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Contingent liabilities (Details) R in Millions | 1 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  |
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Oct. 31, 2013 customer | Jun. 30, 2019 ZAR (R) plaintiff | Mar. 11, 2019 ZAR (R) | Jun. 30, 2018 ZAR (R) | Dec. 31, 2016 item | May 31, 2015 ZAR (R) | Apr. 02, 2015 ZAR (R) plaintiff claim
Legal Proceedings Claimed Compensation For Lung Diseases |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of plaintiffs | plaintiff |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22
Number of plaintiffs that are current employees | plaintiff |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Number of plaintiffs that are former employees | plaintiff |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21
Number of cases | claim |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22
Damages sought, without interest |  | R 67.2 |  |  |  |  | R 82.5
Number of plaintiffs that passed away | plaintiff |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |
Legal proceedings provision |  | R 0.0 |  |  |  |  |
Fluor SA (Pty) Ltd (FTWEP) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Damages sought, without interest |  | 383.8 | R 448.0 |  |  | R 485.7 |
Number of objections against statement of claim | item |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |
Alternative assessment of estimated financial effect of contingent liabilities |  | 406.6 |  |  |  |  |
Legal proceedings provision |  | 0.0 |  |  |  |  |
Legal review of Sasol Gas National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) maximum price decision and NERSA gas transmission tariff application |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of customers that requested review application | customer | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal proceedings provision |  | R 0.0 |  |  |  |  |
Nhlapo and 941 others versus Sasol Mining (Pty) Ltd |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of plaintiffs other than main plaintiff | plaintiff |  | 941 |  |  |  |  |
Legal proceedings provision |  | R 0.0 |  |  |  |  |
Environmental Contingent Liability |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Environmental obligation accrued |  | 18,742.0 |  | R 14,933.0 |  |  |
Costs of remediation of soil and groundwater contamination and similar environmental costs |  | R 4,924.0 |  |  |  |  |

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