Calculate how many rand you should receive for 2,799 dirhams on a given day to get an approximate idea of the amount you can expect to receive when you exchange them. Search Google, Bing or Yahoo using the term "2799 AED in ZAR." On November 17, 2010, for example, 2,799 dirhams would buy you 5,351 rand, exclusive of any commissions or administrative fees the currency changer charges you.
Take your 2,799 dirhams to an airport currency exchange counter in either the United Arab Emirates or South Africa. If, for example, you are on your way to South Africa from the United Arab Emirates and are not pleased with the rate Dubai Airport is offering, you can wait until you land in Cape Town or Johannesburg and try your luck there. Make sure when comparing the rate you expect to receive with the one the money changer offers, that you take commissions and other fees into account.
Visit a bank in either the United Arab Emirates or South Africa and change your dirhams into rand there. Due to the larger quantity of rand you'll be receiving whatever the exchange rate, exchanging your dirhams at a bank in South Africa might be more advisable. As the rand is not a world currency on the level of the dollar, euro or pound, you can't guarantee that banks in the United Arab Emirate will have large reserves of it on hand. Banks in South Africa, on the other hand, will naturally have the currency in rand.
