Sixty years since we made cents of our currency

24 January 2021 - 00:00

By Jannie Rossouw

The rand and cent are 60 years old next month. The Union of SA adopted a decimal currency system on February 14 1961, shortly before the country became the Republic of SA on May 31 1961.

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