Notes to the Company financial statements | Note 7
for the year ended 31 December 2010

               
        December   December  
        2010   2009  
7. ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL    
Authorised   2 500 000 000   2 500 000 000  
Issued   1 884 529 317   1 840 536 491  
On issue at 1 January   1 840 536 491   1 868 010 304  
Issued for cash    
Newshelf share buy-back     (243 500 011)  
Shares issued – PIC     213 866 898  
Options exercised   528 062   2 159 300  
MTN Zakhele transaction   43 445 564      
On issue at 31 December   1 884 510 117   1 840 536 491  
Options – MTN Zakhele transaction**   (29 994 952)    
On issue at 31 December – excluding MTN Zakhele transaction   1 854 515 165   1 840 536 491  
  December   December  
  2010   2009  
      Rm   Rm  
Share capital        
Balance at beginning of year   *   *  
Additions   *   *  
Balance at end of year   *   *  
Share premium    
Balance at beginning of year   44 297   23 905  
Newshelf buy-back     20 356  
Options – MTN Zakhele transaction   1 294    
Options exercised   11   36  
Balance at end of year   45 602   44 297  
*    Amounts less than R1 million.    
    ** Due to the call option over the NVF shares, although legally issued to MTN Zakhele, are not deemed to be issued in terms of IFRS and is shown as such in the share capital reconciliation.