{"id":7430,"date":"2021-03-31T17:38:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T17:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=7430"},"modified":"2021-03-31T16:46:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T16:46:11","slug":"rand-trades-steady-as-sa-remains-on-alert-level-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/rand-trades-steady-as-sa-remains-on-alert-level-1","title":{"rendered":"Rand trades steady as SA remains on alert level 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>JOHANNESBURG \u2013 The rand felt some depreciatory pressure during the early European session yesterday, but was able to recover some losses during the afternoon\u2019s trading session according to NKC Research.<\/p>\n<p>The local unit was little changed following last night\u2019s &#8220;family meeting&#8221; in which President Cyril Ramaphosa said the country will remain on alert level 1 but announced dos and don\u2019ts for the Easter holidays.<\/p>\n<p>In his address, Ramaphosa announced a four-day ban on the off-site consumption of alcohol from Good Friday to Easter Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, given the role of alcohol in fuelling reckless behaviour, we will put in place some restrictions over the Easter weekend. To this end, the sale of alcohol for off-site consumption will be prohibited this coming Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday,\u201d said Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n<p>Other measures such as the midnight curfew, maximum number of people at funerals and interprovincial travel would remain unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>At the close of local trade, the rand quoted 0.27 percent weaker at R14.92\/$, after trading in range of R14.87\/$ &#8211; R15.00\/$. The rand traded flat overnight. The expected range of the rand against the dollar today is R14.75\/$ \u2013 R15.00\/$.<\/p>\n<p><b>BUSINESS REPORT ONLINE<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. JOHANNESBURG \u2013 The rand felt some depreciatory pressure during the early European session yesterday, but was able to recover some losses during the afternoon\u2019s trading session according to NKC Research. 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