| CONSOLIDATED | THE COMPANY | ||||
| R million | Notes | 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 |
| Sales | 9 447 | 7 872 | |||
| Inventory expenses | (5 415) | (4 781) | |||
| Personnel costs | 22 | (1 621) | (1 302) | ||
| Depreciation | 25 | (251) | (223) | ||
| Other net operating expenses | 25 | (1 109) | (550) | (3) | (2) |
| Trading profit/(loss) | 1 051 | 1 016 | (3) | (2) | |
| Dividends received | 27 | 274 | 156 | 2 138 | 3 358 |
| Interest received | 25 | 296 | 332 | ||
| Finance costs | (43) | (28) | |||
| Negative goodwill | – | 44 | |||
| Net impairment of investments, assets and goodwill | 19 | – | |||
| Profit on sale and restructuring of investments | 25 | 1 665 | 7 | ||
| Consolidated profit before tax | 3 262 | 1 527 | 2 135 | 3 356 | |
| Taxation | 10 | (419) | (403) | ||
| Consolidated profit after tax | 2 843 | 1 124 | 2 135 | 3 356 | |
| Share of after-tax profit of associated companies | |||||
| and joint ventures | 28 | 7 210 | 6 003 | ||
| Net profit for the year | 10 053 | 7 127 | 2 135 | 3 356 | |
| Attributable to: | |||||
| Equity holders | 9 893 | 6 942 | 2 135 | 3 356 | |
| Minority interest | 160 | 185 | |||
| 10 053 | 7 127 | 2 135 | 3 356 | ||
| EARNINGS PER SHARE | Cents | Cents | |||
| – Basic | 1 | 2 095.7 | 1 464.2 | ||
| – Diluted | 2 048.9 | 1 418.5 | |||
| ASSOCIATED COMPANIES | |||||
| AND JOINT VENTURES | R million | R million | |||
| Share of after-tax profit of associated companies and joint ventures | |||||
| Profit before taking into account impairments, | |||||
| non-recurring and capital items | 10 023 | 8 515 | |||
| Net impairment of investments, assets and goodwill | (28) | (12) | |||
| Profit on the sale of investments | 372 | 256 | |||
| Restructuring costs | (259) | (297) | |||
| Other non-recurring and capital items | 32 | 8 | |||
| Profit before tax and minority interest | 10 140 | 8 470 | |||
| Taxation | (2 390) | (2 033) | |||
| Minority interest | (540) | (434) | |||
| 7 210 | 6 003 | ||||