Note 16: Trade and other payables

for the six months ended 30 September 2010

	31 March 2010	30 September 2010
	Rm	Rm
Trade and other payables	5,549	4,334
The decrease in the vendors' balances is due to less purchase requirements for projects made in the first half of the financial year and also due to the strengthening of the Rand against the major foreign currencies in the period under review.