SARB MPC release dates
The next SARB Monetary Policy Committee decision release is on Thursday 19 November 2026, for November 2026 meeting. The South African Reserve Bank gives the date but not a time on the schedule page we read, so we don't show one.
SARB MPC meeting dates 2026–2027
| Date | Your time | IST | PKT | WAT | UK | ET | For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 November 2026 | November 2026 meeting | ||||||
| 28 January 2027 | January 2027 meeting | ||||||
| 18 March 2027 | March 2027 meeting | ||||||
| 27 May 2027 | May 2027 meeting | ||||||
| 22 July 2027 | July 2027 meeting | ||||||
| 29 September 2027 | September 2027 meeting | ||||||
| 25 November 2027 | November 2027 meeting |
7 SARB Monetary Policy Committee decision releases are scheduled from 19 November 2026 to 25 November 2027, according to TradingLookup's News-Day Calendar (October 2026).
What the SARB MPC meeting is and why it moves markets
The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee sets the repurchase (repo) rate, South Africa's policy interest rate.
The decision moves the rand, so pairs such as USD/ZAR react around the announcement. We rate it high impact: central-bank decisions and the main inflation, jobs, GDP and retail data.
Prop firms that restrict trading around the SARB MPC meeting
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Related releases
Source
- Publisher
- South African Reserve Bank
- Schedule page
- resbank.co.za
- Re-read
- Every week