{"id":21549,"date":"2025-12-23T08:45:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/rand-climbs-further-on-gold-price\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:32:35","slug":"rand-climbs-further-on-gold-price","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/rand-climbs-further-on-gold-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand climbs further on gold price"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wnVEW\">\n<div role=\"document\" data-test-id=\"mailMessageBodyContainer\">\n<div class=\"Yy5or customScrollBar GNqVo allowTextSelection OuGoX\" tabindex=\"0\" data-fui-focus-visible=\"\">\n<div class=\"BIZfh\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"x_mail-editor-reference-message-container\">\n<div id=\"x_mail-editor-reference-message-container\">\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The South African (SA) Rand chalked up further gains against the Dollar<b>\u00a0<\/b>on Tuesday, helped by gold prices reaching another record high.<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wnVEW\">\n<div role=\"document\" data-test-id=\"mailMessageBodyContainer\">\n<div class=\"T31hC customScrollBar GNqVo allowTextSelection OuGoX\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"BIZfh\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"x_mail-editor-reference-message-container\">\n<div id=\"x_mail-editor-reference-message-container\">\n<div>Soaring prices of precious metals, a major SA export, have helped to propel the rand to its strongest in more than three years.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The currency is on course to end the year up more than 12% against the Dollar, also bolstered by the country&#8217;s improved fiscal performance and success containing inflation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The Rand traded at 16.6875 against the Dollar , up about 0.1% from Monday&#8217;s close and at its strongest since August 2022.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Johannesburg-listed stocks also advanced, with the Top-40 Index last up 0.6%, extending the previous day&#8217;s gains.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Trade was thinner than usual, with many investors away from their desks for end-of-year holidays.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13933,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-21549","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"SA Rand chalked up further gains against the Dollar","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25176,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21549\/revisions\/25176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=21549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}