The Money Show SARB holds repo rate; Is now the right time to move your money offshore amid global pressures?
Motheo Khoaripe speaks to Goolam Ballim, Chief Economist at Standard Bank and Justin Easthorpe, Provincial Sales Manager for ooba Home Loans, about the South African Reserve Bank’s decision to hold the repo rate steady at 7%, despite global economic uncertainty and domestic challenges such as US tariffs and rising electricity costs.
In other interviews, Patrick Mathidi of Aluwani Capital Partners and Gary Booysen of Rand Swiss, explore the risks of "Rand roulette"—why South Africans often rush to buy dollars during rand weakness, the pitfalls of trying to time the currency, and how to craft a disciplined offshore investment strategy instead.
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