10. Employee benefits
10.5 Telephone rebates
 

Telkom provides telephone rebates to its pensioners who joined prior to 1 August 2009. The most recent actuarial valuation was performed as at 31 March 2023. Eligible employees must be employed by Telkom until retirement age to qualify for the telephone rebates. The scheme is a defined benefit plan.

The telephone rebate benefit exposes the Group to actuarial risks, such as longevity, currency, interest rate and market risks.

The status of the telephone rebate liability is disclosed below:

   Group Company
Telephone rebates  31 March 
2023 
Rm 
31 March 
2022 
Rm 
31 March 
2023 
Rm 
31 March 
2022 
Rm 
Benefit obligation:             
At the beginning of the year  377  364  377  364 
Current service cost  2  2  2  2 
Interest cost  39  39  39  39 
Actuarial gain  (32) (1) (32) (1)
Curtailment loss  (4) –  (4) – 
Benefits paid  (26) (27) (26) (27)
Liability as disclosed in the statement of financial position (refer to note 6.5) 356  377  356  377 
The net periodic other comprehensive income includes the following components:             
Actuarial gain/(loss) due to financial assumptions changes  18  (19)  18  (19)
Actuarial gain due to experience adjustments  17  15  17  15 
Actuarial (loss)/gain due to demographic assumptions changes  (3) 5  (3) 5 
Net periodic pension income recognised in other comprehensive income  32  1  32  1 
Cumulative actuarial loss  136  104  136  104 
Number of members  4 183  5 039  4 183  5 039 
Number of pensioners  13 596  13 058  13 596  13 058