2011	2010
		R'000	R'000
29.	Contingent liabilities
	Holding company
	Holding company guarantees issued to bankers as security for banking facilities provided to subsidiary companies	338 813	382 940
	Performance guarantees issued to customers by subsidiary companies and joint-venture entity	36 748	85 178
		375 661	468 118
	Guarantee issued to bankers
	The holding company has also issued guarantees to bankers to secure a short-term export finance agreement facility of R180 million (2010: R180 million). The facility is primarily utilised for and on behalf of Assmang in which the group holds a 50% interest and which in turn has provided a back-to-back guarantee against any claims made by bankers in terms of this facility. The facility was unused at year-end.
	BEE transactions
	Certain preference shares were issued as part of the BEE transaction entered into in 2006. If an event of default as defined in the contract is triggered in relation to the preference shares, the provisions of the relevant put option and call agreements entered into will become operative.