JOHANNESBURG - Lion cubs, rhino calves and other baby animals joined late former South African president Nelson Mandela on new ecology-themed banknotes unveiled by the country’s central bank on ...

What was described as the last racial issue in the Union of South Africa was last week removed when Prime Minister James Barry Munnik Hertzog and former Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts, now ...

• The words ‘South African Reserve Bank’ in two of the 11 official languages, the denomination numeral and the Big 5 animals are in raised print on the back of the banknotes.

Additionally, the South African flag is now on the front of the R1 coin, while the words ‘South Africa’ appear in one language on the R1 coin and in three languages on the R5 coin. South ...