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The spot exchange rate at the end of the reporting period. Exchange rate is the ratio of exchange for two currencies. Spot exchange rate is the exchange rate for immediate delivery.

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount, per share, of dividends proposed or declared before financial statements were authorised for issue but not recognised as distribution to owners.

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The proportion of ownership interest in a joint venture attributable to the entity. [Refer: Joint ventures [member]]

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details)														12 Months Ended
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details)	Mar. 16, 2023	Feb. 22, 2023 R / shares	Feb. 22, 2023 R / shares $ / shares	Aug. 05, 2022 R / shares	Aug. 05, 2022 $ / shares	Feb. 22, 2022 R / shares	Feb. 22, 2022 $ / shares	Aug. 06, 2021 R / shares	Aug. 06, 2021 $ / shares	Feb. 22, 2021 R / shares	Feb. 22, 2021 $ / shares	Feb. 21, 2020 R / shares	Feb. 21, 2020 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [line items]
Dividends declared (ZAR/USD per share) \| (per share)				R 4.93	$ 0.28	R 2.17	$ 0.15	R 0.87	$ 0.06	R 7.05	$ 0.48	R 1.65	$ 0.09
Iduapriem
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [line items]
Proportion of ownership interest held														100.00%
Iduapriem \| Forecast
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [line items]
Proportion of ownership interest held	100.00%
Gold Fields Ghana Limited \| Tarkwa Mine
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [line items]
Proportion of ownership interest held														90.00%
Ghana Government \| Tarkwa Mine
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [line items]
Proportion of ownership interest held														10.00%
Tarkwa Mine \| Forecast
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [line items]
Proportion of ownership interest in joint venture (in percent)														33.30%
Tarkwa Mine \| Gold Fields Ghana Limited \| Forecast
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [line items]
Proportion of ownership interest in joint venture (in percent)														66.70%
Declaration of dividends
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [line items]
Dividends declared (ZAR/USD per share) \| (per share)		R 3.22	$ 0.18
Foreign exchange rate		17.53	17.53