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Fair Value Of Financial Instruments And Equity-Accounted Investments (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Significant fluctuation of US Dollar to ZAR exchange rate, in years			2 years
Transfers in or out of Level 3	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Impairment charges	0	0	0	0
Nonrecurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Liabilities	$ 0		$ 0
Finbond [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity method investment, shares	156,788,712		156,788,712
Fair value of securities representing percentage of total assets, percent	1.00%		1.00%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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