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Notes to the consolidated annual financial statements

  for the year ended 30 September
   
 
   
2008  
2007  
2006  
   
Rm  
Rm  
Rm  
25. Exceptional items
  Profit/(loss) on disposal of properties, investments and subsidiaries
30  
(9) 
139  
  Realisation of translation reserve on disposal of foreign subsidiaries
197  
  Impairment of goodwill**
(10) 
(68) 
  Impairment of investments**
(35) 
(149) 
(23) 
  Impairment of property, plant and equipment**
(2) 
(45) 
 
  Gross exceptional (loss)/profit from continuing operations
(17) 
(74) 
116  
  Taxation benefit/(charge) on exceptional items
1  
83  
(19) 
  Net exceptional (loss)/profit from continuing operations
(16) 
9  
97  
  Gross exceptional loss from discontinued operations
(335) 
(72) 
(3) 
  Taxation on exceptional items from discontinued operations
(4) 
  Minority interest on exceptional profit from discontinued operations
 
(4) 
 
 
Net exceptional (loss)/profit – total group
(351) 
(71) 
94  
  * Interest paid by leasing operations disclosed under cost of sales (note 21).
  ** Refer notes 2, 3, 5 and 7 for an explanation of the assumptions and circumstances underlying the impairments.