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Taxation Paid (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Detailed Information About Tax Paid |
|  |  |  | United States Dollar |
|  | Figures in millions unless otherwise stated |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
|  | TAXATION PAID |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Amount owing at beginning of the year – continuing operations |  |  | (77.5 | ) |  |  | (107.9 | ) |  |  | (59.3 | )
|  | SA and foreign current taxation – continuing operations |  |  | (145.7 | ) |  |  | (204.7 | ) |  |  | (204.2 | )
|  | Amount owing at end of the year – continuing operations |  |  | 5.2 |  |  |  | 77.5 |  |  |  | 107.9 |
|  | Translation |  |  | 0.8 |  |  |  | (4.4 | ) |  |  | — |
|  | Total taxation paid – continuing operations |  |  | (217.2 | ) |  |  | (239.5 | ) |  |  | (155.6 | )

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