| for the year ended 31 August 2005 | | | | |
| 2005 | | 2004 | |
| | R'000 | | % | | R'000 | | % | |
| Turnover | 8 714 338 | | | | 8 024 123 | | | |
| Other revenue | 542 778 | | | | 540 318 | | | |
| Paid to suppliers for goods and services | (7 627 551) | | | | (6 869 081) | | | |
| Value added | 1 629 565 | | | | 1 695 360 | | | |
| Applied as follows: | | | | | | | | |
| Employees – salaries, wages and other benefits | 846 782 | | 52.0% | | 830 511 | | 49.0% | |
| Lessors for use of premises | 291 409 | | 17.9% | | 308 089 | | 18.2% | |
| Lenders for monies borrowed | 49 086 | | 3.0% | | 59 778 | | 3.5% | |
| Providers of capital – cash dividends | 112 465 | | 6.9% | | 97 824 | | 5.8% | |
| Taxation | 109 709 | | 6.7% | | 123 028 | | 7.2% | |
| | Corporate taxation | 90 346 | | 5.5% | | 105 639 | | 6.2% | |
| | Property taxes | 3 779 | | 0.2% | | 3 838 | | 0.2% | |
| | RSC levies | 15 584 | | 1.0% | | 13 551 | | 0.8% | |
| Reinvested in the group | 220 114 | | 13.5% | | 276 130 | | 16.3% | |
| | Deferred taxation | (2 592) | | (0.2%) | | (308) | | 0.0% | |
| | Depreciation and amortisation | 104 734 | | 6.4% | | 109 021 | | 6.4% | |
| | Goodwill amortisation | – | | 0.0% | | 16 272 | | 1.0% | |
| | Goodwill impairment | 16 814 | | 1.0% | | 258 196 | | 15.2% | |
| | Retained income | 101 158 | | 6.2% | | (107 051) | | (6.3%) | |
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| Distribution of value added | 1 629 565 | | 100.0% | | 1 695 360 | | 100.0% | |
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