2017 R'000				2016  R'000
15	LONG-TERM PROVISIONS
	Environmental obligations
	Provision against cost of decommissioning assets				36 187			6 079
	Balance at beginning of year				6 079			6 527
	Provisions raised/(utilised) during the year				26 662			(1 400)
	Unwinding of discount on the provision				3 446			952
	Provision for cost of environmental restoration				43 865			16 696
	Balance at beginning of year				16 696			10 588
	Provisions raised during the year				22 956			4 563
	Unwinding of discount on the provision				4 213			1 545
	Employee benefit liability				47 626			–
	Provision arising on acquisition of Dwarsrivier				56 478			–
	Transfer between long and short-term provisions				(8 852)			–
	Leave pay				–			–
	Balance at beginning of year				–			1 318
	Provisions utilised during the year				–			(1 318)
	Balance at end of year				127 678			22 775
	The inflation rates applied to estimate costs used in the discounted cash flow to determine the provision for environmental restoration vary between 6,30% and 8,25% (2016: 8,79% and 10,75%) and the nominal discount rates vary between 6,30% and 8,25% (2016: 8,79% and 10,75%).