Percentage of effective annual yields.

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The amount of cash on hand and demand deposits, along with short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and that are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. [Refer: Cash; Cash equivalents]

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The amount of cash held by the entity. This does not include demand deposits.

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The amount of current restricted cash and cash equivalents. [Refer: Restricted cash and cash equivalents]

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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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The amount of interest income on cash and cash equivalents. [Refer: Interest income; Cash and cash equivalents]

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A classification of cash equivalents representing short-term deposits. [Refer: Cash equivalents]

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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (Details) - ZAR (R) R in Millions	12 Months Ended
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (Details) - ZAR (R) R in Millions	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Disclosure of financial assets [line items]
Cash on hand	R 100.5	R 63.5
Access deposits and income funds	2,069.2	1,632.3
Restricted cash	10.3	19.3
Cash and cash equivalents	2,180.0	1,715.1	R 279.5	R 302.1
Interest earned on cash and cash equivalents	R 108.7	R 63.1	R 16.9
Effective annual yields	4.00%	5.60%
Environmental rehabilitation [member]
Disclosure of financial assets [line items]
Restricted cash	R 5.2
Various utilities [member]
Disclosure of financial assets [line items]
Restricted cash	R 5.1