🇹🇿 TZS to 🇿🇦 ZAR — Tanzanian Shilling to South African Rand Rate Today
Indicative interbank rate. Interbank rate updated 2 Aug 09:35 UTC (less than 1h ago) · ExchangeRate-API (interbank)
Convert Tanzanian Shilling to South African Rand using the live indicative interbank rate and the converter below. Covers the cost of sending to South Africa via the major mobile money apps.
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TZS → ZAR conversion table
| TZS | ZAR |
|---|---|
| 500 | 3.14 |
| 1,000 | 6.27 |
| 2,000 | 12.54 |
| 5,000 | 31.36 |
| 10,000 | 62.72 |
| 25,000 | 156.81 |
| 50,000 | 313.62 |
| 100,000 | 627.25 |
| 250,000 | 1,568.11 |
| 500,000 | 3,136.23 |
| 1,000,000 | 6,272.45 |
Table computed at the indicative rate of 1 TZS = 0.006272 ZAR. Real operator-side values include a 1%-4% spread.
Tanzanian Shilling to South African Rand exchange rate history
What moves the Tanzanian Shilling rate
The Tanzanian shilling is on a managed float under the Bank of Tanzania. Gold, tourism, agricultural exports (cashews, coffee) and the import bill — including used vehicles from Japan — shape the rate.
About the Tanzanian Shilling
The Tanzanian Shilling (TZS, TSh) is the official currency of Tanzania, issued by the Bank of Tanzania and notionally subdivided into 100 cents — though the cent denomination is no longer in circulation. Tanzania operates a managed-float regime, and the Shilling has been comparatively stable against the USD over the 2020s relative to peers, partly because of consistent gold-export revenue and a current-account balance closer to neutral. M-Pesa, Mixx by Yas (ex Tigo Pesa) and Airtel Money dominate the in-country mobile-money landscape, and the Bank of Tanzania has been progressive in enabling cross-border M-Pesa Global transfers to Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and beyond. Tanzania scrapped the 2021 transfer levy on P2P sends from 1 October 2022 but kept a banded withdrawal levy on cash-out at a mobile-money agent, from TZS 10 up to a maximum of TZS 2,000.
About the South African Rand
The South African Rand (ZAR, R) is the official currency of South Africa and a legal tender in Lesotho, Eswatini and Namibia through the Common Monetary Area arrangement. The Rand is issued by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and is subdivided into 100 cents. Among African currencies, the Rand is the most liquid and the most actively traded in global FX markets, and it serves as a popular proxy for sub-Saharan emerging-market sentiment. As a result the Rand is materially more volatile than most African currencies, reacting to global risk-on / risk-off flows that have little to do with South African domestic fundamentals. For mobile-money flows the Rand is less central than the Naira or Cedi because South Africa's payment infrastructure is dominated by traditional bank rails and the country has no major MTN MoMo or M-Pesa retail wallet base.
How to send Tanzanian Shilling to South Africa
For transfers from Tanzania to South Africa, the competitive options in 2026 are mobile-first remitters (Sendwave, LemFi, TapTap Send, Lemonade Finance), aggregators (Wise, WorldRemit, Remitly) and direct operator rails (MTN MoMo, Orange Money, M-Pesa Global). All-in cost depends on amount, receiving wallet and day. Compare options side by side on our South Africa inbound transfer page.
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Why is the rate I see on my mobile money operator different?
Rates shown on this page are indicative interbank reference rates updated daily. Operator send rates typically include a 1%-4% spread above this reference, which covers FX hedging cost, settlement risk and commercial margin. For exact send rates via M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Sendwave, LemFi, WorldRemit, Wise or TapTap Send to South Africa, see the inbound transfer comparison.