Top Companies is available on an interactive level. Create your own custom tables by: Adding new columns Adding new companies Ranking by sector, capitalisation, profits, and so on. Front of the Book Foreword Definitions Winners Last year's winners Mines and malls make winners How we did it The Top 20 Companies Mvelaphanda Impala MTN Pick 'n Pay Gold Fields Grindrod Iscor Kagiso Media Netcare Aplitec Afrox Health Massmart Altech Northam Platinum Sasol BHP Billiton Italtile Standard Bank M&R Edcon SA Giants Resources ride ahead Asset heavyweights International view SA Giants static table Interactive Table Stories Legal advisers: Competition from within Table: Attorneys & corporate clients Table: Legal Advisers Accountants - Meeting standards Table: Auditors & corporate clients Sponsors - Every company should have one Table: Sponsors & corporate clients Medical aid - No closer to affordability Table: Medical aid & corporate clients Advertising agencies - Company image to the fore Table: Advertising agencies & corporate clients PR companies - Sober management of reputation Table: PR companies & corporate clients Sectors Mining - Empowerment legislation in practice Platinum - One contradiction after another Other mining - Benefits of Chinese demand Gold - Strong rand saps market strength Banks - Higher volume trumps margin pressure Support services - Small sector but full of action Life assurance - Separate paths through wilderness Life insurance sales Short-term insurance - Unexpected strength Property - Steady flow of income over the long term Asset management Construction - Home builders snug Retail - Keen consumers Net profit performance Chemicals - Yet to be lifted by commodities upswing Leisure - Good year despite more careful tourists Food & beverages - niche markets grow Health & pharmacies - Hospitals bring growth Electronics - Solid but slowing down Household goods - Dominance can be a trap Amalgamated Appliances IT - Still waiting Telecommunications - Stunning progress Media - Tidier portfolios make room for better times Transport - Surprise deals Black chips - Not held back Investing in top companies Top performers - no artificial help this year Top Performers static table Top Performers Interactive Table Impact of the rand Top top performers JSE: Shine on the surface AltX: Cheap but choosy Unit trusts: Support from equity market Unit trusts: Management companies Asset managers: Under growing pressure Economy: Surprisingly bright view Tokyo Sexwale - Mvelaphanda Resources Graham Mackay - SABMiller ARM's Patrice Motsepe Minister Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Implats' Keith Rumble Old Mutual's Roddy Sparks

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