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Share capital - Shares Issued Roll Forward (Details) - shares | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018 | Jun. 30, 2017 | Jun. 30, 2016
Reconciliation of number of shares outstanding [abstract] |  |  |
Shares issued at beginning of year | 679,822,439 | 679,775,162 | 679,480,362
Issued in terms of employee share schemes | 1,776,361 | 47,277 | 294,800
Repurchase and cancellation of shares | (43,503,454) |  |
Issued in terms of Sasol Khanyisa | 7,465,582 |  |
Shares issued at end of year | 645,560,928 | 679,822,439 | 679,775,162
Shares in terms of Sasol Khanyisa |  |  |
Sasol BEE shares issued to Sasol Khanyisa Public | 2,973,022 |  |
Shares issued to Khanyisa Employee Share Ownership Plan | 2,458,880 |  |
Shares redesignated to SOL shares | 1,876,288 |  |

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