| 2018 R'000 |
2017 R’000 |
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| 11 | PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION | ||||||||||||
| Profit before taxation is stated after taking into account the following items of income and expenditure: | |||||||||||||
| Income | |||||||||||||
| Dividends received | 3 307 344 | 3 125 085 | |||||||||||
| Ordinary dividends | |||||||||||||
| – joint-venture entity | 3 000 000 | 2 810 709 | |||||||||||
| – available-for-sale investments | |||||||||||||
| – listed | 16 926 | 3 140 | |||||||||||
| – unlisted | 138 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Preference dividends received from empowerment entities | 290 280 | 311 214 | |||||||||||
| – Main Street 350 Proprietary Limited (RF) | 26 475 | 46 763 | |||||||||||
| – Main Street 904 Proprietary Limited (RF) | 263 805 | 264 451 | |||||||||||
| Interest received | 216 491 | 97 814 | |||||||||||
| Expenditure | |||||||||||||
| Directors’ remuneration | 194 332 | 193 438 | |||||||||||
| – directors’ fees | 2 724 | 2 008 | |||||||||||
| – other services paid by subsidiary companies | 191 608 | 191 430 | |||||||||||