The strength of South Africa’s Rand has become a hot topic of late — more so than usual. Over the weekend the ZAR weakened to over R20 to the UK pound.
Right now it costs South Africans over R13 to the US dollar and R15 to the Euro. It might not be the right time to plan that overseas vacation.
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Twitter is a unique entity: it allows a number of people to not only rant and rave about problems in the country, but also some together and comment on them in real-time.
In true South African fashion, someone has created the hashtag #StrongerThanTheRand, which is now trending on the social media platform.
What makes south Africans unique is our ability to make light of difficult subjects — it’s a coping mechanism.
The #StrongerThanTheRand tweets are flooding in and contain a range of wiffy and fun comparisons to our diving currency.
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Here are 19 of the best #StrongerThanTheRand tweets we’ve seen so far:
Jacob Zuma’s vote of confidence #StrongerThanTheRand
— CapeTown_Bru (@CapeTown_Bru) August 24, 2015
Ashley Madison’s security system #StrongerThanTheRand — Ed England (@WhyIamEd) August 24, 2015
Government’s accountability record… #StrongerThanTheRand
— Carl Angus (@Sageville) August 24, 2015
Tommen’s claim to the Iron Throne #StrongerThanTheRand — Salvador Dala (@ThatCjGeorge) August 24, 2015
Monopoly money. #StrongerThanTheRand
— jae (@jaymeisterrr) August 24, 2015
The chances of Jacob Zuma paying back the money #StrongerThanTheRand — The phr0gnomenon (@phr0ggi) August 24, 2015
Ricoffee #strongerthantherand
— Slade Waits (@Kikmi) August 24, 2015
Eskom’s management is #StrongerThanTheRand — Andre (@ndre007) August 24, 2015
Twitter ‘comedians’ levels of funny #strongerThanTheRand
— Spencer-Nel (@Spenelo) August 24, 2015
Chances of me becoming @Beyonce. #StrongerThanTheRand — MSWENKO BAE (@Zahra_McQueen) August 24, 2015
Chester Missing’s credibility as a social commentator. #StrongerThanTheRand
— Bunny Runner (@NixOdd) August 24, 2015
the glue holding Donald Trump’s toupee to hes skull. #StrongerThanTheRand pic.twitter.com/i2NcHEKDMA — Ricky Kuzco (@kuzco890) August 24, 2015
#StrongerThanTheRand pic.twitter.com/ysbGwb2fPG
— umar bastra (@SaveTheQueenIX) August 24, 2015
Chances of Leonardo DiCaprio winning an Oscar #strongerThanTheRand — Dexter King (@DexteristheKing) August 24, 2015
The chances of Jacob Zuma paying back the money #StrongerThanTheRand
— The phr0gnomenon (@phr0ggi) August 24, 2015
Nando’s Lemon & Herb #StrongerThanTheRand — Mik. (@mikster24za) August 24, 2015
Danny K’s stage presence. #StrongerThanTheRand
— jae (@jaymeisterrr) August 24, 2015
The Titanic not hitting an iceberg was #StrongerThanTheRand
— chris (@Chris_Le_Beu) August 24, 2015
And finally what we’re probably all thinking:
#StrongerThanTheRand has me like pic.twitter.com/5WIzUiC2GJ — Emile McLennan (@emilemac) August 24, 2015
