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Rand’s weakness makes SA farmers stronger

The news that South Africa’s economy again went into a technical recession in 2019 came as no surprise. Neither did Moody’s Investors’ Service (Moody’s) downgrading South Africa’s loans to non-investment grade (‘junk’ status). From 2018, South Africans suffered as infrastructure and government service delivery deteriorated, and in its April 2019 Monetary Policy Review, the South African Reserve Bank

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