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Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value measurement asset transfers into Level 3	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Fair value measurement asset transfers out of Level 3	0	0	0	0
Transfers into or out of Level 3	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Foreign Exchange Contracts [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Outstanding foreign exchange contracts	0		0		0
Cell C [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Investment amount owned	$ 0.0		$ 0.0		$ 0.0
Equity method investment, percentage of ownership interest	0.00%		0.00%
Cell C [Member] \| Net1 SA [Member] \| Class A [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Investment shares owned \| shares	75,000,000		75,000,000