Market Indicators
USD/ZAR 15.95 🔽
EUR/ZAR 18.59 🔽
AUD/ZAR 11.45 🔼
GBP/ZAR 21.69 🔽
Brent Crude USD 90.07 / ZAR 1,436 🔽
Gold (Au) USD 4,580 / ZAR 73,051 🔼
BTC USD 80,395 / ZAR 1,282,300 🔼
COFFEE USD 3.10 / ZAR 49.45 / LBS 🔽
The USD is on the ropes. Washington’s “toughest sanctions in history” talk on Iran pinned the greenback near multi-month lows, and the ZAR ran with it, touching 15.95, its firmest since the war started in February. AU PUNCHED to a fresh high above USD4,580. BTC ripped through USD80,000. For MZANSI that is a gold exporter’s dream week and a cheaper import bill STACKED on top. But the SARB’s leading indicator has now slipped three months straight, so the REAL economy is not at the party. Brent is still above the pain line. ENJOY the rand while it lasts. Do NOTHING dramatic
GOLD in WALL
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/belgium-gold-stash-10-million-discover
PICASSO survives an EVICTION.
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/picasso-etching-stolen-milwaukee-art-gallery-2018-found-135653218
LAKE Ontario gets RENAMED.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/27/politics/trump-rename-lake-america
STURGEON moon takes a BITE.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/27/science/august-partial-lunar-eclipse-explainer
INTEREST: The Hoba meteorite is the LARGESTintact meteorite on Earth, located near Grootfontein, Namibia. It weighs about 60 TONS, is made mostly of iron and nickel, and has NEVER been moved since it fell roughly 80,000 YEARS ago.
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