This is wild. This kills cross border building and just scares away capital. I’m so angry at our Governments. They keep running the same playbook that’s been holding South Africa back for years, control everything, fix nothing.
Forcing people to disclose crypto, restrict how they use it, and even force sell it back into rand? Like wtf.
What are the real motives here?
Capital flight fears? Weakening rand? Or just trying to box people into a system they’re losing control over?
South African Reserve Bank and National Treasury of South Africa need to explain why innovation is being treated like a threat instead of an opportunity.
This doesn’t protect people, it pushes them out of the system entirely.
🇿🇦 SOUTH AFRICA PROPOSES INSANE CRYPTO CONTROLS, POSSIBLE FORCED SALES
South Africa National Treasury and South African Reserve Bank have introduced draft Capital Flow Management Regulations that could dramatically restrict crypto use.
The proposal would require disclosure of crypto holdings above an unspecified threshold and could allow the government to force holders to sell assets for rand.
Under the draft, investors may not buy, sell, lend, or transfer crypto above the threshold without permission, except through approved providers.
Transactions would require a stated purpose, and using funds outside that purpose could trigger mandatory resale.
Cross-border transfers and payments using crypto would be banned without approval.
Authorities would also gain powers to search individuals, demand declarations, and seize assets suspected of violating the rules.
Critics say the changes raise serious constitutional concerns around privacy, property rights, and freedom of association, calling them among the most aggressive updates to South Africa’s decades-old exchange control system.