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Number Of Outstanding Foreign Exchange Contracts

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Amount of transfer of financial instrument classified as an asset into level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Amount of transfers of financial instrument classified as an asset out of level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Amount before tax of foreign currency transaction realized and unrealized gain (loss) recognized in the income statement.

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For investments which are quantified by principal amount, the principle balance held at close of period.

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Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Narrative) (Details) R in Millions		3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Feb. 24, 2022 ZAR (R)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2022 ZAR (R)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2022 ZAR (R)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)
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
Gain related to fair value adjustment to currency options		6,120,000		$ (2,400,000)	$ 0	3,691,000		$ 0
Generated realized gain \| R	R 3.7
Net gain related to fair value adjustment to currency options \| R			R 6.1				R 3.7
(Gain) Loss related to fair value adjustment to currency options		$ 2,391,000				$ (38,000)
Foreign Exchange Contracts [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Outstanding foreign exchange contracts		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