The rand was on track for its first weekly drop in five weeks on Friday as rising tension in the Middle East placed more pressure on riskier assets. 

The rand weakened almost 1.5% to levels last seen on December 19 amid global risk-off as markets reacted to a US air strike that killed a top Iranian commander on Friday. ..

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