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Gold price history in South Africa

Daily reference fixings, converted into rand. Open a year for the months.

Gram of 24k, day by day

daily reference fixing, last point
  • 2,274.25high · 21.09
  • 2,140.91low · 26.10
Last
2,142.69 ZAR · 30.10
Over the period
−131.56ZAR−5.78%
  • 2,379.77high · 25.08
  • 2,109.63low · 01.07
Last
2,142.69 ZAR · 30.10
Over the period
+10.04ZAR+0.47%

Daily reference fixing: a blend of central-bank fixings taken at different hours of the day, converted at the rate of the same day. It is not a market close and can differ from the live figure at the top of the page.

The same 90 trading days as a table
DayFixing, ZARChange
2,142.69−13.73
2,156.42+2.67
2,153.75+10.71
2,143.04+2.13
2,140.91−5.78
2,146.69−21.46
2,168.15−2.26
2,170.41−15.71
2,186.12−11.54
2,197.66+1.24
2,196.42+0.12
2,196.30−5.55
2,201.85−10.65
2,212.50−3.31
2,215.81+12.88
2,202.93+1.45
2,201.48−6.34
2,207.82+1.96
2,205.86−16.58
2,222.44−2.21
2,224.65+19.06
2,205.59+13.79
2,191.80+7.57
2,184.23−41.21
2,225.44−17.30
2,242.74−10.16
2,252.90−6.43
2,259.33−0.53
2,259.86−14.39
2,274.25+8.73
2,265.52+16.17
2,249.35+2.71
2,246.64+3.18
2,243.46−9.64
2,253.10−8.22
2,261.32−11.36
2,272.68+14.47
2,258.21−6.08
2,264.29−2.89
2,267.18−14.83
2,282.01+18.37
2,263.64+11.78
2,251.86−53.61
2,305.47−16.20
2,321.67−41.32
2,362.99−1.17
2,364.16−7.79
2,371.95−7.82
2,379.77+11.54
2,368.23+41.41
2,326.82+16.52
2,310.30+33.91
2,276.39−9.88
2,286.27+9.13
2,277.14+11.19
2,265.95−9.82
2,275.77+0.82
2,274.95+5.17
2,269.78+27.42
2,242.36+12.68
2,229.68+14.98
2,214.70+54.46
2,160.24+18.50
2,141.74−2.60
2,144.34−16.10
2,160.44−1.26
2,161.70−5.32
2,167.02−15.04
2,182.06−12.38
2,194.44+6.46
2,187.98+13.74
2,174.24+15.55
2,158.69+28.70
2,129.99+8.33
2,121.66−1.56
2,123.22+1.00
2,122.22−2.51
2,124.73−5.60
2,130.33−9.69
2,140.02−6.51
2,146.53+0.71
2,145.82−9.08
2,154.90−2.93
2,157.83−7.40
2,165.23+16.62
2,148.61+22.04
2,126.57+16.94
2,109.63−5.09
2,114.72−17.93
2,132.65—

Reading gold price history in South Africa means knowing which kind of figure you are looking at. A daily reference fixing is a benchmark struck at a set moment, often once or twice a day, and it reflects the metal's value in a major trading currency before conversion to rand. A market close is the last traded level of a session, so it moves with intraday sentiment, currency swings and local demand. That is why a fixing can sit apart from the live figure you see later: they are snapshots taken at different times under different conditions.

Monthly averages smooth those gaps. They blend fixings or closes across the month, which helps when you want a general sense of direction rather than a single day's noise. Use them for context, not for timing a purchase.

Treat the data as a record of metal value, and remember that past figures say nothing certain about what comes next.

How we calculate

We do not collect dealers’ prices. Every figure is worked out from the world price, the same way, on every page.

world price per troy ounce÷grams in an ounce×dollar rate×purity×grams in the unit

  1. World priceSpot gold in US dollars from an aggregated feed 1, recalculated every 10 minutes while the market is open.
  2. RateThe ZAR rate from central-bank reference data 2. It is a market reference rate, not an official fixing of your central bank.
  3. Purity and weightFixed constants with their source: see the unit pages. 22k counts as 916 parts gold in 1000.
  4. WeekendsNo trading, no recalculation: the last price before the close stays, marked “market closed”.
  5. HistoryThe history and the chart use one series only: daily reference fixings, converted at the rate of the same day. We never join them to the live figure.

Why a jeweller’s price is different

Shops add a making charge and their margin, and buy back for less than they sell. Our figure is the metal alone: the floor of a fair price, not the shop price.

Sources

Every figure on this site points here by its number.

  1. 1Price feedWorld spot price of gold and silver, aggregated feedthe world price, every 10 minutes while the market is open
  2. 2Central banksFrankfurter — central-bank reference ratesUSD → ZAR, updated daily; also the daily history
  3. 3StandardUnits of weight and finenessgrams in an ounce and in a gram