Foreign Exchange
South Africa
The currency in South Africa is the rand. The rand is a free floating currency meaning that there are few controls on the value of the currency. While the rand is a reference currency in the southern Africa region, it is not considered to be a "hard" currency. The performance of the rand against the USD in the past year is as follows:
The chart shows the downward trajectory of the rand against the dollar. A year ago, the rand traded at 7.73 to the dollar, and today it is 9.12, a decline of 18%. This bodes well for a manufacturing operation in South Africa, where the already-low labor costs would be decreasing over time. It does not bode well for selling in South Africa, however, as the country's currency continues to get weaker, which means profits from South Africa will be worth less in dollar terms.
The trend is fairly clear. The underlying fundamentals of the rand continue to be weak. There remains doubt about the Zuma government's ability to deal with corruption, which along with crime and poverty remains an obstacle to growth. Given that there does not appear to be much opportunity...
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