Thulani wants to start a transport business. He owns one minibus and employs Lebogang to be the driver. The table below shows the list of income and expenditure for July 2026. Use the given information to answer the questions that follow.

Maintenance costs include Fuel, Services and repairs, and Cleaning.

$$\text{Total maintenance costs} = \text{Fuel} + \text{Services and repairs} + \text{Cleaning}$$ $$\text{Total maintenance costs} = \text{R}3\,279.61 + \text{R}1\,046.10 + \text{R}150.00$$ $$\text{Total maintenance costs} = \text{R}4\,475.71$$

The total maintenance costs are $\boxed{\text{R}4\,475.71}$.

The fuel expense is R3 279.61 and the cost per litre is R24.94.

$$\text{Litres of fuel used} = \frac{\text{Total fuel expense}}{\text{Cost per litre}}$$ $$\text{Litres of fuel used} = \frac{\text{R}3\,279.61}{\text{R}24.94/\text{litre}}$$ $$\text{Litres of fuel used} \approx 131.50 \text{ litres}$$

Approximately $\boxed{131.50 \text{ litres}}$ of fuel were used.

The driver's salary is R11 350.00 and the total expenses are R19 717.16.

$$\text{Percentage allocated to salary} = \frac{\text{Driver's salary}}{\text{Total expenses}} \times 100\%$$ $$\text{Percentage allocated to salary} = \frac{\text{R}11\,350.00}{\text{R}19\,717.16} \times 100\%$$ $$\text{Percentage allocated to salary} \approx 57.56\%$$

Approximately $\boxed{57.56\%}$ of the total expenses was allocated to salary.

Profit is calculated as Total Income minus Total Expenses.

$$\text{Profit} = \text{Total Income} - \text{Total Expenses}$$ $$\text{Profit} = \text{R}27\,842.00 - \text{R}19\,717.16$$ $$\text{Profit} = \text{R}8\,124.84$$

Thulani made a profit of $\boxed{\text{R}8\,124.84}$.