# zaref.dev South African Exchange Control Allowances History

> zaref.dev South African Exchange Control Allowances History is a paid API for AI agents from zaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-23).

Returns a time-series history of South African exchange control allowances, with dated data points accumulating on every verified update.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://zaref.dev/v1/exchange-control/history?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-23
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/zaref-dev-south-african-exchange-control-allowances-history-93c448b6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_WCU6L3j8t5GTxRury_iOr

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability zaref-dev-south-african-exchange-control-allowances-history-93c448b6
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the full history of South Africa's exchange control allowances — all the dated changes over time — so I can see how the annual forex limits have shifted?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need the complete historical timeline of South African exchange control allowance values rather than just the current rate. Ideal for financial research, compliance checks, charting historical forex limit trends, or comparing allowances across years. Prefer this over the current-value endpoint when longitudinal data or trend analysis is needed.

## Known failure modes

- No data available for a requested period — returns empty array
- Payment not processed — 402 response requiring x402 micropayment
- Service unavailable — 5xx error if upstream data source is unreachable
- Malformed request — 4xx if query parameters are invalid

## How this service works

History of South African Exchange control allowances: dated points accumulating with every verified update.

## Output

A chronological list of dated data points representing each verified update to South African exchange control allowances, including the allowance amounts and their effective dates, covering discretionary and/or capital allowances as regulated by SARB.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "points": [
   {
    "date": "2026-06-04",
    "value": "..."
   }
  ],
  "series": "exchange-control"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/zaref-dev-south-african-exchange-control-allowances-history-93c448b6/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from zaref.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/zaref.dev/llms.txt)