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USD/ZAR 16.25 🔽
EUR/ZAR 18.89 🔽
AUD/ZAR 11.66 ➡️
GBP/ZAR 21.86 🔽
Brent Crude USD 96.97 / ZAR 1,576 🔼
Gold (Au) USD 4,437 / ZAR 72,112 🔽
BTC USD 66,704 / ZAR 1,084,162 🔽
COFFEE USD 2.53 / ZAR 41.14 / LBS 🔽

Oil clawed back toward USD97 this week as Washington dug in on its naval BLOCKADE of Iran and Hormuz traffic stayed THROTTLED, the dip toward USD90 reversing as US crude inventories drew for a sixth straight week. Yet the ZAR refused to FLINCH, firming to 16.25 against a softer greenback even as gold and bitcoin cooled from their highs and PGMs held firm. MZANSI gets the rare gift of cheaper imports while the rest of the world frets about the Strait. None of this is a reason to TINKER. Markets reward the boring. Stay DISCIPLINED.

PONZI repeat offender gets 15 YEARS.

https://capeargus.co.za/news/2026-06-03-ponzi-scheme-mastermind-sentenced-to-15-years-for-defrauding-investors

DEVIL on the LOOSE.

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/06/03/australia-Paradise-Country-Queensland-Tasmanian-devil-escape/9551780499888

PARAKEET wrecks the CARS.

https://wjrr.iheart.com/featured/lynch-and-taco/content/2026-06-03-pecking-parakeet-on-the-loose-causing-1000s-in-damage-to-cars

DEEP quake that SHOULDN’T exist.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260602021636.htm

BEARS roam DEAD zone.

https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/bears-now-roam-the-chernobyl-dead-zone-and-the-mutations-are-hard-to-ignore/vi-AA22Gnkh?ocid=socialshare

INTEREST: Wombats are the only known animals that produce CUBE-shaped droppings — up to 100 a night — sculpted by the uneven ELASTICITY of their intestinal walls.
"QUALITY is not an act, it is a HABIT." — Aristotle

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