| 2018 R’000 |
2017 R’000 |
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| 7. | CASH UTILISED BY OPERATIONS | |||||
| Operating profit | 1 265 929 | 1 635 482 | ||||
| Impairment of investments | 544 640 | – | ||||
| Dividends received from subsidiaries | (1 825 363) | (1 650 240) | ||||
| Working capital changes | ||||||
| Decrease in trade and other receivables | – | 8 122 | ||||
| (Decrease) increase in other payables | (5 254) | 6 155 | ||||
| Cash utilised by operations | (20 048) | (481) | ||||