ANOTHER VERY GOOD YEAR
We  continued  to  build  and  grow  our  business
during the year under review.
Our financial performance was excellent, assisted
by the strength of consumer spending on the back of continuing
low interest rates and lower inflation in South Africa.
We  opened  the  Sibaya  casino  and  Entertainment  Kingdom  at
the beginning of December 2004. This completed the major capital
expenditure  relating  to  our  success  in  obtaining  new  gaming
licences in South Africa.
Our commitment to transformation was further manifested in our
announcement to move forward in structuring a BEE participation
in  the  shareholding  of  Sun  International,  and  our  recent
appointments at senior executive level.
We continued to progress our technology to enable us to maintain
our  leading  position  in  the  market,  particularly  in  the  casino
gambling sector.
Chairman’s  report
We intend to
retain  leadership  of  the  markets  in  which  we  operate  through  innovation,
an  obsession  with  ser vice  excellence  and  the  deliver y  of  unique,  market
leading  and  customer  focused  products.