date:Nov 23, 2012
nds posted a 7 percent rise in full-year earnings, helped by higher prices. It said diluted headline earnings per share for the year to end September reached 1,654.2 cents from 1,545 cents last year.
Headline earnings, the main profit gauge in South Africa, exclude certain one-off items.
The company said revenue rose 11 percent to 22.7 billion rand ($2.56 billion). It declared a final dividend of 555 cents per share.
But the company said it expected 2013 to be a challenging year as consumers