South Africa's second-largest private hospital group Netcare <NTCJ.J> reported an 11 percent rise in half-year profit on Monday as a strong showing at home offset weak demand in the United Kingdom.

The company's next dividend payment will be R00.36 per share, and in the last 12 months, the company paid a total of R0.76 per share. Based on the last year's worth of payments, Netcare has a ...

Netcare, which maintained a dividend payout of 22 cents per share, said revenue grew 11 percent to 12.6 billion rand ($1.56 billion), with currency swings adding another 630 million rand.

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Netcare, which runs Britain's largest private hospital network, BMI Healthcare, said headline earnings per share (EPS) rose to 90.3 cents in the six months to March 31 from 81.4 cents a year earlier.