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Group
   
Company
   
 
 2006  
 
20051  
 
2003  
 
2006  
 
20051  
 
2003  
 
 
(12 months) 
  
(15 months) 
  
(12 months) 
  
(12 months) 
  
(15 months) 
  
(12 months) 
  
 Financial/business performance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Profit for the period, Rm
4 635  
 
5 411  
 
3 417  
 
5 064  
 
4 497  
 
3 226  
 
 Cash flows from operating activities, Rm
12 096  
 
15 302  
 
13 451  
 
11 748  
 
13 947  
 
13 275  
 
 Average selling price of electricity,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 cents per kWh2
 
 
 
 
 
 
17,05  
 
16,04  
 
16,05  
 
 Average total cost of electricity sold,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 cents per kWh3
 
 
 
 
 
 
13,99  
 
14,25  
 
13,61  
 
 Return on total assets, %4
9,19  
 
12,71  
 
9,97  
 
9,95  
 
11,46  
 
10,21  
 
 Debt: equity4
–  
 
–  
 
0,08  
 
0,05  
 
0,04  
 
0,13  
 
 Debt: equity (including long-term
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 provisions)4
0,18  
 
0,17  
 
0,29  
 
0,26  
 
0,25  
 
0,33  
 
 Productivity (decline)/improvement
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 for the period, %
 
 
 
 
 
 
(2,1) 
 
1,80  
 
2,50  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Customer/technical performance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total electricity sold, GWh
 
 
 
 
 
 
208 316  
 
256 959  
 
196 980  
 
 Coal burnt in power stations, Mt
 
 
 
 
 
 
112,1  
 
136,4  
 
104,4  
 
 Energy availability factor, %
 
 
 
 
 
 
87,4  
 
89,5  
 
87,5  
 
 Peak demand on integrated system, MW
 
 
 
 
 
 
33 461  
 
34 195  
 
31 928  
 
 Unplanned automatic grid separations/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7 000 hours
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,55  
 
1,33  
 
1,78  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Environmental/safety performance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Specific water consumption by power
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 stations, l/kWh sent out5
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,32  
 
1,27  
 
1,29  
 
 Relative particulate emissions,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 kg/MWh sent out
 
 
 
 
 
 
0,21  
 
0,26  
 
0,28  
 
 Carbon dioxide emissions, Mt6
 
 
 
 
 
 
203,7  
 
247,0  
 
190,1  
 
 Radiation release, milliSieverts (mSv)
 
 
 
 
 
 
0,0049  
 
0,0079  
 
0,0123  
 
 Disabling injury incidence rate, index
 
 
 
 
 
 
0,40  
 
0,457
 
0,37  
 
 Work-related fatalities, number
 
 
 
 
 
 
10  
 
19  
 
5  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Social performance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Employment equity, %
 
 
 
 
 
 
60,1  
 
57,9  
 
56,3  
 
 Gender equity, %
 
 
 
 
 
 
31,8  
 
28,9  
 
27,8  
 
 People with disabilities, %
 
 
 
 
 
 
2,5  
 
2,0  
 
1,4  
 
 Electrification, number of homes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 connected per period            
106 968  
  
222 314  
  
175 396  
  

1. Represents, unless indicated otherwise, the 15-month period from 1 January 2004 to 31 March 2005.
2. Average price of electricity sold based on total sales.
3. Average total cost of electricity sold calculated as operating expenditure and net interest (including fair value adjustment on financial
    instruments) and based on external sales.
4. Calculated on the basis described in the five-year review.
5. Volume of water consumed per unit of generated power sent out, excluding rain and mine water used.
6. Calculated figures based on coal characteristics and the power station design parameters.
7. Calculated for the period 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005.

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