The Reserve Bank will launch a set of commemorative banknotes in honour of what would have been Nelson Mandela’s centenary year. The announcement was made on Sunday — the day that the ANC launched its centennial celebrations of Mandela’s birth on July 18 1918. It was also the same day 28 years ago that Mandela was released from Victor Verster prison after serving a sentence of 27 years. The celebration took place on Cape Town’s Grand Parade and was addressed by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa. It was from the balcony of the Cape Town City Hall overlooking the Grand Parade that Mandela gave his historic speech a few hours after his release. The Reserve Bank said all denominations of notes — R10, R20, R50, R100 and R200 — would be included in the commemorative series. The South African Mint, a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank, will also issue a new R5 circulation coin celebrating Mandela’s birth centenary. The existing Mandela series of banknotes and the existing R5 coin in circulation wo...
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