Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Years of significant fluctuation of US Dollar to ZAR exchange rate	3 years
Equity method investment, percentage of ownership interest		1.00%
Transfers in or out of Level 3		$ 0
Impairment charges	$ 0	$ 0
Finbond [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Equity method investment, percentage of ownership interest	26.00%
Equity method investment, shares	197,522,435	156,788,712
Equity method investment, additional shares			40,733,723
Equity method investment, additional shares acquisition value			$ 8,900,000
One Credit Limited [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	25.00%	25.00%
Current borrowing capacity	$ 10,000,000	$ 10,000,000
Amount utilized	$ 0	$ 0

Equity method investment on company's additional ownership shares.

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Equity method investment on company's additional ownership shares acquisition value.

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Equity Method Investment On Company's Ownership, Shares

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Line Of Credit Facility, Amount Utilized

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Number Of Years In Which U S Dollar To Zar Exchange Rate Has Fluctuated Significantly

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Percentage of total assets represented by acquisition of share capital.

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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Amount of transfer of financial instrument classified as an asset into (out of) level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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-SubTopic 10
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