Rand strength likely to reverse course soon

Despite the rand’s recent outperformance, we think risks around the upcoming election in South Africa, among other factors, will cause renewed weakness in the currency before long.

In view of wider interest, this FX Markets Update is also being sent to clients of the Africa Economics service. 

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