Market participants are hereby advised that the South African Reserve Bank (the Bank) will be closed for trading, trade reporting and settlement on the following official public holidays:·        Monday, 17 December 2012;·        Tuesday, 25 December 2012;·        Wednesday, 26 December 2012; and·        Tuesday, 1 January 2013The Bank’s operations have been arranged to mature and settle on official business days during the time. No settlement will take place during the days mentioned above via the South African Multiple Options Settlement (SAMOS) system.   The market will be open as normalfor gold and foreign-exchangetransactions on 24 and 31 December 2012. Domestic operations will beconducted as usual with the position windows closing at 16h15 on both days. Queriesregardingthe above may be directed to Tom Khosa at+ 2712 313 4950or Jackie Brevis +2712 313 4662. ​