2018  R'000				2017  R’000
15	LONG-TERM PROVISIONS
	Environmental obligations
	Provision against cost of decommissioning assets			65 840				36 187
	Balance at beginning of year			36 187				6 079
	Provisions raised during the year			26 671				26 662
	Unwinding of discount on the provision			2 982				3 446
	Provision for cost of environmental restoration			34 940				43 865
	Balance at beginning of year			43 865				16 696
	Provisions (utilised)/raised during the year			(12 502)				22 956
	Unwinding of discount on the provision			3 577				4 213
	Employee benefit liability			77 416				47 626
	Balance at beginning of year			47 626				–
	Provision arising on acquisition of Dwarsrivier			–				56 478
	Provisions raised during the year			41 199				–
	Payments made during the year			(11 409)				–
	Transfer between long and short-term provisions			–				(8 852)
	Transfer to disposal groups held-for-sale			(11 557)				–
	Balance at end of year			166 639				127 678
	The inflation rates applied to estimate costs used in the discounted cash flow to determine the provision for environmental restoration vary between 6,03% and 6,30% (2017: 6,30% and 8,25%) and the nominal discount rates vary between 8,25% and 8,49% (2017: 6,30% and 8,25%).