3RD ISSUE
R10 - 128MM X 70MM - GREEN - WATERMARK - RHINO
R20 - 134MM X 70MM - BROWN - WATERMARK - ELEPHANT
R50 - 140MM X 70MM - RED - WATERMARK - LION
R100 - 146MM X 70MM - PURPLE - WATERMARK - BUFFALO
R200 - 152MM X 70MM - ORANGE -WATERMARK - LEOPARD
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Reserve Bank launches banknotes bearing Governor
Lesetja Kganyago’s signature
On the19th June 2015 Governor Lesetja Kganyago of the South African Reserve Bank officially launched the banknotes bearing his signature earlier today in his home village of Moletjie Ga-Maribana in Limpopo. He conducted the first transaction with them at Makgohloane General Trading, a local shop in the village where he used to buy bread in the morning for breakfast before going
to school as a child.
All other banknotes currently in circulation remain legal tender and will co-circulate with the banknotes bearing Governor Kganyago’s signature.
Mr Kganyago assumed the governorship of the
South African Reserve Bank on 9 November 2014.
SOURCE: FIN 24
On taking the reins, he vowed to protect the value of the rand, support balanced and sustainable economic growth, maintain a stable financial system and keep inflation under control.
All other banknotes currently in circulation remain legal tender and will co-circulate with the banknotes bearing Kganyago’s signature.
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