Business, Currency & Economy

Here you will find a table with today’s value of the South African Rand against all other currencies. You can also create your own list with currency exchange rates. Oanda offers several other money tools like the FXCheatsheet, which will help you to produce tables with exchange rates of two different currencies for different amounts of money.

On Banknotes.com you will find thousands of images of banknotes from countries all over the world sorted by continent. On this page you will find images of old and new banknotes (that have been) used in South Africa.

Here you will find addresses, contact persons and the official website of the (National) Chamber of Commerce in South Africa. To find more Chambers of Commerce in Pretoria or other cities in South Africa, please search the chamber directory.

Here you will find a country report by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation about South Africa. The survey provides insights about several business factors, like: ease of doing business, dealing with permits, business taxes, employing workers, getting credit and other factors that are important when you want to start a business in South Africa. The economic statistics of South Africa are compared with other (selected) economies.

GlobalEDGE is a website created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University (IBC). It is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights and learning resources on global business activities. On this page you will find the country report for South Africa. Look here for statistical data and insights into historical, economic and political conditions of South Africa.

The US Commercial Service offers comprehensive export promotion assistance through a variety of programs and services. Here you will find a market snapshot of South Africa and information about doing business in South Africa, like: commercial guide, business travel, investment climate, economic, political and demographic reports. The reports are primarily written and made for US investors and companies, but the data provided can be used by anyone.

On the website of Economist.com you will find a several country briefings. On this page you can read articles about the political and economic forecasts for South Africa, read the latest economic news articles and view economic data and other factsheets about South Africa.

The International Business Resource Connection (IBRC) is a business outreach program of the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) within the School of Business at the University of Kansas, was created to encourage trade opportunities and expand international business education. On this page you will find a collection of links to government, business and travel resources in South Africa.

In the Google Directory you will find links to websites of companies and business services in South Africa sorted by industry.