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The rand was introduced in the Union of South Africa in 1961, three months before the country declared itself a republic. [2] A Decimal Coinage Commission had been set up in 1956 to consider a move away from the denominations of pounds, shillings, and pence; it submitted its recommendations on 8 August 1958. [ 3 ]
Similarly, in East Africa, the member countries of the East African Community planned to introduce a single currency, the East African shilling until 2012. [7] Following delays, this was postponed initially to 2024, [8] [9] then to 2031. [10]
The Common Monetary Area (CMA) links South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini into a monetary union.The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) includes all CMA members in addition to Botswana, which replaced the rand with the pula in 1976 as a means of establishing an independent monetary policy.
Exchange controls such as these were imposed by the South African government to restrict the outflow of capital from the country. The South African financial rand was the most visible part of a system of capital controls. Although the financial rand was abolished in March 1995, some capital controls remain in place.
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.
In 2019 the 17.1% of all South African taxpayers were located in the Western Cape; the province contributed 16.9% of the country's total taxable income thereby contributing to just under R 269.58 billion to the fiscus. [16] Below is a breakdown of the Western Cape governments 2021/22 budget.
A short reprieve until 2035 might be possible if a second Social Security fund is factored in but that would require a change in the law. Last year's report saw that hypothetical combined fund ...
The national debt of South Africa is the total quantity of money borrowed by the Government of South Africa at any time through the issue of securities by the South African Treasury and other government agencies. South African national government budget breakdown for 2019/20.