Trading activity in the secondary bond market was boosted by the uncertainty in international markets. A record annual turnover of R8.8 trillion was recorded on the Bond Exchange of South Africa in 1999, followed by R6.2 trillion in the first seven months of 2000, which was about one-quarter more than in the corresponding period of the preceding year.
(2013), which indicates that a “higher degree of knowledge  about the ECB generates more trust in normal times and even more so during the financial crisis”.