for the year ended 31 March 2011
2010 |
2011 |
|
|---|---|---|
Rm |
Rm |
|
| Inventories | 1,274 | 1,121 |
| Gross inventories | 1,861 | 1,392 |
| Write-down of inventories to net realisable value | (587) | (271) |
| The decrease in gross inventory is mainly due to the reduction of cable holding and outside plant material within the installation and maintenance category. This was then offset by an increase in Telkom mobile handsets and microwave equipment for backbone rollout. | ||
| The decrease in write-down of inventory is due to a lower provision for technology obsolescence as stock holding levels have decreased from prior year. |