Independent Auditor's Report
to the shareholders of Tongaat Hulett Limited
We have audited the consolidated annual financial statements and the separate annual financial statements of Tongaat Hulett Limited, set out on page 63 and pages 70 to 117, which comprise the consolidated and separate statements of financial position as at 31 March 2013, the consolidated and separate income statements, the consolidated and separate statements of other comprehensive income, the consolidated and separate statements of changes in equity and the consolidated and separate statements of cash flows for the year then ended, a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Directors’ Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The company’s directors are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and the requirements of the Companies Act of South Africa, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated and separate financial position of Tongaat Hulett Limited as at 31 March 2013, and its consolidated and separate financial performance and its consolidated and separate cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and the requirements of the Companies Act of South Africa.
Other reports required by the Companies Act
As part of our audit of the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2013, we have read the Directors’ Statutory Report, the Audit and Compliance Committee’s Report and the Certificate by Company Secretary for the purpose of identifying whether there are material inconsistencies between these reports and the audited financial statements.
These reports are the responsibility of the respective preparers. Based on reading these reports we have not identified material inconsistencies between these reports and the audited financial statements. However, we have not audited these reports and accordingly do not express an opinion on these reports.
Deloitte & Touche
Audit KZN
Registered Auditors
Per W Moodley
Partner
2 Pencarrow Park
Pencarrow Crescent
La Lucia Ridge Office Estate
La Lucia, 4051
23 May 2013
National Executive: LL Bam Chief Executive AE Swiegers Chief Operating Office GM Pinnock Audit DL Kennedy Risk Advisory NB Kader Tax TP Pillay Consulting K Black Clients & Industries JK Mazzacco Talent & Transformation CR Beukman Finance
M Jordan Strategy S Gwala Special Projects TJ Brown Chairman of the Board MJ Comber Deputy Chairman of the Board.
Regional Leader: GC Brazier
A full list of partners and directors is available on request.
