Rand

Rands nke South Africa, ma ọ bụ naanị rand, (ihe ịrịba ama: R; koodu: ZAR[lower-alpha 1]) bụ ego gọọmentị nke Southern African Common Monetary Area: nke gụnyere South Africa, Namibia (n'akụkụ dollar Namibia), Lesotho (n'okpuru Lesotho loti) na Eswatini (n'etiti Swazi lilangeni). A na-ekewa ya na 100 cents (ihe ịrịba ama: "c").

Rand nke South Africa bụ ego iwu kwadoro na steeti ndị otu mpaghara ego nke Namibia, Lesotho ya na Eswatini, na mba atọ a nwekwara ego mba nke ha (dollar, loti na lilangeni n'otu n'otu) jikọtara ya na rand na nha ma ka na-anabata ya n'ọtụtụ ebe dị ka ndị nnọchi anya. Rand bụkwa ego iwu kwadoro na obodo Botswana ruo afọ 1976, mgbe pula nọchiri rand na par.

Rand na-ewere aha ya site na Witwatersrand ("mmiri ọcha" n'asụsụ Bekee, rand bụ okwu Dutch na Afrikaans maka 'mkpu'), ugwu nke a luru Johannesburg na ebe a chọputara ọtụtụ ọlaedo nke obodo South Africa. N'asụsụ Bekee na Afrikaans, otu na ọtụtụ ụdị nke unit ("rand") bụ otu: otu rand, rand iri, nde rand abụọ.

E webatara rand na Union of South Africa na afọ 1961, ọnwa atọ tupu mba ahụ ekwupụta onwe ya dị ka mba. E guzobere Kọmitii Mkpụrụ Ego Decimal na afọ1956 iji tụlee ịpụ na denominations nke pound, shillings, na pence; ọ nyere aro ya na ubochi asatọ na onwa  August na afọ 1958. Ọ nọchiri pound South Africa dị ka ego iwu kwadoro, na ọnụego nke abụọ rand na otu pound, ma ọ bụ iri shillings na rand. Gọọmentị weputara ihe nkedo, Desimaal Dan, "nwoke rand-cent" (nke a maara na Afrikaans dị ka Daan Desimaal). Nke a na-esonyere egwu redio, iji mee ka ọha na eze mara banyere ego ọhụrụ ahụ. Ọ bụ ezie na a na-akpọ ya n'ụdị Afrikaans dị ka /rʌnt/ na jingles mgbe ewepụtara ya, a na- ịkpọ ya n'oge a na South African English bụ /rænd/.