2019  R’000				2018  R’000
16	LONG-TERM PROVISIONS
	Environmental obligations
	Provision against cost of decommissioning assets		80 488				65 840
	Balance at beginning of year		65 840				36 187
	Provisions raised during the year		9 381				26 671
	Unwinding of discount on the provision		5 267				2 982
	Provision for cost of environmental restoration		34 888				34 940
	Balance at beginning of year		34 940				43 865
	Provisions utilised during the year		(2 350)				(12 502)
	Unwinding of discount on the provision		2 298				3 577
	Employee benefit liability		82 807				77 416
	Balance at beginning of year		77 416				47 626
	Provisions raised during the year		42 904				41 199
	Payments made during the year		(37 513)				(11 409)
	Leave pay		1 717				—
	Balance at beginning of year		—				—
	Transferred from short-term provisions		1 717				—
	Transfer to disposal groups held-for-sale		—				(11 557)
	Long-term provisions recorded by subsidiary disposed of (refer note 36.1)		(1 646)				—
	Balance at end of year		198 254				166 639
	The inflation rates applied to estimate costs used in the discounted cash flow to determine the provision for environmental restoration vary between 5,66% and 8,21% (2018: 6,30% and 8,25%) and the nominal discount rates vary between 5,66% and 8,21% (2018: 6,30% and 8,25%).