Anticipation that Cyril Ramaphosa would win the vote to head South Africa's ruling party has sent the currency soaring in the past month. As a result, his compatriots are now $855 better off in dollar terms in that period, compared with a mere $163 rise in income since President Jacob Zuma came to power in 2009, according to Robertson.
But as he concedes himself, the maths are a little naughty.