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Document And Entity Information - shares	12 Months Ended
Document And Entity Information - shares	Feb. 28, 2021	Jun. 25, 2021
Document Information Line Items
Entity Registrant Name	Karooooo Ltd.
Document Type	20-F
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--02-28
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		30,951,106
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Central Index Key	0001828102
Entity Current Reporting Status	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Period End Date	Feb. 28, 2021
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2021
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Entity Emerging Growth Company	true
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Ex Transition Period	false
Document Annual Report	true
Document Shell Company Report	false
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	001-40300
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	U0
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes

Presentation of Consolidated Financial Statements (Details)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 18, 2020	Feb. 28, 2021
Disclosure of separate financial statements [text block] [Abstract]
Description of financial statements	On this date, 20,331,894 shares were issued to Isaias Jose Calisto and Karooooo registered ZAR2,739,619,000 paid-up capital which resulted in a Common control reserve of ZAR2,709,236,000 arising due to the common control transaction.
Share capital, description		After year end, the share capital of the Company increased from ZAR2,739,629,000 to 7,142,853,000 after the issuing of shares on the NASDAQ and the JSE on April 1, 2021 and April 21, 2021 respectively.

Accounting Policies (Details) - Schedule of property, plant and equipment useful lives	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
Accounting Policies (Details) - Schedule of property, plant and equipment useful lives [Line Items]
Depreciation method	Straight line
Average useful life	5

New Standards and Interpretations (Details) - Schedule of consolidated financial statements in future reporting periods	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021
New Standards and Interpretations (Details) - Schedule of consolidated financial statements in future reporting periods [Line Items]
Details of amendment	Amendments to IAS 8: Definition of accounting estimates
Annual periods beginning on after	Jan. 01, 2023

Segment Reporting (Details) - Schedule of segment’s revenue, depreciation and adjusted EBITDA - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
2021
Hardware and other revenue before eliminations	R 519,292	R 421,190	R 694,405
Eliminations	(437,766)	(367,014)	(522,237)
Inter- segment revenue
Hardware and other revenue after eliminations and inter- segment	81,526	54,176	172,168
Adjusted EBITDA	R 1,127,700	R 937,485	R 738,434

Segment Reporting (Details) - Schedule of adjusted EBITDA to profit after taxation - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Schedule of adjusted EBITDA to profit after taxation [Abstract]
Adjusted EBITDA	R 1,127,700	R 937,485	R 738,434
Corporate expenses	(2,346)	(10,801)
Operating profit	726,562	630,922	499,919
IPO costs	(25,570)
Profit for the year	R 497,420	R 443,526	R 361,048

Segment Reporting (Details) - Schedule of capital expenditure - ZAR (R)
R in Thousands

12 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2021

Feb. 29, 2020

Feb. 28, 2019

Segment Reporting (Details) - Schedule of capital expenditure [Line Items]

Total

^[1]

R 523,666

R 422,968

R 435,697

[1]	Capital expenditureas per the statement of cash flows includes additions of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets.

Segment Reporting (Details) - Schedule of total assets by segment - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Segment Reporting (Details) - Schedule of total assets by segment [Line Items]
Total	R 2,915,143	R 1,845,257

Segment Reporting (Details) - Schedule of total non-current assets by segment - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Segment Reporting (Details) - Schedule of total non-current assets by segment [Line Items]
Total non-current assets	R 1,588,204	R 1,277,779

Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) - Schedule of property, plant and equipment - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) - Schedule of property, plant and equipment [Line Items]
Cost	R 163,345	R 254,816
Accumulated depreciation	(71,646)	(123,593)
Carrying Value	R 201,075	R 144,549

Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) - Schedule of reconciliation of the carrying value of property, plant and equipment - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) - Schedule of reconciliation of the carrying value of property, plant and equipment [Line Items]
Opening Balance	R 144,549	R 108,547
Reclassification from inventory	151,616
Transfers
Disposals	(1,521)	(5,317)
Translation Adjustments	(2,504)	3,228
Reclassification to owned assets	(31,600)
Reclassification rights-of-use assets	31,600
Closing Balance	R 201,075	R 144,549

Capitalized Commission Assets (Details) - Schedule of capitalized commission assets - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Capitalized Commission Assets (Details) - Schedule of capitalized commission assets [Line Items]
Cost	R 346,861	R 245,718
Accumulated amortization	(145,786)	(101,169)
Carrying value	201,075	144,549
Cost	346,861	245,718
Accumulated amortization	(145,786)	(101,169)
Carrying value	R 201,075	R 144,549

Capitalized Commission Assets (Details) - Schedule of reconciliation of the carrying value of capitalized sales commissions - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Capitalized Commission Assets (Details) - Schedule of reconciliation of the carrying value of capitalized sales commissions [Line Items]
Opening balance	R 144,549	R 108,547
Additions	95,999	64,437
Amortization	(46,957)	(31,262)
Closing balance	R 201,075	R 144,549

Intangible Assets (Details)	12 Months Ended
Intangible Assets (Details)	Feb. 28, 2021
Disclosure of intangible assets [text block] [Abstract]
Staff costs, description	Staff costs of ZAR41.0 million (2020: ZAR31.2 million) have been capitalized to product development costs with regard to the development of new generation telematics hardware and platform software which was deployed in the current year.

Intangible Assets (Details) - Schedule of intangible assets - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Intangible Assets (Details) - Schedule of intangible assets [Line Items]
Accumulated amortization	R (39,773)	R (16,742)
Carrying value	R 59,339	R 40,739

Goodwill (Details) - Schedule of goodwill is allocated cash generating units - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Goodwill (Details) - Schedule of goodwill is allocated cash generating units [Line Items]
Balance	R 131,503	R 122,098
Balance	R 124,152	R 131,503

Goodwill (Details) - Schedule of key estimates used for the fair value	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Goodwill (Details) - Schedule of key estimates used for the fair value [Line Items]
Growth rate, description		The rate reflects the specific risks relating to the country and industry in which the entity operates. These rates were determined using externally available information. The rates were determined using the Capital Asset pricing model and adjusting for risk. The rate is a pre-tax rate and the value in use has been determined on a pre-tax basis.
Revenue growth rate	31%	35%
Terminal growth rate	17%	16%
Discount rate	20%	15%

Deferred taxation (Details)	12 Months Ended
Deferred taxation (Details)	Feb. 28, 2021
Disclosure of deferred taxes [text block] [Abstract]
Deferred taxation, description	The tax losses available from these subsidiaries are ZAR15.3 million (2020: ZAR7.4 million). Detailed budgets and forecasts have been prepared by management which support the recoverability of these tax losses. None of the tax losses expire in terms of local tax legislation. No deferred tax liability is recognized on temporary differences of ZAR1,208 million (2020: ZAR1,356 million) relating to the unremitted earnings of overseas subsidiaries as the Group is able to control the timings of the reversal of these temporary differences and it is probable that they will not reverse in the foreseeable future

Deferred taxation (Details) - Schedule of deferred taxation - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Schedule of deferred taxation [Abstract]
Property, plant and equipment and capitalized commission assets	R (117,686)	R (85,392)
Lease obligations	12,119
ECL provision on trade receivables	11,302
Other	7,451
Deferred revenue	6	25,476
Property, plant and equipment and capitalized commission assets	37,479	9,361
Lease obligations	297	16,351
ECL provision on trade receivables	928	5,936
Research and development		1,071
Other	2,221	5,913
Total net deferred taxation asset	5,022	21,090
Reconciliation of deferred taxation asset/(liability)
Increase in deferred revenue temporary differences	19,320	8,778
Decrease in property, plant and equipment and capitalized commission assets temporary differences	(4,176)	(42,834)
(Decrease)/increase in tax losses temporary differences	(10,241)	1,679
Increase in ECL provision on trade receivables temporary differences	6,294	1,345
Increase/(decrease) in other temporary differences	3,759	(8,550)
Reconciliation of deferred tax
Disposal of Found	(550)
Translation differences	R 1,478	R 1,410

Inventories (Details) - Schedule of inventories - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Schedule of inventories [Abstract]
Telematics devices: available for installation		R 46,203
Telematics devices: in-vehicle inventory		15,980
Components		69,816
Consumables		19,658
Total, gross		153,666
Allowance for obsolete inventory		R (2,050)

Trade and other receivables and Prepayments (Details)	12 Months Ended
Trade and other receivables and Prepayments (Details)	Feb. 28, 2021
Disclosure of trade and other receivables [text block] [Abstract]
Recognized loss allowance on against all receivables over 360 days (with the exception of Singapore, Portugal and Africa)	100.00%

Trade and other receivables and Prepayments (Details) - Schedule of detailed information about trade and other receivables and prepayments - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Schedule of detailed information about trade and other receivables and prepayments [Abstract]
Expected credit loss provision	R (101,066)	R (51,657)
Deposits	7,853	6,044
Sundry debtors	R 8,599	R 7,176

Trade and other receivables and Prepayments (Details) - Schedule of reconciliation of the expected credit loss provision recognized with regard to trade and other receivables - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Schedule of reconciliation of the expected credit loss provision recognized with regard to trade and other receivables [Abstract]
Opening balance	R (51,657)	R (43,670)
Increase in allowance for expected credit losses	(90,654)	(63,623)
Reversal of allowance for expected credit losses	9,812
Amounts utilized	30,363	57,825
Translation differences	1,070	(2,189)
Closing balance	R (101,066)	R (51,657)

Trade and other receivables and Prepayments (Details) - Schedule of The carrying amount of trade and other receivables and prepayments is denominated in the following currencies - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Currencies
Total	R 324,170	R 251,747

Loans to/(From) Related Parties (Details) - Schedule of fair value financial instruments - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Related parties
Non-current assets	R 19,400
Current assets		11,013
Totals	R (872,577)	R 2,651

Cash and cash equivalents (Details) - Schedule of cash and cash equivalents - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Schedule of cash and cash equivalents [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents in the consolidated statement of cash flows	R 76,098	R 146,591
Current assets	104,937	146,591
Current liabilities	(28,839)
Total cash and cash equivalents	R 76,098	R 146,591

Share capital (Details) - Schedule of Share capital - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Schedule of Share capital [Abstract]
20,332,894 (2020:1,000) ordinary shares of no par value	R 2,739,629	R 10

Term loans (Details)	12 Months Ended
Term loans (Details)	Feb. 28, 2021
Disclosure Of Term Loans [Abstract]
Bears interest rate	3.00%

Term loans (Details) - Schedule of term loans - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Term loans (Details) - Schedule of term loans [Line Items]
Long term portion, gross	R 15,930	R 22,969
Less: Short term portion	(5,462)	(5,154)
Long term portion	R 10,468	R 17,815

Term loans (Details) - Schedule of reconciliation of movement of liabilities to cash flows arising from financing activities - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Term loans (Details) - Schedule of reconciliation of movement of liabilities to cash flows arising from financing activities [Line Items]
Balance beginning	R 130,328	R 363,918
Changes from financing cash flows	800,857	(276,232)
Repayment of borrowings	(9,759)	(217,815)
Payment of lease liabilities	(46,751)	(58,417)
Interest paid		(9,323)
Interest paid	(7,254)
Balance ending	R 1,006,591	R 130,328

Lease Liabilities (Details)	12 Months Ended
Lease Liabilities (Details)	Feb. 28, 2021
Capitalized Lease Liabilities [Abstract]
Description of cash outflows for leases	Total cash outflows for leases recognized in statement of cash flows ZAR52.3 million (2020:ZAR58.4 million).

Lease Liabilities (Details) - Schedule of lease liabilities - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Maturities analysis
– within one year	R 38,401	R 44,849
– within two to four years	46,576	43,241
– Over four years	R 13,707	R 10,907

Deferred Revenue (Details) - Schedule of deferred revenue - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Schedule of deferred revenue [Abstract]
Opening balance	R 208,782	R 80,377
Amounts deferred in current year	251,141	275,584
Amounts released to revenue in the current year	(211,484)	(152,420)
Closing balance	246,765	208,782
Non-current liabilities	85,655	55,817
Current liabilities	161,110	152,965
Total	R 246,765	R 208,782

Deferred Revenue (Details) - Schedule of the following table includes estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially satisfied at the end of the reporting period - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Schedule of the following table includes estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially satisfied at the end of the reporting period [Abstract]
Maturities analysis – within one year	R 161,110	R 152,965
Maturities analysis – within two to four years	81,055	50,296
Maturities analysis – over four years	4,600	5,521
Maturities analysis – Present value of amounts received in advance	R 246,765	R 208,782

Trade and Other Payables (Details) - Schedule of trade and other payables - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Schedule of trade and other payables [Abstract]
Sundry creditors	R 14,233	R 7,675

Revenue (Details) - Schedule of revenue from contracts with customers - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Revenue from contracts with customers
Installation revenue	R 20,511	R 752	R 2,578
Other revenue
Miscellaneous contract fees	R 15,735	R 16,572	R 43,291

Revenue (Details) - Schedule of disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Primary geographical markets
Hardware Sales	R 45,280	R 36,852	R 126,299
Installation Revenue	20,511	752	2,578
Miscellaneous Contract Fees	R 15,735	R 16,572	R 43,291

Operating Profit (Details)	12 Months Ended
Operating Profit (Details)	Feb. 28, 2021
Disclosure of profit (loss) from operating activities [text block] [Abstract]
Amortization, description	In the current year, the amortization of capitalized R&D is disclosed as research and development (ZAR23 million, 2020: ZAR9.2 million, 2019: Nil), previously this was disclosed as general and administration costs, to better reflect the underlying nature.

Operating Profit (Details) - Schedule of operating profit - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Operating profit is stated after accounting for the following charges:
– Current year (audit services)	R 13,347	R 6,207	R 4,841
– Current year (other services)		75
Write down of inventory to net realizable value		R 7,623	R 10,230

Finance costs (Details) - Schedule of finance costs - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Schedule of finance costs [Abstract]
Term loans	R 2,711	R 8,727	R 1,954
Overdraft	870	595	16,512
Others	133	1	4,883
Total	R 9,302	R 16,831	R 31,438

Taxation (Details) - Schedule of major components of taxation expense - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Current taxation
Income taxation – current year	R 160,751	R 137,392	R 132,144
Income taxation – prior year	5,725	(12,017)	(5,939)
Other – Securities transfer tax	200
Total current taxation	166,676	125,375	126,205
Deferred taxation
Deferred taxation – current year	36,184	33,217	(6,883)
Deferred taxation – prior year	(19,188)	11,961	(9,254)
Total deferred taxation	16,996	45,178	(16,137)
Withholding tax	R 14,956	R 2,604	R 114

Taxation (Details) - Schedule of reconciliation between accounting profit and taxation expense - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Reconciliation between accounting profit and taxation expense:
Taxation at the applicable taxation rate of 17% (2020:28%, 2019: 28%)	R 118,328	R 172,671	R 131,944
Effect of different tax rates in foreign jurisdictions	71,122	(7,119)	(8,823)
Taxation effect of adjustments on taxable income
Utilization of previously unrecognized taxation losses	(1,332)	(1,349)	(5,694)
Tax incentive – research and development	(2,568)	(3,845)
Tax incentive – other	(3,259)	(1,921)
Income not subject to tax (Dividend income)	(219)
Non-deductible loan write-off			1,633
Non-deductible tax penalties		84	1,601
Non-deductible provision of capital nature	4,513	4,907
Non-deductible expenses attributable to exempt dividend income	7,559	4,334	1,664
Current year losses for which no deferred taxation asset is recognized	2,791	2,847	2,936
Withholding tax	14,956	2,604	114
Securities transfer tax	200
Prior year tax overprovision	R (13,463)	R (56)	R (15,193)

Taxation (Details) - Schedule of reconciliation between accounting profit and taxation expense (Parentheticals)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2021

Feb. 29, 2020

Feb. 28, 2019

Schedule of reconciliation between accounting profit and taxation expense [Abstract]

Applicable taxation rate

17.00%

^[1]

28.00%

[1]	This is the corporate tax rate in Singapore.

Cash Generated From operations (Details) - Schedule of cash generated from operations - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Schedule of cash generated from operations [Abstract]
Provision for warranties charge	R (698)	R (885)	R (3,918)
Cash generated from operations before working capital changes	1,144,852	956,313	755,155
Changes in working capital
Decrease in Inventories		55,380	(34,019)
Increase in Deferred revenue	43,227	128,405	6,264
Increase in Capitalized commission assets under IFRS 15	(95,999)	(64,437)	(71,454)
Cash generated from operations	R 1,128,634	R 1,054,554	R 635,754

Taxation Paid (Details) - Schedule of taxation paid - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Schedule of taxation paid [Abstract]
Balance payable at beginning of the year	R (16,458)	R (35,078)	R (51,768)
Current taxation for the year recognized in profit or loss	(181,632)	(127,979)	(126,205)
Balance payable at end of the year	R 10,203	R 16,458	R 35,078

Dividends Paid (Details) - Schedule of dividend paid - ZAR (R) R / shares in Units, R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Dividends Paid (Details) - Schedule of dividend paid [Line Items]
Dividend paid by the Company to owner of the Company	R (272,235)	R (52,502)	R (93,930)
Total dividend paid	R (418,094)	R (92,008)	R (148,515)
Subsidiary per share (in Rand per share)
Subsidiary	R 145,859	R 39,506	R 54,585

Material Non-Controlling Interest (Details) - Schedule of summarizes the information relating to the subsidiary material non-controlling interest - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Material Non-Controlling Interest (Details) - Schedule of summarizes the information relating to the subsidiary material non-controlling interest [Line Items]
Total comprehensive income attributable to NCI	R 171,143	R 167,198

Interests in Subsidiaries (Details)	12 Months Ended
Interests in Subsidiaries (Details)	Feb. 28, 2021
Interests in Subsidiaries (Details) [Line Items]
Description of disposal	During the year, Cartrack disposed of its interest in Found Proprietary Limited to Bumbene House Proprietary Limited for a nominal cash consideration of ZAR100, being the value of the paid-up capital in accordance with the management accounts as at year end.
Business combination, description	During the year, the Cartrack Technologies Pte. Limited acquired 15% of the shares and voting interest in Retriever Limited, for a cash consideration of USD158,303. As a result, the equity interest in Retriever Limited increased from 85% to 100%.

Interests in Subsidiaries (Details) - Schedule of following table lists the entities which are controlled by the group	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Interests in Subsidiaries (Details) - Schedule of following table lists the entities which are controlled by the group [Line Items]
Held by	Cartrack Technologies LLC
% holding	80.0	80.0

Related parties (Details) - Schedule of Loan accounts –to/(from) related parties - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Related party balances
Loan from related parties	R (872,577)	R 2,651
Sales to related parties
Sales	(24,901)	(407)	R (4,201)
Purchases from related parties
Purchase	54,470	7,937	15,523
Rent paid to related parties
Rent	R 18,260	R 19,887	R 24,064

Risk management (Details) - 12 months ended Feb. 28, 2021	USD ($)	EUR (€)	MZN (MT)	PLN (zł)	SGD ($)
Disclosure of financial risk management [text block] [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents, description	The Group held cash and cash equivalents of ZAR104.9 million at February 28, 2021 (2020: ZAR146.6 million).
Exchange rate	$ 16.49	€ 19.16	MT 0.23	zł 4.25	$ 12.03
Exchange rate sensitivity, percentage	10.00%
Interest rate, description	The term loan with Caixa Geral Depositos de S.A attracts interest at a rate of 3% p.
Factor interest rate	1.00%

Risk management (Details) - Schedule of expected credit losses on financial assets recognized in profit or loss - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Schedule of expected credit losses on financial assets recognized in profit or loss [Abstract]
Expected credit loss provision on trade receivables arising from contracts with customers	R 80,842	R 54,872	R 45,171

Risk management (Details) - Schedule of provides information about the expected credit loss rate for trade receivables by ageing category - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Risk management (Details) - Schedule of provides information about the expected credit loss rate for trade receivables by ageing category [Line Items]
Expected credit loss rate	29.00%	19.00%
Gross carrying amount	R 354,207	R 268,749
Impairment loss allowance	R 101,066	R 51,657

Risk management (Details) - Schedule of contractual undiscounted cash flows and contractual interest payments - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Risk management (Details) - Schedule of contractual undiscounted cash flows and contractual interest payments [Line Items]
Term loans	R 16,409	R 25,177

Risk management (Details) - Schedule of currency risk € in Thousands, zł in Thousands, R in Thousands, MT in Thousands, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021 ZAR (R)	Feb. 28, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2021 EUR (€)	Feb. 28, 2021 MZN (MT)	Feb. 28, 2021 SGD ($)	Feb. 29, 2020 ZAR (R)	Feb. 29, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2020 EUR (€)	Feb. 29, 2020 MZN (MT)	Feb. 29, 2020 PLN (zł)	Feb. 29, 2020 SGD ($)
Schedule of currency risk [Abstract]
Loan to intercompany	R (3,095)	$ (120,005)	€ (426)		$ (7,972)
Cash and cash equivalents	(21)	5,724	104		77
Trade and other payables	(5)	(27,242)	(3,939)	(15)	(26,021)	R 81,461	$ 81,341	€ 1,241	MT (7,924)	zł (192)	$ (717)
Total	R 157,156	$ 17,031	€ 78,028	MT (15)	$ (33,156)	R 81,575	$ 81,436	€ 1,241	MT (7,924)	zł (192)	$ (717)

Risk management (Details) - Schedule of a factor change of 10% has been applied to the exchange rates - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Risk management (Details) - Schedule of a factor change of 10% has been applied to the exchange rates [Line Items]
Total strengthening	R (6,188)	R (7,385)
Total weakening	R 6,188	R 7,385

Risk management (Details) - Schedule of a factor of 1% has been applied to the interest rates - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Schedule of a factor of 1% has been applied to the interest rates [Abstract]
Effect on profit before tax (1% increase)	R (159)	R (1,951)
Effect on profit before tax (1% decrease)	R 159	R 1,951

Director and key management personnel emoluments (Details) - Schedule of director and key management personnel emoluments - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020
Executive Directors
Salary and allowances	R 14,881	R 13,525
Retirement fund	296	476
Performance bonuses	1,467	3,370
Director fees	R 2,983	R 2,867

Basic and diluted earnings per share information (Details) - Schedule of basic and diluted earnings per share - ZAR (R) R in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2021	Feb. 29, 2020	Feb. 28, 2019
Basic and diluted earnings per share
The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share has been based on the profit attributable to ordinary shareholders and the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue. Basic and diluted earnings per share (ZAR) (in Shares)	15,650	14,260	9,150
Basic earnings Earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders (ZAR’ 000)	R 318,183	R 289,882	R 236,930
Less: Profit arising prior to the incorporation of Karooooo on May 19, 2018 (ZAR’ 000)			R (50,836)
Adjusted basic and diluted earnings per share
The calculation of adjusted basic and diluted earnings per share has been based on the adjusted profit attributable to ordinary shareholders and the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue. Adjusted basic and diluted earnings per share (ZAR) (in Shares)	16,910	14,260	9,150
Weighted average number of ordinary shares issued (in Shares)	20,332,894,000	20,332,894,000	20,332,894,000
Reconciliation between basic earnings and adjusted earnings (ZAR’000)
Basic earnings	R 318,183	R 289,882	R 236,930
Less: Profit arising prior to the incorporation of Karooooo on May 19, 2018 (ZAR’ 000)			(50,836)
Add: IPO costs	R 25,570

Commitments (Details)	12 Months Ended
Commitments (Details)	Feb. 28, 2021
Disclosure of commitments [text block] [Abstract]
Capital Commitments Description	There are no capital commitments at the year-end. Lease commitments are disclosed in note 17.

Covid-19 (Details)	12 Months Ended
Covid-19 (Details)	Feb. 28, 2021
Covid 19 [Abstract]
Companys performance, description	Although COVID-19 subdued the Company’s performance specifically during the first two quarters of full year 2021, its subscriber base still grew by 16% for the year. A strong recovery was evident for the last two quarters of the financial year with 130,827 net subscribers added in the second half (compared to 48,658 in the first half of 2021). Karooooo’s global operations are subject to risks associated with actions taken by governmental authorities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Karooooo is actively monitoring these ongoing and potential impacts of COVID-19 in order to mitigate and minimize the impact on its business.

Subsequent Events (Details) R in Millions, $ in Millions				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	13 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) R in Millions, $ in Millions	Apr. 21, 2021 shares	Apr. 01, 2021	Dec. 22, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2021 shares	Feb. 28, 2021	Apr. 21, 2021 ZAR (R) shares
Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]
Nasdaq listing and JSE inward listing, description		Karooooo listed on the NASDAQ on April 1, 2021 and has raised USD33.8 million gross cash for general corporate purposes including the growth and expansion of Cartrack, such as research and development.
Shares issued				1,207,500
Total Shares in issue	30,951,106					30,951,106
Nasdaq listing and JSE inward listing, description	The listing comprises 30,951,106 Karooooo shares (21,540,394 of which are issued on the US shares register and 9,410,712 of which are issued on the SA share register) in the “Software” sector and sub-sector on the Main Board of the JSE. Of the 9,410,712 Karooooo shares on the SA share register, 5,774,312 are public shareholders constituting a 61% free float on the JSE. Of the 5,774,312 public shareholders holding Karooooo shares on the SA share register, non-South African resident shareholders (excluding US resident shareholders) are able to transfer their shares to the NASDAQ from May 31, 2021 onwards
Interest rate percentage					1.25%
Drew down under the loan \| $			$ 58.5
IPO [Member]
Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]
IPO costs \| R						R 25.6

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