The South African rand dropped sharply on Wednesday as a fractious budget vote threw into doubt the solidity of the coalition government. At 1640 GMT, the rand traded at 18.7725 against the dollar, ...

The South African rand slumped to its weakest in well over a year on Monday and local stocks extended their recent slide as ...

If the GNU unravels - primarily because of the fracas over the VAT hikes in the budget - South Africa's political risk profile for investors will take a dramatic U-turn for the worse at a time when ...

JOHANNESBURG, April 2 (Reuters) - The South African rand dropped sharply on Wednesday as a fractious budget vote threw into doubt the solidity of the coalition government. At 1640 GMT, the rand ...