30 June 2017 South African Rand Weakens Against the Pound After Emerging Market Exodus

The South African Rand weakened versus the Pound on Friday after emerging markets fell out of favour with investors, and political risks dominated the horizon.

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26 June 2017 South African Rand Forecast to Decline Against the Pound this Week, GBP/ZAR Could Rise to 16.85

The Pound to South African Rand is in a long-term downtrend as reflected by the fact that it is still trading under a major trendline. 

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19 June 2017 South African Rand's Gains Halted by BEE Legislation, but Longer-Term Uptrend v Pound Intact

The Rand is falling against the Pound due to political and economic risks as the new trading week begins.

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12 June 2017 GBP / ZAR Forecast for This Week

GBP/ZAR has traded in wide, volatile, daily ranges after political and economic development but what is the outlook for the week ahead?

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07 June 2017 Pound / Rand Rate: Downtrend Might be Fading

Unfortunately for those anticipating a stronger South African Rand, the momentum indicator MACD has been going sideways and not confirming the new downtrend.

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02 June 2017 RMB: South African Rand's Rally Might Take a Breather

It would be easy to suggest ZAR is outperforming owing to a review by Fitch Ratings, but RMB are sceptical that this is the driver behind ZAR at present.

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29 May 2017 Zuma Hurts South African Rand as the New Trading Week Begins

Jacob Zumaโ€™s survival at the helm of South African politics appears to have depressed the Rand at the start of the new trading week.

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25 May 2017 The South African Rand Rallies on NEC Meeting Hopes, but Donโ€™t Get Carried Away Warn Analysts

The Rand is one of the best-performers amongst the worldโ€™s top 20 currencies amidst these political developments and a broader global backdrop that has benefited this and other commodity-linked curโ€ฆ

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