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Taxation Paid (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Detailed Information About Income Tax |
|  | UNITED STATES DOLLAR |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Amount owing at beginning of the year - continuing operations |  |  | (107.9 | ) |  |  | (59.3 | ) |  |  | (37.8 | )
SA and foreign current taxation - continuing operations |  |  | (204.7 | ) |  |  | (204.2 | ) |  |  | (141.7 | )
Amount owing at end of the year - continuing operations |  |  | 77.5 |  |  |  | 107.9 |  |  |  | 59.3 |
Translation |  |  | (4.4 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3.0 |
Total taxation paid - continuing operations |  |  | (239.5 | ) |  |  | (155.6 | ) |  |  | (117.2 | )

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