The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) launches two new commemorative circulation coins with a face value of R2, honouring Charlotte Maxeke and the women who led the 1956 Women’s March. One coin commemorates Maxeke, described as the first Black South African woman to earn a university degree. The other commemorates the 1956 Women’s March.
SARB links the Maxeke coin to dates including 125 years since Maxeke becomes the first Black South African woman to earn a university degree. The coin also references 70 years since the anti pass law protest in Pretoria connected to the broader 1956 era. Both outlets describe the coins as part of SARB’s programme to mark historical milestones in South Africa’s freedom struggle, with no additional disputes or differing interpretations reported in the provided accounts.
