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors’ judgement, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error.
In making those risk assessments, the auditors consider internal controls relevant to the entity’s preparation
and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate
in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s
internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the
reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation
of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our
audit opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the
Company and the Group as at 31 December 2007, and their financial performance and cash flows for the year
then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, and in the manner required by
the Companies Act of South Africa.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
Director: S Sooklal
Registered Auditor
Sunninghill
18 March 2008 |
SizweNtsaluba vsp
Partner: A Mashifane
Registered Auditor
Woodmead
18 March 2008 |
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