Reserve Bank responds to 'spelling error' on new banknotes
On the R100 note, the Xitsonga translation of “Reserve Bank” was changed, with the second ‘N’ in Bangi Nkulu dropped. The word now reads as Bangi Kulu.
“There was an error on the old bank notes, currently, the new ones are correctly written,” Mushwana said. “Previously, different people from different geographical areas were writing the words differently – so that’s the main reason that pushed us to conduct a study to find out which one is correct.” He said this is the case for all official languages in the country. Because South Africa has 11 official languages –– not all languages could fit on all the notes. Thus, the Reserve Bank was advised to include all languages on a print rotation.
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