22   POST-RETIREMENT MEDICAL LIABILITY
      2018 
R’000 
  2017 
R’000 
 
    Balance at beginning of the year  16 793     16 994    
      Charged to operating profit  1 549     1 651    
      Benefits paid  (1 368)    (1 341)   
      Actuarial profit on post-employment medical liability released to other comprehensive income  (634)    (511)   
      Balance at the end of the year  16 340     16 793    
    Refer to Annexure D.