SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Factor ranking	Company	Sector	Top 200 ranking	Existence of skills development plan	Skills costs as % of payroll	General commitment to skills development
1	Sage Group	Life Assurance	30	Yes	7,9%	Significant
2	African Life Assurance	Life Assurance	33	Yes	7,7%	Extensive
3	Advtech	Support Services	26	Yes	7,0%	Some
4	Telkom	Telecommunication	1	Yes	5,2%	Extensive
5	Johnnic Communications	Media & Entertainment	15	Yes	5,0%	Extensive
6	Trans Hex Group	Diamonds	51	Yes	5,0%	Significant
7	Iscor	Steel	7	Yes	5,0%	Extensive
8	Prism Holdings	IT	35	Yes	4,8%	Some
9	Gold Fields	Gold Mining	14	Yes	4,5%	Extensive
10	Metropolitan	Life Assurance	4	Yes	4,5%	Extensive
11	Tiger Brands	Food prod & processors	12	Yes	4,3%	Significant
12	Kumba Resources	Other Mineral Extr & Mines	8	Yes	4,2%	Extensive
13	Capitec	Speciality & Other Finance	85	Yes	4,1%	Extensive
14	Capital Alliance Holdings	Life Assurance	6	Yes	4,0%	Significant
15	City Lodge Hotels	Leisure & Hotel	20	Yes	4,0%	Extensive
16	MTN Group	Telecommunication	3	Yes	3,8%	Extensive
17	Nedcor Group	Bank	13	Yes	3,7%	Extensive
18	Old Mutual Plc	Life Assurance	41	Yes	3,4%	Extensive
19	Combined Motor Holdings	Automobiles & Parts	98	Yes	3,3%	Extensive
20	M-Net	Media & Entertainment	23	Yes	3,0%	Significant
21	Supersport	Media & Entertainment	25	Yes	3,0%	Extensive
22	Sun International (SA)	Leisure & Hotel	19	Yes	3,0%	Extensive
23	Wesco Investments	Automobiles & Parts	61	No	3,9%	Extensive
24	Enviroserv Holdings	Support Services	21	Yes	2,4%	Extensive
25	Mediclinic	Health	34	Yes	2,3%	Extensive
N/A = Not available (insufficient or undisclosed information).
Financial Mail © 2004					Source: Empowerdex