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.
Chairmans 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.