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CHAPTER 14:People

14.4

RETIREMENT EMPLOYEE OBLIGATIONS

Following the merger with Eyesizwe Proprietary Limited in November 2006 and the successful creation of Exxaro, the retirement healthcare benefit which was provided to a group of continuation and in-service members on the Witbank Coal Medical Aid Scheme was honoured. During 2017, Exxaro Coal Mpumalanga Proprietary Limited withdrew from the Witbank Coal Medical Aid Scheme and the members were moved to the Discovery Health Medical Scheme and Bonitas Medical Aid Scheme. This benefit, which is no longer offered, applied to certain employees previously employed by Eyesizwe Proprietary Limited or Ingwe Coal and comprises a subsidy of contributions.

Contribution to the retirement healthcare benefit of employees for the year ended 31 December 2020 amounts to R8 million (2019: R8 million).

The obligation represents a present value amount, which is actuarially valued every two years. Any remeasurements are recognised in OCI.

The movement in the net defined benefit medical obligation over the year is summarised as follows:

      Group 
At 31 December  Note  2020 
Rm
 
2019 
Rm
 
At beginning of the year  181  193 
Charge to operating expenses  14 
– Current and past service costs  (5)
– Interest expense  18  21 
– Expected employer benefit payments  (9) (9)
Remeasurements1  (30) (26)
Transfer of operation  8.6  (7)
Reclassification to non-current liabilities held-for-sale  8.4  (1)
At end of the year  147  181 
1 Tax on remeasurements amounts to R9 million (2019: R7 million). 
 
The defined benefit medical obligation is composed by country as follows: 
– RSA  147  181 
Present value of unfunded obligations  147  181 
The actuarial assumptions were as follows: 
Discount rate (%) 13.4  10.6 
Healthcare cost inflation (%) 9.8  8.0 
Expected retirement age (years) 60  60