/ 10 May 1999

DIDATA RESULTS DAZZLE

DIMENSION DATA, South Africa’s largest communication systems integration company, completed an excellent six months to end March 1999, with turnover increasing 54% to a record R2,7 billion. Headline earnings rose 90% to R176,9-million and headline earnings per share increasing 61% to 27,1 cents. The group ended the six months with a 178% increase in its net cash balance to R1,2-billion.