40 Year view of the Thai Baht vs the South African Rand

Although we have this predisposition to always check the ZAR against the USD when we compare ourselves against an emerging economy , similar size to ourselves , we get a clearer picture of the decline of the Rand. Not a good look and 100% avoidable however with zero political will in SA , it is destined to continue into ruins. As you can see in the time of Thabo Mbeki how well the ZAR was relative to the THB and the rest is history....