{"id":38441,"date":"2026-06-30T15:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38441"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:55:19","slug":"rand-stands-firm-against-nationwide-immigration-protests","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/rand-stands-firm-against-nationwide-immigration-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand stands firm against nationwide immigration protests \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African Rand has completely shrugged off today&#8217;s nationwide protests against undocumented foreign nationals, managing to holding onto its gains despite widespread tensions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The local currency actually strengthened in early morning trade, climbing nearly 0.4% to trade at R16.34 to the United States Dollar. While the overall mood across the country remains tense as anti-migration groups enforce their self-declared June 30th deadline, market analysts note that the financial sector isn&#8217;t panicking. Trade on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange did open slightly lower, down 0.2%, but experts attribute this to broader global factors, such as a welcome drop in international oil prices, rather than the local unrest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Market analyst Viv Govender says that while traders are keeping a very close eye on how the demonstrations unfold in major centres, the markets have seen no significant negative reaction so far.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34578,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44,305],"class_list":["post-38441","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","news-type-special-projects","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"South African Rand holds firm at R16.34 despite nationwide migration protests","published_date":"2026-06-30 15:32:33","news_description":"South African Rand holds firm at R16.34 despite nationwide migration protests","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38441","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38449,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38441\/revisions\/38449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}