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Equity-Accounted Investments And Other Long-Term Assets (Narrative) (Details) R / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, SFr in Millions, R in Millions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |
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Apr. 13, 2020 CHF (SFr) | Apr. 13, 2020 USD ($) | Apr. 09, 2020 CHF (SFr) | Apr. 09, 2020 USD ($) | Apr. 01, 2020 USD ($) shares | Apr. 01, 2020 ZAR (R) shares | Mar. 09, 2020 ZAR (R) R / shares shares | Oct. 02, 2019 CHF (SFr) | Oct. 02, 2019 USD ($) | Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Aug. 02, 2019 shares | May 31, 2019 USD ($) shares | May 31, 2019 ZAR (R) shares | Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares | Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares | Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2020 ZAR (R) shares | Feb. 01, 2020 | Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 R / shares | Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Impairment loss on equity method investment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 33,831 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Market value of holding |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 102,515 |  | $ 102,515 |  |  |  |  |  | $ 151,116 | [1],[2]
Finbond [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity-accounted investments, ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30.60% |  | 30.60% |  | 30.60% |  |  |  | 29.00% |
Investment shares owned | shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 268,820,933 |  | 268,820,933 |  | 268,820,933 |  |  |  |  |
Market value of holding |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 34,100 |  | $ 34,100 |  | R 0.6 |  |  |  |  |
Share price per share | R / shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | R 2.27 |  |
Finbond [Member] | Capitalization Share Issue In Lieu Of A Dividend [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of additional shares acquired | shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,148,901 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
V2 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity-accounted investments, ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50.00% |  | 50.00% |  | 50.00% |  |  |  | 50.00% |
Equity acquisition amount under purchase agreement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,300 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition amount contributed |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 5,000 |  | $ 5,000 |  |  |  | $ 1,300 |  |  |
Working capital facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 5,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other-than-temporary impairment related to the credit loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,500 |  | $ 2,500 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
DNI [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity-accounted investments, ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 27.00% |  | 27.00% |  | 27.00% |  |  |  | 30.00% |
Impairment loss on equity method investment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 13,070 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other-than-temporary impairment related to the credit loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 800 |  | $ 1,500 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cedar Cellular [Member] | 8.625% Notes [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity-accounted investments, ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.625% |  | 7.625% |  | 7.625% |  |  |  | 7.625% |
Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8.625% |  | 8.625% |  | 8.625% |  |  |  | 8.625% |
Cell C [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity-accounted investments, ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15.00% |  | 15.00% |  | 15.00% |  |  |  | 15.00% |
Investment amount owned |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0 |  | $ 0 |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0 |
Bank Frick [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of ownership interest |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 35.00% | 35.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity acquisition amount under purchase agreement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | SFr 46.4 | $ 46,500 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cedar Cellular [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest income recognized |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Cedar Cellular [Member] | Cedar Cellular [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest income recognized |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | $ 600 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24.82% |  | 24.82% |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount expected to be recovered from debt security at maturity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Present value of expected cash flows from debt security |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment amortized cost basis before impairment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 9,600 |  | $ 12,400 |  |  |  |  |  |
Other-than-temporary impairment related to the credit loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,600 |  | $ 5,400 |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | Finbond [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares repurchased | shares |  |  |  |  |  |  | 47,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share price per share | R / shares |  |  |  |  |  |  | R 2.91123 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash payment for repurchase of common stock | R |  |  |  |  |  |  | R 136.8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | DNI [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of ownership interest |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 27.00% | 30.00% |  |  |
Other-than-temporary impairment related to the credit loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11,300 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | DNI [Member] | Call Option [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares issued in transaction | shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30,394,765 | 30,394,765 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Option strike price used to calculate the strike price for 27% retained interest |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 158,000 | R 2,827.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Option strike price on 27% of retained interest |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 48,000 | R 859.3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Minimum smaller denominations a call options can be split, percent |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20.00% | 20.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other-than-temporary impairment related to the credit loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 500 |  | $ 1,500 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | DNI [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] | Call Option [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other-than-temporary impairment related to the credit loss |  |  |  |  | $ 11,500 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | DNI [Member] | Minimum [Member] | Call Option [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of voting and participation interests required to be acquired by nominated party to exercise a call option |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.50% | 2.50% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | MIC [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares issued in transaction | shares |  |  |  |  | 3,508,455 | 3,508,455 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Notes receivable obtained in exchange for shares sold to DNI |  |  |  |  | $ 5,500 | R 99.2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | MIC [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] | Call Option [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares issued in transaction | shares |  |  |  |  | 26,886,310 | 26,886,310 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash consideration received on transaction |  |  |  |  | $ 42,500 | R 760.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | MIC [Member] | Unsecured Notes Payable [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Present value of the note and expected cash repayments |  |  |  |  | $ 5,400 | R 95.7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rate used by Rand Merchant Bank to derive a 24 month interest rate |  |  |  |  | 0.30% | 0.30% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed interest rate on notes payable |  |  |  |  | 7.25% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Periodic principal payment amount |  |  |  |  | $ 300 | R 5.5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated debt transaction costs |  |  |  |  | $ 1,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate used to determine the present value |  |  |  |  | 6.63% | 6.63% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | MIC [Member] | Unsecured Notes Payable [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] | JIBAR [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument variable interest rate |  |  |  |  | 6.33% | 6.33% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | Bank Frick [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Average price to book valuation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.9 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Return on equity, price to book ratio |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.15 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment loss on equity method investment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 18,300 |  | $ 18,300 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | Bank Frick [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash dividend received from equity method investment | SFr 1.3 | $ 1,300 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | Bank Frick [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] | Call Option [Member] | Net1 Holdings LI AG [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Termination fee paid to the Frick Family to cancel option |  |  | SFr 17.0 | $ 17,500 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | Bank Frick [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Return on equity, price to book ratio |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | Bank Frick [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Return on equity, price to book ratio |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net1 SA [Member] | Cell C [Member] | Class A [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment shares owned | shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 75,000,000 |  | 75,000,000 |  | 75,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
[1] | Derived from audited financial statements.
[2] | Refer to Note 1

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