Discount period, Management's best estimate on the date of conclusion of the Main application.

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- Definition

Number Of Legal Proceedings

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- Definition

Number Of Respondents Against Whom Ergo Does Not Seek Any Relief

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- Definition

Number Of Summonses Issued

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- Definition

The interest rate on borrowings. [Refer: Borrowings]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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- Definition

The amount of the estimated financial effect of contingent liabilities. [Refer: Contingent liabilities [member]]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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PAYMENTS MADE UNDER PROTEST - Narrative (Details) R in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 respondent	Jun. 30, 2023 ZAR (R) summons legalProceeding	Jun. 30, 2022
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items]
Number of legal proceedings \| legalProceeding		3
Number of summonses issued \| summons		2
Number of respondents against whom Ergo does not seek any relief \| respondent	4
Municipality interest rate on borrowings		15.30%	11.80%
Discount period		June 30, 2028	June 30, 2027
Summon, first
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items]
Estimated financial effect of contingent liabilities		R 74.0
Summon, second
Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items]
Estimated financial effect of contingent liabilities		R 31.6