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Group<br />

2003 2002<br />

R000 R000<br />

37. OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS<br />

Payable within one year 36 025 36 238<br />

Property 27 709 35 174<br />

Equipment 7 892 808<br />

Motor vehicles 424 256<br />

Payable between one and five years 25 419 60 997<br />

Property 12 359 59 554<br />

Equipment 12 675 1 020<br />

Motor vehicles 385 423<br />

Payable thereafter – –<br />

38. RETIREMENT AND POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS<br />

Pensions are provided to some employees of the subsidiary companies by separate pension and provident funds. Remaining<br />

employees contribute to schemes of their own choice. The funds are governed by the Pension Funds Act, 1956, and are in the<br />

nature of defined contribution plans where the retirement benefits are determined with reference to contributions to the fund.<br />

The group has no obligation to provide medical aid benefits or post-retirement benefits to employees or pensioners.<br />

39. RELATED PARTY INFORMATION<br />

<strong>African</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> Investments Limited holds 100% of <strong>African</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> Limited, Theta Investments Limited and Standard General Insurance<br />

Company Limited.<br />

Material related party transactions<br />

<strong>African</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> Limited has entered into financial services transactions with its subsidiaries. These transactions were in the ordinary<br />

course of business on market related terms and conditions similar to those arranged with third parties.<br />

Directors and director-related entities<br />

There were no material transactions with directors other than interests in share capital and share options and emoluments as<br />

disclosed in the directors’ report and note 23 respectively.<br />

The group’s shareholding in two non-core subsidiaries, Theta Specialised Finance (Pty) Limited and Business Venture Investments<br />

189 (Pty) Limited, were sold at fair value to previous directors of a major subsidiary. The relevant boards approved these related-<br />

party transactions.<br />

<strong>African</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> Investments Limited

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