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Contingent Liabilities (Details) R in Millions |  | 1 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |
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May 09, 2016 ZAR (R) claim | May 31, 2018 ZAR (R) | Oct. 31, 2013 customer | Jun. 30, 2018 ZAR (R) claim | Jun. 30, 2017 ZAR (R) | Dec. 31, 2016 item | May 31, 2015 ZAR (R) | Apr. 02, 2015 plaintiff claim
Legal Proceedings Allegations Of Exchange Of Commercially Sensitive Information Complaint |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Penalty imposed |  | R 0.0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal Proceedings Claimed Compensation For Lung Diseases |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal proceedings provision |  |  |  | R 0.0 |  |  |  |
Number of plaintiffs | plaintiff |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22
Number of cases | claim |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22
Amount claimed |  |  |  | R 82.5 |  |  |  |
Minimum number of cases possibly prescribed | claim |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |
Fischer Tropsch Wax Expansion Project In Sasolburg (FTWEP) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of claims still ongoing | claim |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |
Fluor SA (Pty) Ltd (FTWEP) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal proceedings provision |  |  |  | R 0.0 |  |  |  |
Damages sought, without interest |  |  |  |  |  |  | R 485.7 |
Damages sought interest |  |  |  |  |  |  | R 83.6 |
Number of objections against statement of claim | item |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |
Wetback Contracts Pty Ltd (FTWEP) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal proceedings provision |  |  |  | 0.0 |  |  |  |
Amount claimed | R 634.2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of counterclaims | claim | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of counterclaims | R 229.2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Period in which key issues were separated during hearing | 14 days |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal review of Sasol Gas National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) maximum price decision and NERSA gas transmission tariff application |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal proceedings provision |  |  |  | 0.0 |  |  |  |
Number of customers requested Review application | customer |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |
Environmental Contingent Liability |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Environmental obligation accrued |  |  |  | 14,933.0 | R 15,716.0 |  |  |
Accrued other environmental costs |  |  |  | R 4,872.0 |  |  |  |

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