{"id":7893,"date":"2012-02-12T01:58:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T23:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/south-african-bank-notes-to-bear-mandelas-image\/"},"modified":"2012-02-12T01:58:34","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T23:58:34","slug":"south-african-bank-notes-to-bear-mandelas-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-african-bank-notes-to-bear-mandelas-image\/","title":{"rendered":"South African bank notes to bear Mandela’s image"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PRETORIA<\/span> Feb 11 (Reuters) – Nelson Mandela’s face
\nwill feature on all South Africa’s bank notes to honour the
\nformer president’s role in fighting apartheid, President Jacob
\nZuma said on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The announcement coincides with the 22nd anniversary of
\nMandela’s release from prison after serving 27 years in jail for
\nhis opposition to white-only rule.<\/p>\n

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“It is a befitting tribute to a man who became a symbol of
\nthis country’s struggle for freedom, human rights and
\ndemocracy,” Zuma said.<\/p>\n

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“With this humble gesture, we are expressing our deep
\ngratitude as the South African people, to a life spent in
\nservice of the people of this country and in the cause of
\nhumanity worldwide.”<\/p>\n

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News on Friday that Zuma would make an announcement of
\n“national importance”, along with Finance Minister Pravin
\nGordhan and Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus, spooked the
\nmarket and sent the rand tumbling as much as 2.6 percent on the
\nday. Marcus apologised for the confusion.<\/p>\n

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The new notes featuring Mandela, who became South Africa’s
\nfirst democratically elected president in 1994, will be in
\ncirculation by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

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The frail 93-year-old has not been seen in public since the
\nclosing ceremony of the Soccer World Cup in Johannesburg in July
\n2010.\t<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Xola Potelwa; Editing by Ben Harding)<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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