The South African Reserve Bank has published its template on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity for end of March 2025, reporting the approximate market value of official reserve assets and detailing the short-term foreign currency assets and liabilities of the South African Reserve Bank and the Central Government of South Africa. Official reserve assets totalled USD 67,450 million, with memorandum items showing USD 64,272 million in currencies in the special drawing rights basket (including gold) and USD 3,178 million in currencies not in the basket. Predetermined net drains include Central Government outflows within one year of USD 3,158 million in principal and USD 1,780 million in interest, including USD 507 million principal and USD 198 million interest due within one month; net long positions in forwards and futures are reported at USD 527 million within one year. The template also reports other contingent liabilities of USD 987 million within one year (Central Government principal USD 579 million and interest USD 408 million) and reiterates that, since January 2013, foreign-currency reserves placed with fund managers are classified as securities rather than deposits.

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