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5 cents (replaced 6d) 10 cents (replaced 1/-) 20 cents (replaced 2/-) 50 cents (replaced 5/-) The coins initially had the same size as the former South African coins. All except the 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 cent coins were in silver. The previous South African farthing coin (1 ⁄ 4 d) and half-a-crown (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 s) were not continued in decimal currency.
[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 ...
Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...
A map of indigenously made pre-colonial African currencies and their respective minting states. In pre-colonial times, many objects were sometimes used as currency in Africa. These included shells, [1] ingots, gold (gold dust and gold coins (the Asante)), arrowheads, iron, salt, cattle, goats, blankets, axes, beads, and many others.
Ten cents or Ten Cents may refer to: 10 cent coin, a coinage value in many systems using decimal currencies; Ten Cents , a fictional character in children's ...
A ten-cent coin or ten-cent piece is a coin worth 10 cents in a given currency. Notable examples include: the dime, ten-cent coin of the United States; the dime, ten-cent coin of Canada; the Australian ten-cent coin; the New Zealand ten-cent coin; the Hong Kong ten-cent coin; the dubbeltje, former ten-cent coin of the decimal Dutch guilder ...
The following slang words used in South African originated in other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and subsequently came to South Africa. bint – a girl, from Arabic بِنْت. Usually seen as derogatory. buck – the main unit of currency: in South Africa the rand, and from the American use of the word for the dollar.
Zulu word meaning grandmother/grandma, also used as a general term of respect for women of appropriate age. Became part of the iconic slogan Yebo Gogo (Yes, Grandma) from the South African cellular service-provider Vodacom. gogo. In Tswana has the same meaning as gogga - it refers to a creepy crawly or an insect. homeland