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n 11 May, the South African rand hit a low of R19,32 to the US dollar. This was the lowest it had been since April 2020, amidst the hard lockdown imposed on the country by the government due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While one of the reasons for the low was the market's anticipation of the release of