One could not imagine anything less likely to cause a flutter in the market dovecote than a most welcome improvement in the appearance of the note issue and the symbols it presents. But the mysterious media notice on Friday afternoon of a matter of national importance to be announced by President Zuma, with the Minister of Finance and Reserve Bank Governor Marcus in attendance on Saturday afternoon well after all markets had closed had the market, our colleagues and no doubt our peers across SA imagining both the good (less government intervention in the market place) and the bad (more interference) that could be in store for us.
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