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Equity-Accounted Investments And Other Long-Term Assets (Narrative) (Details) R / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, item in Billions, R in Billions			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Oct. 04, 2018 USD ($) item	Jul. 11, 2018 shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 ZAR (R) R / shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Market value of holding								$ 93,561	$ 88,331	[1]
Finbond [Member]
Share price | R / shares							R 5.35
Market value of holding							R 1.4	$ 99,500
Equity-accounted investments, ownership percentage							29.00%	29.00%	29.00%
Finbond [Member] | Capitalization Share Issue In Lieu Of A Dividend [Member]
Number of additional shares acquired | shares		6,602,551
V2 [Member]
Percentage of ownership interest	50.00%
Equity acquisition amount under purchase agreement	$ 2,500
Contribute amount	2,500
Working capital facility	$ 5,000
Equity-accounted investments, ownership percentage							50.00%	50.00%
V2 [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Number of underbanked citizens | item	1
DNI [Member]
Equity-accounted investments, ownership percentage							16.00%	16.00%
Cedar Cellular [Member]
Maturity date						Aug. 01, 2022
Other-than-temporary impairment related to the credit loss			$ 2,700		$ 2,700
Amortized cost basis before impairment					11,800
Cedar Cellular [Member] | 8.625% Notes [Member]
Equity-accounted investments, ownership percentage							7.625%	7.625%	7.625%
Interest rate							8.625%	8.625%	8.625%
Cell C [Member]
Equity-accounted investments, ownership percentage							15.00%	15.00%	15.00%
DNI [Member]
Interest rate							6.30%	6.30%
MobiKwik [Member]
Business acquisition, cost of acquired entity			1,100		1,100
Equity-accounted investments, ownership percentage							12.00%	12.00%
Cedar Cellular [Member]
Interest rate				24.82%		24.82%
Interest income recognized			$ 1,200	$ 200	1,400	$ 200
Amount expected to be recovered from debt security at maturity					22,000
Present value of expected cash flows from debt security					$ 9,000
[1] Derived from restated audited financial statements filed on Form 10-K/A on December 6, 2018

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