Paul Richardson

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(Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s rand weakened after US President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of the country. Most Read from BloombergThe currency fell as much as 1.1% and traded 0.7% weaker at 18.2563 rand per dollar as of 5:45 p.m. in Johannesburg, after Trump repeated on his Truth Social account that South Africa is confiscating farmers’ land and farms. The nation hasn’t seized any private land since the end of White-minority rule in 1994.