The first democratically elected president of South Africa president Nelson Mandela, has been honoured by his countrymen with his image on the country's bank notes.
President Jacob Zuma confirmed in Pretoria that the announcement pays tribute to the legacy of the Nobel Peace Prize-winner who is one of the world's greatest statesmen and this is to commemorate his 22nd anniversary of his release from prison.
The currency bears the 93-year-old former president's image circa 1990, the year he was freed from prison in a moment that came to symbolise the fall of apartheid and the rise of a new, democratic South Africa.
They replace a design featuring the "big five" safari animals — Cape buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and rhino — introduced in 1992, two years before Mandela was elected the country's first black president.
All five notes — 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 rand ($1.29 – $25.80, 0.98 – 19.60 euros) — will now bear Mandela's face on the front. Officials would not say what design would be on the back.
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