Notes to the financial statements | Note 5

5. TRADING PROFIT
 
Company   Group
2025
Rm		 2024
Rm		   2025 
Rm 		 2024##
Rm   
Other income includes: 
Property rental income  150    152   
Sundry income  62    34   
Auditors' remuneration 
Auditors' remuneration (PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.)
– Audit fees current year  13    12   
– Audit fees overprovision current year  2    2   
– Taxation services  #    #   
–    –    15    14   
Auditors' remuneration (other audit firms)
– Audit fees current year  1    #   
– Audit fees overprovision current year  –    –   
– Taxation services  1    #   
2    #   
Depreciation – owned* 
– Buildings  90    83   
– Plant and machinery  237    221   
– Vehicles  17    15   
– Computer equipment  8    18   
– Furniture and fittings  80    77   
–    –    432    414   
* Depreciation totalling R295 million (2024: R274 million) is included in cost of sales.
Depreciation – right-of-use assets 
– Buildings  71    64   
– Vehicles  18    20   
–    –    89    84   
Amortisation 
– Computer software  12    8   
–    –    12    8   
Employee remuneration 
– Salaries and wages**  836    887   
– Profit share  166    196   
– Contributions to retirement benefits  76    80   
–    –    1 078    1 163   
** Salaries and wages totalling R471 million (2024: R508 million) are included in cost of sales.
Other 
Share-based payment expense  38    48   
Inbound freight costs  4    5   
Outbound freight costs  435    461   
–    –    477    514   
       
# Less than R1 million.
## The disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers note has been amended to separately disclose the retail brands as well as Ceramic Industries and Ezee Tile within the manufacturing segment.