report of the independent auditors

TO THE MEMBERS OF LEWIS GROUP LIMITED

We have audited the annual financial statements of the group and company for the year ended 31 March 2006. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s directors. 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 plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the group and company at 31 March 2006 and the results of its operations and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, and in the manner required by the Companies Act in South Africa.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc
Registered Auditors

22 May 2006
Cape Town