Rand on track for biggest weekly loss in three

The rand was on track for its biggest weekly loss in three on Friday morning as the rising coronavirus death toll curbed global risk sentiment.

, down by 4.36%, followed by the Chilean peso down 4.14%. The currency’s performance has been affected by the global risk-off sentiment due to the spread of the coronavirus as well as concerns about SA’s economic trajectory ahead of the national budget speech next week.A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as exclusive Financial Times articles, ProfileData financial data, and digital access to the Sunday Times and Times Select.

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Stage 2 load-shedding back until SaturdayThe power utility says this is due to the loss of three additional units overnight. Hooray!! So now all activities is Parliament are done and we are beck to our real life. Yesssssesssssss, simuncu kodwa. I dont understand this loadshadding.. in KZN stage 2 is 2 hours but here in jozi stage 2 is 6hours mxm
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Police searching for two lions after reported sightings in WestonariaNo missing lions have been reported on Gauteng's West Rand, police said on Wednesday. Do we have a nearby game reserve or lions park? Never heard of any beside mines in that area. Where do they come from to be only sighted this side. SANParks BarbaraCreecy_ David_Makhura Saps GautengProvince these is scary considering informal settlements in that area. Let them be for a while. Will keep criminals inside during loadshedding 🦁🦁
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Police searching for two lions after reported sightings in WestonariaNo missing lions have been reported on Gauteng's West Rand, police said on Wednesday. No one is going to steal the lions why is the police looking for them?
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Stage 2 load shedding from 9am today until 6am on Saturday | IOL NewsIn a statement on Thursday morning, Eskom said that Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented due to the loss of three additional units overnight that has increased the shortage in capacity. Welcome to Zim 2.0 . Did Eskom_SA know it beforehand They were sending messages much earlier in the week to warn that we might have Loadshedding again 😱😱🙄🙄
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Big, burly Triumph rockets into SAAt 2,500cc the new Rocket 3 has the world’s biggest motorcycle engine
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KZN signage company was a front for huge drug storage and peddling facilityA 32-year-old man was arrested by the Hawks in Pinetown, west of Durban, allegedly with almost half-a-million-rand worth of drugs Well done. 👏 Good 👏 CyrilRamaphosa it happens to a lot businesses, a salon for example
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