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Dividends | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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11. |  | DIVIDENDS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 2017 final dividend of 50 SA cents per share (2016: 60 SA cents and 2015: 21 SA cents) declared on 13 February 2018. |  |  | 34.7 |  |  |  | 37.5 |  |  |  | 10.6 |
|  | 2018 interim dividend of 20 SA cents was declared during 2018 (2017: 40 SA cents and 2016: 50 SA cents). |  |  | 10.8 |  |  |  | 25.3 |  |  |  | 28.6 |
|  | A final dividend in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2018 of 20 SA cents per share was approved by the Board of Directors on 13 February 2019. This dividend payable is not reflected in these consolidated financial statements. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Dividends are subject to dividend withholding tax. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Total dividends |  |  | 45.5 |  |  |  | 62.8 |  |  |  | 39.2 |
|  | Dividends per share – cents |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 5 |

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- Definition The disclosure of dividends. Dividends are distributions of profits to holders of equity investments in proportion to their holdings of a particular class of capital. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 10 -Subparagraph e -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_10_e&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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