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Contingent liabilities (Details) |  | 1 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Sep. 19, 2019 | Nov. 30, 2017 customer | Jun. 30, 2021 ZAR (R) plaintiff | Jun. 30, 2020 ZAR (R) | Mar. 12, 2019 ZAR (R) | Mar. 11, 2019 ZAR (R) | Feb. 05, 2018 ZAR (R) | May 31, 2015 ZAR (R) | Apr. 02, 2015 ZAR (R) claim plaintiff
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
Number of plaintiffs that passed away | plaintiff |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |
Damages sought |  |  | R 67,200,000 |  |  |  |  |  | R 82,500,000
Legal proceedings provision |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Fluor SA (Pty) Ltd (FTWEP) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Damages sought |  |  |  |  | R 384,000,000 | R 448,000,000 |  | R 486,000,000 |
Alternative assessment of estimated financial effect of contingent liabilities |  |  |  |  | 407,000,000 |  |  |  |
Damages sought value as per expert report |  |  |  |  | 305,000,000 |  |  |  |
Alternative assessment of estimated financial effect of contingent liabilities as per expert report |  |  |  |  | R 306,000,000 |  |  |  |
Legal proceedings provision |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Dispute of dismissal during unprotected strike | Sasol Mining (Pty) Ltd |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal proceedings provision |  |  | 88,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Dispute of dismissal during unprotected strike | Sasol Mining (Pty) Ltd | Minimum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Period of back pay to calculate retrospective payment of remuneration | 1 year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dispute of dismissal during unprotected strike | Sasol Mining (Pty) Ltd | Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Period of back pay to calculate retrospective payment of remuneration | 2 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dispute by Solidarity Trade Union relating to Sasol Khanyisa share scheme |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Damage value sought per member of union |  |  |  |  |  |  | R 500,000 |  |
Legal proceedings provision |  |  | 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 initiated judicial review of decisions | customer |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal proceedings provision |  |  | 1,400,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Securities class action |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Legal proceedings provision |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |
Environmental Contingent Liability |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Environmental obligation accrued |  |  | R 16,196,000,000 | R 21,790,000,000 |  |  |  |  |

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