SA Releases Bank Notes Bearing President Nelson Mandela’s Image
South Africa launched a new line of bank notes Saturday bearing the image of its first democratically elected president Nelson Mandela on the 22nd anniversary of his release from prison. He is One of the world’s greatest statesmen, anti-apartheid activist and the first democratically elected president of South Africa
His face repaces designs featuring the “big five” safari animals - Cape buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and rhino. All five notes - 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 rand will now bear Mandela’s face on the front.
But it will likely be met with some derision when markets re-open Monday after officials’ billing of the secretive unveiling as an “announcement of national importance” sent the rand and stock markets on a downward spike Friday.
“It is my honour and pleasure to announce that new South African bank notes will bear the image of president Mandela, the first president of a free, democratic South Africa,” President Jacob Zuma told a press conference in Pretoria.
What a way to honour him and thank God he’s still alive to see it.
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