Percentage of shares issued to related parties.

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- Definition

Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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- Definition

The amount of dividends received.

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- Definition

The increase (decrease) in the number of ordinary shares issued. [Refer: Ordinary shares [member]]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition

The increase (decrease) in the number of shares outstanding. [Refer: Number of shares outstanding]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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EQUITY - Narratives (Details) - ZAR (R) R in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
EQUITY - Narratives (Details) - ZAR (R) R in Millions	Jul. 31, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]
Shares issued		265,000,000
Treasury shares acquired		0	0	3,205,512
Treasury shares dividends received		R 0.9	R 1.1	R 5.6
Major purchases of assets [member]
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]
Shares issued	265,000,000
Treasury shares acquired	265,000,000
Percentage of shares issued to related parties	38.05%
Sibanye stillwater [Member] \| Major purchases of assets [member]
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]
Percentage of shares issued to related parties	38.05%
DRDGOLD (1996) share scheme member [Member]
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]
Shares issued				546,000
Treasury shares [member]
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]
Shares issued		0