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The South African rand, or simply the rand, (sign: R; ... The 1978 series began with denominations of 2, 5, 10, and 20 rand, with a 50 rand introduced in 1984. This ...
The rand was introduced in the then Union of South Africa on 14 February 1961, shortly before the establishment of the Republic on 31 May 1961. The rand replaced the pound with a decimal currency: 100 cents (100c) = 1 rand (R1), 1 rand being valued at 10 shillings and 1 cent at 1.2 pence.
The South African financial rand was the most visible part of a ... tabled in November 1978, proposed a gradual easing of exchange controls. This saw the replacement ...
The Krugerrand (/ ˈ k r uː ɡ ə r æ n d /; [1] Afrikaans: [ˈkry.ərˌrant]) is a South African coin, first minted on 3 July 1967 to help market South African gold and produced by Rand Refinery and the South African Mint.
Medical, Dental and Supplementary Health Service Professions Amendment Act, 1978: 53: South African Citizenship Amendment Act, 1978: 54: Offices of Profit under the Republic Amendment Act, 1978: 55: Financial Relations Amendment Act, 1978: 56: Secret Services Account Act, 1978 (before 1993) Secret Services Act, 1978 (after 1993) 57: Patents Act ...
South Africa responded to the failure of the transfer by temporarily suspending the autonomy of KaNgwane, then restoring it in December 1982 and granting it nominal self-rule in 1984. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] KaNgwane ceased to exist on 27 April 1994 when the Interim Constitution dissolved the homelands and created new provinces.
[3]: 3 He served as the first chancellor of the Rand Afrikaans University [3]: 5 and ceremonial State President of South Africa from 1975 until his death, after a short illness, of a heart attack on 21 August 1978 in Cape Town.
9 – P.W. Botha succeeds John Vorster as Prime Minister of South Africa. [1] [3] 10 – John Vorster becomes State President of South Africa. [1] 31 – The South African Railways sets a still unbeaten world rail speed record. [4] [5] December. A bomb explodes at the Soweto Community Council offices. Unknown date