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Disposal Of Controlling Interest In KSNET, FIHRST And DNI (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands, R in Millions			1 Months Ended
	May 03, 2019 ZAR (R) shares	Feb. 28, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 ZAR (R)	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 23, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 ZAR (R)	May 03, 2019 USD ($)	May 03, 2019 ZAR (R)
FIHRST [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration amount from disposal of discontinued operation								$ 11,749
FIHRST [Member] \| Discontinued [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration amount from disposal of discontinued operation								$ 11,700	R 172.2
Net1 Korea [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration amount from disposal of discontinued operation						$ 237,220
Net1 Korea [Member] \| Discontinued [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration amount from disposal of discontinued operation							$ 237,200
DNI [Member] \| Discontinued [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration amount from disposal of discontinued operation			$ 27,600
Percentage of ownership interest prior to disposal			55.00%	55.00%
Percentage of ownership interest after disposal			38.00%	38.00%
Settlement of contingent consideration			$ 27,600
DNI [Member] \| Net1 SA [Member] \| Transaction To Sell 17% [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Equity ownership percentage					27.40%
DNI [Member] \| Net1 SA [Member] \| Transaction To Sell 17% [Member] \| Discontinued [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest prior to disposal		55.00%
Percentage of ownership interest after disposal		38.00%
Settlement of contingent consideration			$ 27,600	R 400.0
DNI [Member] \| Net1 SA [Member] \| Transaction To Sell 8% [Member] \| Discontinued [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration amount from disposal of discontinued operation										$ 15,000	R 215.0
Percentage of ownership interest prior to disposal	38.00%
Percentage of ownership interest after disposal	30.00%
Settlement of contingent consideration \| R	R 230.0
Number of shares issued in transaction \| shares	7,605,235
Existing cash reserves to settle its outstanding long-term borrowings \| R											R 15.0