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Taxpayers getting crushed, and more fuel price surcharges hitting South Africa | SA News

Caitlyn Hilliard-Lomas
 ·16 Apr 2026

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The rand weakened on Wednesday as the safe-haven US dollar fell to six-week lows, with market attention focused on the possibility of renewed talks between the United States and Iran to end the war. 

The risk-sensitive rand traded at 16.3650 against the dollar, down 0.2% from its previous close.

The US dollar hit nearly six-week lows on Wednesday, having given up almost all the gains made since the onset of the Iran war. 

Signs of another round of talks…

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