EMPLOYEE BENEFITS - Movement in the number of conditional shares (Details) - Conditional shares [member]	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022 R / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2021 shares
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Opening balance	7,840,620	5,860,760
Granted	3,508,232	1,979,860
Vested	(2,862,654)	0
Forfeited	(892,528)	0
Closing balance	7,593,670	7,840,620
Weighted average price R per share, vested \| R / shares	14.02
December 2, 2021 [member]
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Opening balance	2,930,380
Closing balance	0	2,930,380
December 2, 2022 [member]
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Opening balance	2,930,380
Closing balance	2,715,604	2,930,380
October 22, 2023 [member]
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Opening balance	1,979,860
Closing balance	1,666,778	1,979,860
October 20, 2024 [member]
Disclosure of terms and conditions of share-based payment arrangement [line items]
Opening balance	0
Closing balance	3,211,288	0

Number of share options vested in share-based payment arrangement.

No definition available.

Name:	drd_NumberOfShareOptionsVestedInShareBasedPaymentArrangement
Namespace Prefix:	drd_
Data Type:	xbrli:decimalItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Weighted average exercise price of share options vested in share-based payment arrangement

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	drd_WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsVestedInShareBasedPaymentArrangement
Namespace Prefix:	drd_
Data Type:	xbrli:decimalItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

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.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_DisclosureOfTermsAndConditionsOfSharebasedPaymentArrangementLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

The number of share options outstanding in a share-based payment arrangement.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 2
-IssueDate 2021-01-01
-Paragraph 45
-Subparagraph d
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=2&code=ifrs-tx-2021-en-r&anchor=para_45_d&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2021-03-24

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 2
-IssueDate 2021-01-01
-Paragraph 45
-Subparagraph b
-Clause i
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=2&code=ifrs-tx-2021-en-r&anchor=para_45_b_i&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2021-03-24

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 2
-IssueDate 2021-01-01
-Paragraph 45
-Subparagraph b
-Clause vi
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=2&code=ifrs-tx-2021-en-r&anchor=para_45_b_vi&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2021-03-24

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_NumberOfOutstandingShareOptions
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:decimalItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

The number of share options forfeited in a share-based payment arrangement.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 2
-IssueDate 2021-01-01
-Paragraph 45
-Subparagraph b
-Clause iii
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=2&code=ifrs-tx-2021-en-r&anchor=para_45_b_iii&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2021-03-24

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_NumberOfShareOptionsForfeitedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:decimalItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

The number of share options granted in a share-based payment arrangement.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 2
-IssueDate 2021-01-01
-Paragraph 45
-Subparagraph b
-Clause ii
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=2&code=ifrs-tx-2021-en-r&anchor=para_45_b_ii&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2021-03-24

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_NumberOfShareOptionsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:decimalItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_TypesOfSharebasedPaymentArrangementsAxis=drd_ConditionalSharesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_MaturityAxis=drd_VestingOnDecemberSecondTwoThousandTwentyOneMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_MaturityAxis=drd_VestingOnDecemberSecondTwoThousandTwentyTwoMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_MaturityAxis=drd_OctoberTwentySecondTwoThousandTwentyThreeMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_MaturityAxis=drd_October202024Member
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: