25. Taxation
 
   Group  Company 
R'000  2025  2024  2025  2024 
Current tax             
Current year expense  150 523  321 561  20  106 
Prior year over provision  (2 001) (17 007) (106) (178)
   148 522  304 554  86  (72)
Deferred tax             
Current year credit  (101 289) (78 154) –  – 
Prior year over provision  –  (7 254) –  – 
   (101 289) (85 408) –  – 
   47 233  219 145  86  (72)
   Group  Company 
Reconciliation between applicable tax rate and average effective tax rate  2025 
%
 
2024 
2025 
%
 
2024 
Applicable tax rate  27.00  27.00  27.00  27.00 
Permanent differences*  (1.32) 1.47  –  – 
Prior year over provision  (0.33) (2.74) (0.04) (0.02)
Dividend Income  (0.17) (0.05) (29.13) (27.75)
Non-taxable income  (0.47) (1.33) 2.09  0.81 
Capital gain inclusion  –  0.42  –  – 
Limitation on utilisation of assessed loss  0.16  (0.05) 0.11  (0.05)
   24.88  24.72  0.03  (0.01)
* Includes legal fees, consulting fees, other costs incurred to produce non-taxable income and other permanent differences.