The value added statement measures performance in terms of value added by the group through the collective efforts of management employees and the providers of capital. The statement shows how value added has been distributed to those contributing to its creation.  

		2009   R’000		%		2008   R’000		%
VALUE ADDED DURING THE YEAR
Total revenue		4 662 492				3 474 831
Contract revenue		4 421 007				3 205 224
Other revenue		241 485				269 607
Cost of materials, subcontractors and other services		(3 270 302)				(2 370 841)
Value added from trading operations		1 392 190		95,52		1 103 990		97,55
Interest income		65 269		4,48		27 774		2,45
Total value added		1 457 459		100,00		1 131 764		100,00
DISTRIBUTIONS DURING THE YEAR
Management
Salaries, retirement and other benefits		18 154		1,25		17 074		1,51
Employees
Salaries, retirement and other benefits		792 028		54,33		626 522		55,36
Providers of capital
Interest on borrowings and dividends paid		102 449		7,03		84 789		7,49
Government
Taxation		140 869		9,67		90 319		7,98
Total distributions		1 053 500		72,28		818 704		72,34
Retained for reinvestment		403 959		27,72		313 060		27,66
Depreciation		183 197				145 038
Income retained in the business		220 762				168 022
Total distributions		1 457 459		100,00		1 131 764		100,00
NOTES
Income retained in the business
Breakdown of income retained in the business is as follows:
Controlled income from operations		224 112				166 611
Share of profit of associates after taxation		10				85
Minority interests		(3 360)				1 326
		220 762				168 022