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Long-term provisions (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Long-term provisions  
Schedule of changes in long-term provisions

Environmental

Other

Total

2026

2026

2026

for the year ended 30 June

  ​ ​ ​

  ​

Rm

  ​ ​ ​

Rm

  ​ ​ ​

Rm

Balance at beginning of year

14 112

525

14 637

 

Capitalised to property, plant and equipment

1 089

1 089

 

Reduction in rehabilitation provision capitalised

 

(108)

 

 

(108)

Per the income statement

 

200

 

(226)

 

(26)

additional provisions and changes to existing provisions

 

(1 814)

 

9

 

(1 805)

reversal of unutilised amounts

 

(40)

 

(233)

 

(273)

effect of change in discount rate

 

2 054

 

(2)

 

2 052

Notional interest

 

912

 

3

 

915

Utilised during year (cash flow)

 

(1 233)

 

(34)

 

(1 267)

Translation of foreign operations

 

(87)

 

(28)

 

(115)

Foreign exchange differences recognised in income statement

 

(381)

 

(2)

 

(383)

Balance at end of year

 

14 504

 

238

 

14 742

Schedule of risk-free rates used to discount the estimated cash flows related to provisions

2026

2025

for the year ended 30 June

  ​ ​ ​

%

  ​ ​ ​

%

South Africa

 

7,58,5

 

7,2 – 10,5

Europe

 

2,53,2

 

2,0 – 2,9

United States of America (for US$ denominated provisions)

 

3,74,6

 

3,5 – 4,4

Schedule of effect on provisions from changes in the discount rate

2026

2025

for the year ended 30 June

  ​ ​ ​

Rm

  ​ ​ ​

Rm

A 1% point change in the discount rate would have the following effect on the long-term provisions recognised

 

  ​

 

  ​

Increase in the discount rate

 

(2 055)

 

(1 991)

amount capitalised to property, plant and equipment

 

(1 008)

 

(666)

income recognised in income statement

 

(1 047)

 

(1 325)

Decrease in the discount rate

 

2 606

 

2 432

amount capitalised to property, plant and equipment

 

1 325

 

808

expense recognised in income statement

 

1 281

 

1 624

Schedule of expected timing of future cash flows for provisions

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  ​ ​ ​

  ​ ​ ​

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2025

for the year ended 30 June

Note

Rm

Rm

Expected timing of future cash flows

Within one year

 

781

 

1 688

One to five years

 

 

1 859

 

1 427

Five to ten years¹

 

 

3 999

 

2 967

More than ten years

8 103

8 555

14 742

14 637

Short-term portion

30

(781)

(1 688)

Long-term provisions

13 961

12 949

Estimated undiscounted obligation*

 

64 172

 

85 097

1Relates largely to the rehabilitation of coal mining, oil and gas sites in South Africa and Mozambique.

*

The decrease is mainly attributable to changes in the long-term macroeconomic assumptions, specifically the downward revision of the long-term South African PPI assumption from 5,5% to 4,0%.