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After 1996, the coins carried the name in one of the country's 11 new official languages. The 10, 20 and 50 cent coins were slightly redesigned by enlarging the numerals of the coin's denomination. From 2000 coins carried South Africa's new coat of arms. From 2002, R1, R2 and R5 coins carried the country's name in two of the official languages.
[12] In 2014, South Africa experienced its worst year against the US dollar since 2009, [13] and in March 2015, the rand traded at its worst since 2002. [13] At the time, Trading Economics released data that the rand "averaged R4.97 to the dollar between 1972–2015, reaching an all time high of R12.45 in December 2001 and a record low of R0.67 ...
4 – Units of the South African Defence Force begin to be issued with the R1 7.62 mm rifle, made in South Africa under license. October. 4 – At least 150 are killed when a commuter train derails at the outskirts of Durban. November. Rhodes University in Grahamstown installs a computer, the first university in South Africa to do so. Unknown date
New 5-cent coins were introduced in 1973, followed by 10, 20 and 25 cents in 1975. Coins were struck until 1977 at the South African Mint in Pretoria. Rhodesia had both 1 ⁄ 2 Cent and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 Cents coins, just like in South Africa. The 1 ⁄ 2 Cent coin was struck between 1970 and 1977 - with the 1977 1 ⁄ 2 Cent being extremely rare ...
The Republic of South Africa Constitution Act, 1961, came into force on 31 May 1961, and the Union of South Africa became the Republic of South Africa, but the existing Parliament continued without an election. 42: Defence Further Amendment Act, 1961: 43: Iron and Steel Industry Amendment Act, 1961: 44: Atomic Energy Amendment Act, 1961: 45
1965 in South Africa (5 C, 6 P) ... Pages in category "1965 in Africa" ... This page was last edited on 23 December 2023, at 20:32 ...
The South African Republic (Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek), established under the Sand River Convention of 1852, was one of the two principal 19th century Boer republics. It was later to become the Transvaal, one of the four provinces of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and a province of the Republic of South Africa from 1961 to 1994.
Military payment certificates, or MPC, was a form of currency used to pay United States (US) military personnel in certain foreign countries in the mid and late twentieth century. They were used in one area or another from a few months after the end of World War II until a few months after the end of U.S. participation in the Vietnam War ...