Company statement of cash flows
for the year ended 31 December 2017
| Note | 2017 Rm |
2016 Rm |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES | ||||||
| Cash (utilised in)/generated from operations | 10 | (523) | 399 | |||
| Finance income received | 31 | 16 | ||||
| Income tax paid | 11 | (14) | (49) | |||
| Dividends paid | (13 173) | (19 904) | ||||
| Dividends received | 1 | 12 500 | 20 200 | |||
| Net cash (utilised in)/generated from operating activities | (1 179) | 662 | ||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES | ||||||
| Buy-back of shares from MTN Zakhele | – | (2 645) | ||||
| Premium received on option issued to MTN Zakhele Futhi | 192 | 3 209 | ||||
| Net cash generated from financing activities | 192 | 564 | ||||
| Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents | (987) | 1 226 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year | 1 367 | 141 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year | 7 | 380 | 1 367 |