2018
R'000
      2017
R’000
 
6 INVENTORIES                
  Raw materials     1 130       638  
  Consumable stores     120 518       99 120  
  Work-in-progress     160 846       132 970  
  Finished goods     1 079 460       990 304  
        1 361 954       1 223 032  
  Cost of inventory expensed included in cost of sales     4 660 559       4 015 131  
  Cost of inventory written down during the year included in cost of sales     11 334       10 860