Company Income Statement
for the year ended 31 August 2005
| 2005 | 2004 | |||||
| Notes | R'000 | R'000 | ||||
| Dividends received from subsidiaries | 156 379 | 130 295 | ||||
| Operating costs | (2 196) | (1 398) | ||||
| Profit on disposal of Australian operations | – | 100 188 | ||||
| Profit before interest and taxation | 154 183 | 229 085 | ||||
| Interest received | – | 10 858 | ||||
| Profit before taxation | 154 183 | 239 943 | ||||
| Taxation | 21 | 11 099 | 14 541 | |||
| Profit attributable to shareholders | 143 084 | 225 402 |