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South Africans are dealing with the shocking state of their currency with a comedy hashtag

#StrongerThanTheRand makes fun of the currency failing to its lowest point in 14 years

Zlata Rodionova
Wednesday 26 August 2015 10:51 BST
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South African presidency president, Jacob Zuma
South African presidency president, Jacob Zuma (Getty)

Instead of tearing their hair out over the poor exchange rate of their currency after it touched a new low on Wednesday, South Africans expressed their frustration with humour.

Twitter users adopted the hastag #StrongerThanTheRand to make fun of the weakness of their currency by comparing it to unlikely things that are stronger.

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Even US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Deez Nuts, North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and South African president Jacob Zuma were not safe.

Unsurprisingly, marketing companies tried to take advantage of the hastag.

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