# South Africa's Bold Move: Expanding Local Currency Trade in Southern Africa (2026)

> Angola's kwanza has been added to the SADC Real-Time Gross Settlement system, which lets transactions settle directly in kwanza. The South African Reserve Bank and Banco Nacional de Angola announced the move. The article describes plans to extend the system into a multi-currency settlement network that could later include the pula.

- Date: 2026-11-01 · published 2026-11-02T00:10:17.760Z
- Category: policy · region Southern Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/74336-south-africa-s-bold-move-expanding-local-currency-trade-in-southern-africa-2026
- Commodities: [South African Rand (ZAR per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDZAR.md)

## Why it matters

Settling regional trade in local currencies reduces conversion costs for Southern African importers, but it has no clear direct effect on feed or agricultural commodity prices.

## Sources

- mediaresourcepartners.com: https://mediaresourcepartners.com/article/south-africa-s-bold-move-expanding-local-currency-trade-in-southern-africa

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