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What is the British Pound to South African Rand Rate Today? | |
| The live GBP/ZAR exchange rate is | 24.8869 |
| Change on Previous Day's Close | -0.78% |
How does Today's South African Rand Rate Compare with Previous Rates? | |
| Today's opening exchange rate is | 25.0826 |
| Today's lowest exchange rate is | 24.8555 |
| Today's best exchange rate is | 25.1567 |
| Best exchange rate of the year-to-date is | 25.4721 (09-04-2025) |
| The lowest exchange rate of the year-to-date is | 22.4404 (07-11-2024) |
The Rand advanced strongly on the Dollar and Pound Friday after President Cyril Ramaphosa offered hope in the form of a plan to ease the economic 'lockdown,' but the coronavirus is still advancing in South Africa and there are also other risks lurking on the path ahead.
April 24,2020
The Rand steadied near historic lows Wednesday as investors celebrated a fiscal suuport package worth a double-digit share of GDP amid more supportive global weather conditions, but the currency could remain vulnerable until after South Africa's exclusion from the FTSE World Government Bond Index.
April 22,2020
One of South Africa's leading investment banks sees the Rand remaining weak over a two-year horizon, suggesting the impact of domestic economic underperformance relative to global peers and the covid-inspired contraction will leave a lasting legacy on the currency.
April 21,2020
The Pound-to-Rand exchange rate remains engaged in a solid trend of appreciation, however we note that a substantial area of resistance on the exchange rate's charts could pose some near-term headwinds to further gains by Sterling.
April 20,2020
The Rand was closing in on fresh lows against the Pound and Dollar Wednesday as risk aversion returned to global markets but some analysts are saying the sell-off may now be overdone while others are tipping a recovery for the South African unit and other emerging market currencies before year-end.
April 16,2020
The Rand's recent recovery unwound further on Tuesday after the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) surprised the market with a large cut to the cash rate to counter the effect of a national coronavirus 'lockdown' that risks seeing the currency continue to underperform emerging world rivals this year.
April 15,2020
The Rand has recovered handsomely this week but faces a reckoning with a month-end exclusion from the FTSE World Government Bond Index that could play out just as the South African coronavirus epidemic nears its peak, although this toxic cocktail may lead the currency to salvation in the early morning of May.
April 12,2020
The South African Rand shed further purchasing power at the start of the new week, with market attention remaining fixed on the economic fallout from the global coronavirus pandemic which is expected to leave emerging market nations such as South Africa exposed to protracted economic weakness.
April 6,2020
The South African Rand has stabilised this week after Friday's credit rating downgrade from Moody's, although with a domestic coronavirus outbreak seen weighing on the already-bruised economy for months more, a sustained recovery could remain a distant prospect for a while yet.
March 31,2020
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