YeboYethu Limited announced consolidated earnings results for six months ended September 30, 2016. For the six months, the company reported income of ZAR 11,932,000, operating profit of ZAR 9,384,000, profit before tax of ZAR 20,417,000, net profit of ZAR 15,670,000, diluted earnings per share of ZAR 79.7, net cash flows used in operating activities of ZAR 5,494,000 compared to the income of ZAR 10,950,000, operating profit of ZAR 9,697,000, profit before tax of ZAR 67,870,000, net profit of ZAR 56,979,000, diluted earnings per share of ZAR 297.1, net cash flows used in operating activities of ZAR 2,012,000 for the same period a year ago. EBITDA growth was strong at 6.1% to ZAR 13,013 million supported by good revenue growth and a continued focus on cost efficiencies. The changes Vodacom SA made through its `fit for growth' cost savings programme over the past two years has enabled it to achieve 0.9 ppts EBITDA margin expansion to 41.4%. Capital expenditure of ZAR 4,056 million allowed Vodacom SA to substantially widen 3G and 4G data coverage, improve voice quality and increase data speeds.