CHAPTER 13:Provisions and contingencies

13.4

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

	Group					Company
At 31 December	2020 Rm		2019 Rm			2020 Rm		2019 Rm
Pending litigation and other claims¹			1 103
Operational guarantees²	4 531		4 506			233		452
– Financial guarantees ceded to the DMRE	4 239		3 994
– Other financial guarantees³	292		512			233		452

Total contingent liabilities	4 531		5 609			233		452

¹	Deltatex Holdings Limited’s leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court was dismissed with costs.
²	Includes guarantees to banks and other institutions in the normal course of business from which it is anticipated that no material liabilities will arise.
³	Includes a guarantee to Khopoli, amounting to R85 million, which lapsed on 1 January 2021.

The timing and occurrence of any possible outflows of the contingent liabilities above are uncertain.

Share of equity-accounted investments’ contingent liabilities:

	Group
At 31 December	2020 Rm		2019 Rm
Share of contingent liabilities of equity-accounted investments¹	1 535		1 060

¹	Mainly includes operational guarantees issued by financial institutions relating to environmental rehabilitation and closure costs as well as tax disputes with SARS.