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Stated capital (Details)
 12 Months Ended 24 Months Ended
Oct. 14, 2021
$ / shares
shares
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Dec. 31, 2022
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Dec. 31, 2021
USD ($)
shares
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Sep. 30, 2021
shares
Stated capital.            
Beginning balance, Equity   $ 1,360,230,000 [1] $ 1,743,556,000 $ 1,224,191,000 $ 1,743,556,000  
Shares issued       349,846,000    
Shares repurchased and canceled through buyback program   (10,037,000)        
Ending balance, Equity   347,354,000 $ 1,360,230,000 [1] 1,743,556,000 347,354,000  
Share capital   99,755,745     99,755,745  
Share premium   $ 5,295,055,920     $ 5,295,055,920  
Par value per share | $ / shares   $ 0.30 $ 0.30   $ 0.30  
Votes per ordinary share         1  
Number of shares offered in initial public offering | shares 18,000,000          
Offering price per share in initial public offering | $ / shares $ 21          
Number of rights to shares through outstanding options that were not converted to ordinary shares in initial public offering | shares           7,940,413
Number of shares authorised | shares   1,700,000,000     1,700,000,000  
Conversion ratio of old classes of ordinary shares into new class of ordinary shares 500          
MTN Group | Bottom of range            
Stated capital.            
Percentage of voting rights held by entity   20.00% 20.00%   20.00%  
Stated capital net of issue costs            
Stated capital.            
Beginning balance, Equity   $ 5,311,953,000 $ 5,223,484,000 4,530,870,000 $ 5,223,484,000  
Shares issued       349,846,000    
Shares issued on exercise of options   92,896,000 88,469,000 342,768,000    
Shares repurchased and canceled through buyback program   (10,037,000)        
Ending balance, Equity   $ 5,394,812,000 $ 5,311,953,000 $ 5,223,484,000 $ 5,394,812,000  
Class A / ordinary shares            
Stated capital.            
Beginning Balance, Number of shares | shares   331,920,000 327,820,000 130,492,567,000 327,820,000  
Reclassification of Class A and Class B shares to ordinary shares (in shares) | shares       16,558,927,000    
Impact of reverse share split (in shares) | shares       (146,757,391,000)    
Shares issued (in shares) | shares       18,000,000    
Shares issued on exercise of options (in shares) | shares   2,478,000 4,100,000 15,717,000    
Shares repurchased and canceled through buyback program (in shares) | shares   (1,879,000)        
Ending Balance, Number of shares | shares   332,519,000 331,920,000 327,820,000 332,519,000  
Class A / ordinary shares | Stated capital            
Stated capital.            
Beginning balance, Equity   $ 5,341,977,000 $ 5,253,508,000 $ 4,233,335,000 $ 5,253,508,000  
Reclassification of Class A and Class B shares to ordinary shares       299,405,000    
Shares issued       378,000,000    
Shares issued on exercise of options   92,896,000 88,469,000 342,768,000    
Shares repurchased and canceled through buyback program   (10,037,000)        
Ending balance, Equity   5,424,836,000 5,341,977,000 5,253,508,000 5,424,836,000  
Class A / ordinary shares | Stated capital net of issue costs            
Stated capital.            
Beginning balance, Equity   5,311,953,000 5,223,484,000 4,231,856,000 5,223,484,000  
Reclassification of Class A and Class B shares to ordinary shares       299,014,000    
Shares issued       378,000,000    
Share issue costs       (28,154,000)    
Shares issued on exercise of options   92,896,000 88,469,000 342,768,000    
Shares repurchased and canceled through buyback program   (10,037,000)        
Ending balance, Equity   $ 5,394,812,000 $ 5,311,953,000 $ 5,223,484,000 $ 5,394,812,000  
Class B shares            
Stated capital.            
Beginning Balance, Number of shares | shares       16,558,927,000    
Reclassification of Class A and Class B shares to ordinary shares (in shares) | shares       (16,558,927,000)    
Class B shares | Stated capital            
Stated capital.            
Beginning balance, Equity       $ 299,405,000    
Reclassification of Class A and Class B shares to ordinary shares       (299,405,000)    
Class B shares | Stated capital net of issue costs            
Stated capital.            
Beginning balance, Equity       299,014,000    
Reclassification of Class A and Class B shares to ordinary shares       $ (299,014,000)    
[1] Re-presented to reflect the remeasurement period adjustments, as required by IFRS 3, in respect of updates to the accounting for the MTN SA Acquisition in May 2022.