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Note 5 - Blanket Zimbabwe Indigenisation Transaction (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |
Disclosure of indigenisation shareholder percentages and facilitation loan balances [text block] |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Balance of facilitation loan # |
USD 000's |  | Shareholding |  |  | NCI Recognised |  |  | NCI subject to facilitation loan |  |  | Dec, 31, 2017 |  |  | Dec, 31 2016 |
NIEEF |  |  | 16 | % |  |  | 3.2 | % |  |  | 12.8 | % |  |  | 11,879 |  |  |  | 11,990 |
Fremiro |  |  | 15 | % |  |  | 3.0 | % |  |  | 12.0 | % |  |  | 11,504 |  |  |  | 11,682 |
Community Trust |  |  | 10 | % |  |  | 10.0 | % |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
BETS |  |  | 10 | % |  |  | - | * |  |  | - | * |  |  | 7,669 |  |  |  | 7,788 |
|  |  | 51 | % |  |  | 16.2 | % |  |  | 24.8 | % |  |  | 31,052 |  |  |  | 31,460 |
Disclosure of facilitation loans [text block] |
Balance at January 1, 2016 |  |  | 31,336 |
Interest accrued |  |  | 1,359 |
Dividends used to repay loans |  |  | (1,235 | )
Balance at December 31, 2016 |  |  | 31,460 |
Interest accrued |  |  | 1,136 |
Dividends used to repay loans |  |  | (1,544 | )
Balance at December 31, 2017 |  |  | 31,052 |
Disclosure of movement in dividend loan [text block] |
|  | Total |
Balance at January 1, 2016 |  |  | 3,237 |
Interest accrued |  |  | 133 |
Dividends used to repay advance dividends |  |  | (370 | )
Balance at December 31, 2016 |  |  | 3,000 |
Interest accrued |  |  | 104 |
Dividends used to repay advance dividends |  |  | (500 | )
Balance at December 31, 2017 |  |  | 2,604 |

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