BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Disclosure of detailed information about foreign exchange rates used (Details)	12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2020 CAD_USD Rand_USD	Aug. 31, 2019 CAD_USD Rand_USD
Rand / USD [Member]
Foreign Exchange Rates [Line Items]
Year-end rate \| Rand_USD	16.8916	15.2099
Year average rate \| Rand_USD	16.0676	14.3314
CAD / USD [Member]
Foreign Exchange Rates [Line Items]
Year-end rate \| CAD_USD	1.3042	1.3295
Year average rate \| CAD_USD	1.3458	1.3255

The average exchange rate used by the entity. Exchange rate is the ratio of exchange for two currencies.

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-IssueDate 2019-01-01
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The spot exchange rate at the end of the reporting period. Exchange rate is the ratio of exchange for two currencies. Spot exchange rate is the exchange rate for immediate delivery.

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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