Market Indicators
USD/ZAR: 16.9912 🔽
EUR/ZAR: 19.7878 🔽
AUD/ZAR: 11.2372 🔽
GBP/ZAR: 22.5790 🔽
Brent Crude: USD 62.54 / ZAR 1,063.80 🔼
Gold (Au): USD 4,224.50 / ZAR 71,731.00 🔼
BTC: USD 92,380.67 / ZAR 1,570,400.00 🔼
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s 25-basis-point rate cut provided a much-needed BOOST to investor sentiment. SARB to meet end of Jan 2026 for next rate decision. Mzansi’s stock market index, the JSE ALSI, rose to 113985 points on December 12, 2025, 30.82% HIGHER than a year ago.
BYTE: DEFECTIVE sperm donor.
Balloon SMUGGLING.
https://news.sky.com/story/lithuania-declares-state-of-emergency-over-belarus-balloons-13481251
BTC Miners HUNTED.
https://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-crypto/bitcoin/bitcoin-miners-hunted-after-stealing-1bn-of-electricity-from-malaysia-grid/
HUNDREDS get license suspended in JAPAN for DRUNK CYCLING.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy470w981n7o
UNIMPRESSED Gorilla
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/adult-gorilla-clearly-unimpressed-as-toddlers-go-wild/vi-AA1PhitD?ocid=socialshare
INTEREST: Fire discovered 400 000 years ago in Britain.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/early-human-fire-evolution-rcna247493
“SUCCESS is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that COUNTS.” – Winston Churchill.
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