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22. POST-RETIREMENT MEDICAL LIABILITY
  2016 
R’000 		   2015 
R’000 		  
Balance at beginning of the year  22 796     22 034    
Charged to operating profit  1 942     1 858    
Benefits paid  (1 665)    (1 538)   
(Released)/Charged to other comprehensive income  (6 079)    442    
Balance at the end of the year  16 994     22 796   

For more details refer to Annexure D.

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