Notes to the consolidated annual financial statements l Note 18

18. Borrowings
  In terms of the memorandum of incorporation of Vodacom Group Limited, the borrowing powers of the Company are unlimited.
  Rm 2016   2015  
  Non-current        
  Interest bearing borrowings (Note 18.1) 26 658   20 308  
  Current        
  Interest bearing borrowings (Note 18.1) 1 848   4 915  
  Non-interest bearing borrowings (Note 18.2) 436   436  
    2 284   5 351  
18.1 Interest bearing borrowings        
  Vodafone Investments Luxembourg s.a.r.l. 24 256   21 201  
  During the current year, two additional loans, with a combined nominal value of R6 000 million were raised. R2 000 million was utilised to settle short-term overnight borrowings; R1 000 million was utilised to repay existing borrowings and the remainder was utilised to refinance an existing loan that was repayable in March 2016, thereby extending the repayment date to 22 March 2019 with a new fixed interest rate of 9.39%.        
  The loans with a combined nominal value of R24 100 million are unsecured, bear interest payable quarterly between JIBAR plus 1.15% and 1.50% and a fixed interest rate of 8.64%, have repayment terms between three and seven years and are ultimately repayable between 24 November 2017 and 28 September 2020.        
  Dark Fibre Africa (Pty) Limited, Link Africa (Pty) Limited And Metrofibre Networx (Pty) Limited 1 527   1 395  
  The Group leases access transmission links under finance leases. These leases bear interest at a fixed interest rate of 6.71% and lease payments are made monthly over a lease term of 15 years per link. The finance lease liability is secured by the lessor’s title to the leased assets (Note 9).        
  The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited 1 102   911  
  These loans with nominal values of US$35 million and US$40 million were raised in favour of Vodacom Congo (RDC) SA to finance capital expenditure and working capital requirements and to repay short-term borrowings. The loans bear interest payable quarterly at three-month LIBOR plus 2.45% and LIBOR plus approximately 3.10% respectively, have a five-year term and are ultimately repayable on 2 October 2019 and 12 December 2019 respectively. The Group has issued guarantees for these borrowings (Note 26).        
  Old Mutual Specialised Financing (Pty) Limited and Minervois Trading No. 2 (Pty) Limited –   999  
  The loan with a nominal value of R1 000 million was utilised to refinance existing borrowings, for capital expenditure and working capital requirements. It bore interest, payable quarterly, at JIBAR plus 1.8%, was repaid on 30 September 2015 and was unsecured (Note 31.4.1.2).        
  Balance carried forward 26 885   24 506  
  Mirambo Limited 9   11  
  The loan with a nominal value of US$18 million was provided to Vodacom Tanzania Limited. In the prior years the nominal value of the loan was converted to equity. The remaining portion of the loan bears interest, payable quarterly, at LIBOR plus 5.0%. The loan shall be repaid in the next financial year.        
  Congolese Wireless Network s.a.r.l. 886   706  
  The loan with a nominal value of US$37 million, forms part of the capital structure of Vodacom Congo (RDC) SA, bears interest at 4.0% per annum and is repayable at the discretion of the shareholders and simultaneously in proportion to their shareholding.        
  Bank borrowings classified as financing activities 685   –  
  Other loans 41   –  
    28 506   25 223  

  The aggregate fair value, if determinable, of interest bearing borrowings with a carrying amount of R27 620 million (2015: R24 517 million) amounts to R27 507 million (2015: R24 280 million). Where the fair value could be determined by using the discounted cash flow method, with a discount rate based on market-related interest rates, the discount rate varied between 8.6% and 9.5% (2015: 6.3% and 8.8%) for rand-denominated borrowings and between 3.5% and 4.3% (2015: 2.7% and 4.9%) for foreign-denominated borrowings.
  Maturity of finance lease liabilities:
  Rm  0 – 1 year     2 – 5 years     5+ years    
   2016                   
   Future minimum lease payments payable  189     757     1 305    
   Future finance costs  (102)    (341)    (281)   
   Present value of minimum lease payments payable  87     416     1 024    
   2015                   
   Future minimum lease payments payable  166     662     1 257    
   Future finance costs  (92)    (314)    (284)   
   Present value of minimum lease payments payable  74     348     973    

  Interest rate and currency of interest bearing borrowings:
  Rm Total   Floating rate   Fixed rate  
  2016            
  Currency            
  South African rand 25 825   20 288   5 537  
  United States dollar 2 681   1 269   1 412  
    28 506   21 557   6 949  
  2015            
  Currency            
  South African rand 23 595   21 201   2 394  
  United States dollar 1 628   921   707  
    25 223   22 122   3 101  

  Rm 2016   2015  
18.2 Non-interest bearing borrowings        
  Royal Bafokeng Holdings (Pty) Limited 436   436  
    436   436  
  Due to the absence of repayment dates, fair value is not determinable.