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2026.03.0212:16:23UTC+00South African Rand at Over 1-Week Low

The South African rand weakened toward 16.1 per USD, its lowest level in over a week, as rising tensions in the Middle East increased global economic uncertainty and dampened demand for riskier assets, including emerging market currencies. At the same time, fears of prolonged disruptions to oil supplies from the region intensified inflation concerns, leading investors to scale back expectations for interest rate cuts by major central banks.

Domestically, however, South Africa’s economic backdrop has shown some improvement. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana last week presented a budget indicating that the debt-to-GDP ratio is set to stabilize for the first time in nearly 20 years, accompanied by a slightly smaller fiscal deficit than previously projected.

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