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SUN INTERNATIONAL’S
Integrated Annual Report

Scroll down to see our year in review or you can also download the full reports or generate a customised report from the downloads menu at the end of out year in review

YEAR IN REVIEW

Strong proactive heading
The Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the group, its people and the results for the year ended 31 December 2020. Sun International responded quickly to the crisis, taking decisive action to protect liquidity and minimise cash outflow. Key to our response was our active engagement and communication strategy with government, regulators, lenders, customers, suppliers and employees.

These actions enabled the group to significantly reduce costs and, manage cash flow and available facilities. Those costs which could not be entirely eliminated include employee costs, rates and taxes, licence costs, security, certain IT software and services, insurance and water and electricity
Employees
To protect our employees, the group implemented extensive Covid-19 protocols, provided wellness support, issued all employees with PPE and supported working from home.
Customers and guests
The group implemented and continues to maintain best practice Covid-19 protocols to ensure that we provide a safe environment for our customers and guests at all our casinos, hotels and resorts.
Equity partners, shareholders and debt funders
It was critical to maintain cash flows and safeguard our funding facilities, to keep paying service providers and salaries and position the group when operations reopened.
Suppliers
With operation closures, procurement spend declined significantly. The group provided payment holidays for certain suppliers who had enterprise and supplier development loans and continued to provide business support.
Communities
Most of our properties are located within communities and, through our robust community stakeholder engagement processes, we were able to identify and where possible respond to their specific needs.
Government and industry bodies
We proactively collaborated with industry bodies and lobbied government to open our industry earlier at alert level 3.
strategic leadership banner
Staying ahead of the curve ensures we deliver on our vision of creating memorable experiences and maintaining our position as a choice destination. Through Sun International’s strong leadership, we were able to weather the Covid-19 storm, continue to make progress against our strategy and manage the challenges faced due to the sharp decline in economic activity.
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CHAIRMAN
JABU MABUZA
AM (ANTHONY) LEEMING image
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
ANTHONY LEEMING
NORMAN BASTHDAW image
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
NORMAN BASTHDAW
Streamlining costs and implementing efficiencies
Ongoing process and systems optimisation continues to yield cost savings and efficiencies in a constrained economic environment that was exacerbated by prolonged lockdowns.
99%South Africa(2019: 97%)1%(2019: 3%)GEOGRAPHIC
Income Streams67%Casino(2019: 72%)6%Food andbeverage(2019: 9%)17%Alternategaming(2019: 8%)6%Rooms(2019: 8%)4%Other(2018: 3%)INCOME STREAMS
Continuing income declined by
49%
from R11.8 billion to R6.1 billion
Continuing adjusted EBITDA reduced by
72%
from R3.2 billion to R897 million
Our group adjusted headline earnings declined from
R763 million
to a loss of R1.1 billion
Adjusted headline loss of
633 cents
per share
Saving of more than
R250 million
Debt reduced by 21% to
R7 billion
(2019: R8.8 billion)
Strategic restructuring
During 2020 Sun International disposed of our Sun Dreams operations in Latin America and closed loss-making units - The Carousel and Naledi Sun. Going forward we will focus on protecting, leveraging and growing our existing asset portfolio.
Gaming licences
15
Group casino gaming licences
(2019: 15)
Rooms icon
3636
Group rooms
(2019: 3679)
Slots icon
10 541
Group slots
(2019: 11 077)
LPMS icon
4 481
Group LPMS
(2019: 4 328)
Tables icon
392
Group tables
(2019: 397)
Group employees icon
7 458
Group employees
(2019: 9 890)
Carnival
Carnival casino image
Carnival
Economic interest 91%

Slots - 1 399
Tables - 48
Rooms - 105
Employees - 676

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The Maslow Sandton
Economic interest 100%

Rooms - 281
Employees - 117

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Maslow Time Square
Economic interest 82%

Slots - 1 722
Tables - 60
Rooms - 238
Employees - 846

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GrandWest
Economic interest 62%

Slots - 2 563
Tables - 72
Rooms - 39
Employees - 1 010

Table Bay image
The Table Bay
Economic interest 62%

Rooms - 329
Employees - 169

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Golden Valley
Economic interest 61%

Slots - 227
Tables - 6
Rooms - 98
Employees - 172

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Sibaya
Economic interest 87%

Slots - 1 272
Tables - 49
Rooms - 154
Employees - 649

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Meropa
Economic interest 68%

Slots - 400
Tables - 17
Rooms - 60
Employees - 234

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Sun City
Economic interest 100%

Slots - 700
Tables - 51
Rooms - 1 299
Employees - 1 567

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Carousel

Employees - 3

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Flamingo
Economic interest 71%

Slots - 300
Tables - 10
Employees - 133

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Boardwalk
Economic interest 82%

Slots - 798
Tables - 27
Rooms - 140
Employees - 389

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Wild Coast Sun
Economic interest 50%

Slots - 550
Tables - 18
Rooms - 396
Employees - 505

Windmill image
Windmill
Economic interest 70%

Slots - 401
Tables - 15
Employees - 155

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Sustainable value creation
Achieving our purpose and vision ensures value creation for all stakeholders. We accomplish this through our business model, which is executed through our strategy, robust stakeholder engagement, identification and management of risk and material matters and reinforced by our values. Our robust governance and risk management underpins the group’s strategic value creation.
Strong business response
Sun International continues to strive for excellence as we drive strategic progress. Our five strategic objectives are the foundation of how we operate our business, identify and manage risks and opportunities as well as measure value preservation, creation and or erosion. These strategic objectives are informed and shaped by our material matters and our operating environment.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Sun International’s five strategic objectives are the foundation of how we operate our business, identify and manage risks and opportunities as well as measure value preservation, creation and or erosion. These strategic objectives are informed and shaped by our material issues and operating environment. The information contained in this section expands on the chief executive’s overview according to each of the group’s five strategic objectives.

IMPROVE OUR EXISTING OPERATIONS AND OUR GUEST EXPERIENCE
IMPROVE OUR EXISTING OPERATIONS AND OUR GUEST EXPERIENCE
PROTECT AND LEVERAGE OUR EXISTING ASSET PORTFOLIO
PROTECT AND LEVERAGE OUR EXISTING ASSET PORTFOLIO
GROW OUR BUSINESS INTO NEW AREAS AND PRODUCTS
GROW OUR BUSINESS INTO NEW AREAS AND PRODUCTS
OUR PEOPLE
OUR PEOPLE
GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Striving for excellence
Supporting information provides our stakeholders with extra material on the group’s performance in 2020. To save the environment, our stakeholders can create their unique report by only selecting the section of the report they want to print, using our ‘create your own report’ option.