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.
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