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Integrated performance snapshot

  • Financial
    capital
  • Productive
    capital
  • Intellectual
    capital
  • Human
    capital
  • Social and
    relationship capital
  • Natural
    capital

Financial capital

The financial capital available to maintain and grow our business. Refer to Group Chief Financial Officer's report: FY2022 performance.

Revenue


R'million

FY2020

43 043
FY2022
42 756

FY2021

43 222

% change

(1.1)
Free cash flow (FCF)


R'million

FY2020

1 782
FY2022
(2 080)2

FY2021

2 063

% change

(200.8)
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA)1

R'million

FY2020

10 720
FY2022
11 908

FY2021

11 973

% change

(0.5)
Basic earnings per share (BEPS)1

Cents per share

FY2020

279.0
FY2022
536.6

FY2021

529.1

% change

1.4

 

 

Headline earnings per share (HEPS)1

Cents per share

FY2020

366.0
FY2022
575.3

FY2021

561.5

% change

2.5
Capital expenditure (capex)

R'million

FY2020

7 755
FY2022
7 484

FY2021

8 448

% change

(11.4)
1 Excludes the impact of VSP, VERP and S189 costs of R270 million and the related tax impact of R76 million in the comparative year.
2 Includes spectrum payment R1.1 billion

Productive capital

Fixed and mobile network includes copper and fibre-optic cables that support fixed-line services to retail, business and wholesale customers. Three major earth stations provide satellite services to Africa. Towers transmit our radio spectrum3 and support the delivery of mobile voice and data services.

Data centres that provide hosting, disaster recovery services and cloud services to business customers. Refer to BCX.

Active fibre connectivity rate

%

FY2020

48.2
FY2022
46.3

FY2021

51.1

% change

(4.8)
Active mobile subscribers

Million

FY2020

12.0
FY2022
16.92

FY2021

15.3

% change

10.5
Mobile broadband subscribers

Million

FY2020

8.2
FY2022
10.7

FY2021

10.3

% change

3.8

 

3 Spectrum comprises the set of invisible radio frequencies that travel through the air.

Intellectual capital

The intangible assets associated with our brand, our legal licences to operate, our collective expertise and processes, and the strategies, policies, procedures, standards and codes that govern how we do business. Refer to Intellectual capital.

Over the reporting period, the focal areas for IT were:
Improved
customer
experience
Accelerated
digitalisation
Hybrid
workplace
Effective
governance
and risk

A total investment of R831 million was made towards initiatives linked to the abovementioned areas in response to changing technology demands.

Human capital

Contributors to human capital include our employees with their skills, competencies, experience, motivation to innovate and be productive, and their health and wellbeing. Refer to Human capital.

Group employees

Number

FY2020

15 0994
FY2022
11 898

FY2021

12 039

% change

(1.2)
Lost-time injury frequency rate

Rate

FY2020

0.68
FY2022
0.705

FY2021

0.56

% change

25.0
Learnerships and internships

Number

FY2020

1 146
FY2022
9926

FY2021

669

% change

38.8

 

4 At the end of FY2020 VSPs and VERPs were offered in Openserve and Telkom Consumer, and 2 271 employees exited the Group in FY2021.
5 Refer to Human capital on Human capital and the full breakdown of TIFR and LTIFR on Health and safety.
6 For further details on Telkom's learnerships and internships, refer to Developing next-generation future leaders.

Social and relationship capital

Social and relationship capital reflects our contribution to South African society.

FutureMakers Independent Field Technician (IFT) procurement spend

R'million

FY2020

140
FY2022
2037

FY2021

105

% change

93.3
Investment in Telkom Foundation

R'million

FY2020

75
FY2022
77

FY2021

53

% change

45.2

Total jobs on the FutureMakers Programme

Direct jobs
 

Total jobs per annum

FY2020

1 475
FY2022
7728

FY2021

991

% change

(22.1)
Indirect jobs

Total jobs per annum

FY2020

4 157
FY2022
26 4638

FY2021

4 177

% change

533.5

 

7 Refer to Social and relationship capital, and the full breakdown of FutureMakers procurement spend in Supporting ESD: FutureMakers.
8 The increase in indirect jobs is due to including all income opportunities created on platforms we invested in. Refer to Social and relationship capital and the full breakdown of direct and indirect jobs in Supporting ESD: FutureMakers.

Natural capital

This includes using natural resources, comprising renewable energy sources, such as solar energy, water and other non-renewable resources. It includes our impact on the environment from electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) and carbon emissions. Refer to Natural capital.

Total carbon footprint9

tCO2e

FY2020

656 660
FY2022
1 136 574

FY2021

628 920

% change

80.7
Water consumption

Kilolitres

FY2020

1 199 525
FY2022
997 61710

FY2021

1 040 535

% change

(4.1)
E-waste recycled

Tonnes

FY2020

9 076
FY2022
1 87011

FY2021

1 000

% change

87.0

 

9 Refer to Natural capital for full details on the total carbon footprint as well as Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, excluding Yellow Pages.
10 For further details, refer to management of Telkom's water consumption in Natural capital.
11 For further details on e-waste recycling, refer to managing hazardous waste in Natural capital.
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