SA Retail Bonds Fixed Deposit Review for July 2024

Last updated 1st July 2024 by Walter

Introduction

This page summarises all the fixed deposits offered by SA Retail Bonds. All the rates shown are sourced from the SA Retail Bonds website - secure.rsaretailbonds.gov.za. All rates shown on this page have been converted to nominal and effective annual rates! This allows you to compare rates across all banks. Yippee!

The SA Retail Bonds fixed deposit interest calculator, allows you to calculate how much interest you will earn for your age, investment amount and term.

SA Retail Bonds fixed deposits highlights

last updated 1st July 2024 by Walter

R1,000
min deposit
10.50%
best rate

Here are SA Retail Bonds's best fixed deposit rates

The best interest rate you can get at SA Retail Bonds is 10.5% for the 60-month fixed deposit. You will need a minimum deposit of R1,000 .

Here are SA Retail Bonds's five best fixed deposit interest rates:

# Min deposit Term Nominal
1 R1,000 60 months 10.50%
2 R1,000 36 months 9.50%
3 R1,000 24 months 9.00%
P
only individuals older than 55 qualify

SA Retail Bonds 2 year fixed deposit

This table shows SA Retail Bonds's interest rates for a R10,000, R100,000, R250,000 and R1,000,000 investment in a 2 year fixed deposit versus the industry average.

Investment amount Nominal Industry average1 Earnings vs average2
R10,000 for 18+9.00% 8.72%
+
27
R10,000 for 55+9.00% 8.86%
-
-6
R100,000 for 18+9.00% 8.78%
+
126
R100,000 for 55+9.00% 8.88%
-
-102
R250,000 for 18+9.00% 8.82%
+
66
R250,000 for 55+9.00% 8.90%
-
-407
R1,000,000 for 18+9.00% 8.84%
-
-131
R1,000,000 for 55+9.00% 8.93%
-
-2,329
R5,000,000 for 18+9.00% 8.86%
-
-2,905
How to read this table?

You get a 9% interest rate at SA Retail Bonds for a R10,000 investment in a 2 year fixed deposit (if you are older than 18). The industry average is 8.72%. Over 2 years you will earn R27 more in interest at SA Retail Bonds compared to the average bank.

SA Retail Bonds 3 year fixed deposit

This table shows SA Retail Bonds's interest rates for a R10,000, R100,000, R250,000 and R1,000,000 investment in a 3 year fixed deposit versus the industry average.

Investment amount Nominal Industry average1 Earnings vs average2
R10,000 for 18+9.50% 8.83%
+
190
R10,000 for 55+9.50% 8.96%
+
141
R100,000 for 18+9.50% 8.99%
+
1,274
R100,000 for 55+9.50% 9.08%
+
946
R250,000 for 18+9.50% 9.03%
+
2,786
R250,000 for 55+9.50% 9.10%
+
2,123
R1,000,000 for 18+9.50% 9.06%
+
10,297
R1,000,000 for 55+9.50% 9.14%
+
7,126
R5,000,000 for 18+9.50% 9.09%
+
45,500
How to read this table?

You get a 9.5% interest rate at SA Retail Bonds for a R10,000 investment in a 3 year fixed deposit (if you are older than 18). The industry average is 8.83%. Over 3 years you will earn R190 more in interest at SA Retail Bonds compared to the average bank.

SA Retail Bonds 5 year fixed deposit

This table shows SA Retail Bonds's interest rates for a R10,000, R100,000, R250,000 and R1,000,000 investment in a 5 year fixed deposit versus the industry average.

Investment amount Nominal Industry average1 Earnings vs average2
R10,000 for 18+10.50% 9.41%
+
703
R10,000 for 55+10.50% 9.52%
+
617
R100,000 for 18+10.50% 9.53%
+
6,090
R100,000 for 55+10.50% 9.57%
+
5,772
R250,000 for 18+10.50% 9.56%
+
14,511
R250,000 for 55+10.50% 9.61%
+
13,609
R1,000,000 for 18+10.50% 9.58%
+
56,534
R1,000,000 for 55+10.50% 9.63%
+
52,357
R5,000,000 for 18+10.50% 9.60%
+
273,073
How to read this table?

You get a 10.5% interest rate at SA Retail Bonds for a R10,000 investment in a 5 year fixed deposit (if you are older than 18). The industry average is 9.41%. Over 5 years you will earn R703 more in interest at SA Retail Bonds compared to the average bank.