Some upset with apparent spelling errors on new banknotes

The new banknotes launched by the Reserve Bank last week have caused a stir amongst some XiTsonga-speaking communities.
The Xitsonga translation of the Reserve Bank was changed, with the second 'N' in Bangi-Nkulu dropped. The word now reads as Bangi Kulu.
The Pan South African Language Board, responsible for the translation, says the extra 'N' was incorrect on the old notes.
Some want the Reserve Bank to revert to the old spelling.
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[@dickenshonest]

😂😂😂 guys, we don't have electricity and we are arguing about an N

[@akhonazasembo3016]

😂😂tell me about it senseless things when we have big issues

[@KyleAusten1]

We are rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic 😂

[@joshsundiwa]

🤣🤣

[@winstontippens002]

Why are people complaining. The money doesn't even stay long enough in our pockets to even read the fine print.

[@babramhlanga1607]

Well said,whether it's written in Chinese or French or Zulu it makes no difference to me at all.The money is just valueless

[@CharmaineMnguni]

😂😂

[@mphoskhosana2286]

Lol. Totally agree

[@isiphilendakisa1440]

😂😂

[@nthabibotsi9855]

You 💯% correct

[@morakanemorakane9830]

Will the N improve the exchange rate?

[@ruvanefriebus-cv6td]

Nope incredible we have somehow created another Zimbabwe wow what a new dawn

[@hlonydlamini4496]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pietmuskiet5586]

Then maybe our power company Escom or Eksdom????😮

[@emit4085]

Forget the “N” - address key economic policy issues for the masses to get these notes - with or without the N.

[@donsicariofx]

You had one job Ntsiki, one job!!!

[@Chulu.10]

🤣just one job my bra,if sleeping on a queen size was a job she would fail to fall a sleep🤞🏿

[@Versace24_7]

Useless

[@cctv_1]

Who reads the writing on the money, I don't.

[@katisop5991]

The urn only works when there's electricity. They need to remove it.

[@kobusvanstaden3747]

I am really scared of the next "mistake" on our notes... You know... All those extra zero's coming soon...

[@luvontamehlo5750]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@andilenkwanyana17]

🤣🤣😂😂😂 you wish

[@simonoregan4744]

Even this SABC reporter can't pronounce her words correctly

[@monicakieck7501]

ANC sometimes have most outrages explanation when in reality they can't do anything right.

[@karldrogo9765]

Imagine quarrelling about an alphabet because a certain group has a different dialect to others...NOBODY CARES!

[@babramhlanga1607]

I certainly don't care,useless money equivalent to zimdollar$.

[@machekesimphiwe]

@@babramhlanga1607 bitter

[@balsamtrees]

…FROM others,NOT to others.Different from….,similar to…..✅

[@karldrogo9765]

@@balsamtrees I'm glad you understand prepositions...now pat yourself on the back and acknowledge you just argued nonsense as either can work..

[@LuisPeterson]

calm down people this happens all time as one tries to print new currency in darkness. Hope next time they have adequate lightings before attempting to print more toilet papers.

[@arkashrampadarath9118]

Why are we not surprised 🤣. As usual our government messes up everything 😂

[@bngmnh3583]

...what's a point in changing valueless currency which is going to replaced by digital currency soon

[@mpho438]

New notes look like Zim dollars.

[@kobusvanstaden3747]

Exactly what they are worth

[@gigi-vx8sy]

They look worthless

[@figgettit]

SA prints the zim dollar for them.

[@GraciousMakaringe-lu9yq]

Nobody complained about the old banginkulu, so the problem is the new bangikulu

[@siwaphiwesiwaphiwe9496]

Was it necessary to change the money😪😫

[@tomsawyer4321]

Typical ANC incompetence

[@charlesmunsamy1404]

Rationalizing! Accept responsibility for incompetence and a lack of proficiency.

[@andilenkwanyana17]

nikhaliswa ngu N 🤣🤣😂😂, hawu! sukani madoda😂😂😂

[@Vuyiswaa]

The rand is already dropping yet we are crying over N for nonsense 😂😂

[@W.GlobalAffairs]

So, the error has always been there as the old money was always written like that🤷🏾‍♂️

[@sharneyjulius9325]

Incompetence yet again. 😢 how much will it cost to rectify this mistake? It costs money to print money…. Next time print one copy per note. Do a “dry run” first.

[@GlannMashele]

Who told them to print it anyway

[@figgettit]

its called a proof. and they will have done. doesn't mean the whole Tsonga community was in the office that day. the problem lies with pansalb advisors not with the printers.

[@platophilosopher1293]

They must give me the ones with the wrong spelling. I am sure I can still use them! LOL

[@Sticknbkid]

Those people should give that money to me

[@msmialove1295]

If the ANC are still in power come next elections then I don't know anymore I give up.

[@asakhan582]

Please this is SA what do you expect lights out can't see can't think😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@colleengreenthompson6095]

There is so much other things that are wrong ...

[@FlyingSparrow001]

What's the point of arguing over the print on eventual toilet paper the way this country is being run into the ground by cANCer? Imagine

[@Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes]

I will buy some when the Rand is worthless. Not long now.

[@megaahproductions]

Instead of arguing that this money don't stay long enough and buy enough

[@Mindful-Insights467]

Izinyanya azijabulang ngoba nifake isitsonga emalini aniboni yini🙌🏾

[@trza100]

But this is not really a spelling mistake then? Sounds like there is different dialects and one was chosen? Why does the headline make it sound like this was a made up word?

[@masjm7278]

BIG Deal ,Petty, This is Currency not Spelling warfare between local languages , Eish!! Lets Focus on JOBS and LOADSHEDDING, in Order to Get PAID in Misspelled Money🤣🤣

[@figgettit]

you'll find that society solves a variety of problems each day that you don't personally consider important.

[@sammyphala372]

Unbelievable how some people like to start unnecessary issues

[@chuxch7293]

Are you Tsonga?

[@figgettit]

this says more about you than it does about anyone else.

[@cammysimon8578]

But the N its not going to change the value of the money so why bothered? Paper money must start with R50 the rest must be coins once. Useless.

[@Vuyiswaa]

Exactly bro Like already the economy is going further downhill and here we are complaining something that won't change the condition of our country😂😫

[@user-zb2yr3ki8x]

does it matter money is money whether it is an N or P does that really matter

[@Ayla_3.3]

It is very simple, and spelled out... We are now property of an institution

[@nivenrowe59]

What can you get right?

[@desertink6007]

We want our N here at Bushbuckridge. They change without telling us. Now my money is loosing value without the N😅😅😅

[@greater-isHe]

They should have just omitted Xitsonga completely . I’ve never seen a nation that’s always fighting it’s self so much. No we are not shangans we are tsongas, no there’s no N that’s a spelling mistake , yes there is an N it’s not a mistake . Welele. Headache sana

[@bestsceneseverbesthighligh6504]

I was waiting for a tribalist and here I found 1

[@greater-isHe]

@@bestsceneseverbesthighligh6504 lol 😂 confused nation end off

[@weymouthesterhuizen1145]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! So proud of the new notes........and a fault was made on the spelling.....nooooooo........this on our national banknotes.... ....shirbert can we not get something just right right right. Eina.

[@tm-bb5rg]

🤣 I won't lie it's tough when you have 11 official languages. Still proud of the notes though, they look great

[@weymouthesterhuizen1145]

@@tm-bb5rg Well said indeed. Thanks for that...True indeed.. Proudly SA agree.

[@xrpwealthticket5211]

I just wish the people who hold them are holding something Rare and it becames more valuable then the ordinary notes.

[@dianathompson8794]

Meanwhile at Eskom.....

[@Jouantiese]

Concern yourselves rather with it`s depreciation.

[@colleengreenthompson6095]

Can they do anything Right 🎉

[@TP_Raks]

We have bigger problems than spelling errors on our money FFS

[@figgettit]

they're discussing it with pansalb and the bank as relevant. they didn't exactly call the cops. society doesn't only deal with one problem at a time, grow up.

[@peterbillas9131]

I'm not surprised

[@riteshhurryjith2737]

Who is indigenous in S.A...from my understanding it the Colored's or Khoi Sand!

[@shonisanisteven6015]

Your myth is incorrect what about our great great great great grandfathers who stayed in mapumbubwe we know our history don't try to make your propaganda agenda

[@Lethabo012]

Bro we shouldn't be arguing over that , it's their plan anyways to devide us n conquer so we fight over dumb stuff lyk lauguage barriers, I mean they already took out the khoi ppl , it's lyk they never existed,the eauropean learned to get along 100+ years ago, today u will never hear us deviding the English over the dutches, they all white, we need to do the same, we are not enemies n we didn't drive the history bus nor change it, but we can learn to get along, stop it with tribalism

[@lungaswazi9194]

Are they trying to tell people how to speak their mother tongue???

[@kingzim-df7oj]

How are we supposed to play pool without the R2

[@Sexy_G23]

The most ugliest design of our currency makes feel like a foreigner

[@wilsonoliphant8372]

But this language doesn't have a alphabet.

[@Lethabo012]

True none of our SA languages have their own alphabet, this is just an excuse to print more money, our currency is loosing n they are the cause,printing more money makes currency less valuable n don't forget it also takes more MOney to print more money, we are doomed

[@bhekibhengu337]

Tsonga what what,why at first place that was put in tsonga,nonsense

[@Elpatron242]

It shows state of thinking is very LOW

[@markriordan9010]

Geez, let's get real about issues which actually matter !! My whole life I've spent wondering how "Fish Hoek", "Muizenberg" etc were named....but it really doesn't matter....and there's Google, if I'm interested.

[@logical5780]

Does the ANC ever stop 😅 f------ up? 😮😮😮😅😅😅😅

[@sydneymathuka4228]

We will share money

[@lukholosityebi4181]

I find it mind-boggling that there are people obsessing over spelling errors on cash notes when we have real life or death problems in South Africa!

[@ebrahimdavids-by2vl]

Peace to anyone willing to accept...Doesn't make sense what message this news channel wants to convey when there is no example or actual comparison to show what exactly you were referring to on the actual banknotes...I think with all due respect this is just a waste of money and time pretending to share so-called valuable news or information to make money and complain about something that's not worth mentioning when you not even prepared to show or proof what exactly you were talking about.

[@ScissorN]

😂😂😂 Only in South Africa

[@andilenkwanyana17]

siphila ehlathini yezwa 😂😂😂😂🤣

[@ScissorN]

@@andilenkwanyana17 🤣🤣 nase dakeni 😩😂

[@Olcool]

the 19 classes of Tsonga, in Shona we have 20 we call them mipanda or classes in English.

[@figgettit]

in English its actually called a case.

[@GlannMashele]

Dokotela

[@tebogo743]

Disappoint me again Mabena 😂

[@scarr652]

Can't get anything right!

[@luridenterprise2500]

Please fix our N now we are talking about notes not electricity or economy or somethng there are people who are responsible. undermining our language.

[@margodesmanganye5516]

Lool vanhu vahosi mi rilela N?

[@Dot-f5r]

These Notes have sad looking animals... Whoever authorized this should be suspended...

[@logical5780]

How do you spell icompitet??? 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@lawrencechesworth5902]

And again the laughing A. N. C. fools of the world.....

[@Helcy_M]

You all don’t know what you are talking about

[@Lethabo012]

Guys we don't have our official alphabets, deal with it. History can't be changed but it cAn be accepted,if yall argue over why we dont have our own alphabet then forget abt getting the answer because currently there is no valid answer n yall knw Africa didn't actually exist until colonialism,(only north Africa existed in history) no one to blame here especially in this century,

[@labourlawwithali]

Hayi andazi

[@homonaledi640]

Petty

[@aubreymaluleke3946]

Everyone knows that in MALAMULELE we speak XITSONGA grammatical well done SARB

[@mavonisamabasa6816]

In all the former 5 districts of the former Gazankulu there's not one that speak Xitsonga grammatically. Each district has its own dialect including yours. What we all speak is different from what is written. What we speak is informal, what is written is formal. With all our different dialects, we are all covered by the written form. And the written form cannot be found in any of the districts. So to claim that in your district you speak Xitsonga grammatically is a mistaken claim.

[@bestsceneseverbesthighligh6504]

Those who are saying this is not important, imagine saying she instead of he . Anc people must take education serious in this country not combrades skap

[@MrNangambi]

Gove Tsongas their N... I mean earn

[@npzwane9331]

At least something new for ANC haters which they can use to scold and scoff at the ANC. ESKOM, Cyril must fall and the Guptas were somehow overused and getting unattractive

[@MegaRobyn18]

First lol What next.. nothing done right in this country

[@weymouthesterhuizen1145]

Sjoe. Ne. What kind. Like really. Genade. A laughing stock and a disgrace....can nothing just work out great in SA. What kind indeed.

[@DricksMuzi]

Banana Republic mxm

[@NeerajLalu]

but why are we even using the English alphabet, is there writing for any of the languages like say Chinese, Hindi, Hebrew, or Greek.

[@agrid2608]

There is no English alphabet. It's the Latin/Roman alphabet.

[@NeerajLalu]

@@agrid2608 yes but do you speak Latin, it is largely accepted those alphabets form the basis of the English language. The Latin alphabet or Roman alphabet is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language. Largely unaltered with the exception of extensions (such as diacritics), it forms the Latin script that is used to write English and other modern European languages. But if you could give me an answer to what I had initially asked it with be appreciated

[@agrid2608]

@@NeerajLalu None of the languages it's used for organically is Latin. That's the point: it's the Latin alphabet used for countless languages on several continents... ...that are not Latin. Like any alphabet it evolved from previous writing systems in the middle East & Mediterranean. Again, not the English alphabet. (nor does the writing system "form the basis of the language" itself.) As it's phonetic, it's universally useful.

[@NeerajLalu]

@@agrid2608 you still not answering my original question. Maybe I did not ask it correctly. I was trying to find out if there is a writing script for any of the African languages this is a simple and valid question as these languages were spoken long before the Roman alphabets were introduced.

[@agrid2608]

@@NeerajLalu A) Except my reply was not an answer to your question. It was a STATEMENT about your erroneous reference to the alphabet being English. Simple. You stating that your question is "valid" doesn't change that fact. B) As far as I know, there were some symbolic languages in Africa. These were non- phonetic (i.e. symbols representing concepts, rather than words/sounds) so would not be terribly useful in the modern world, considering the interruption & substitution of many non-literate & peasant cultures' developments.

[@mshlony]

Wow

[@Spaghetti_TT908]

SARB must take us serious. 😡😡

[@zaheedwilliams3838]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@seanmyers8380]

It doesnt matter maaa, there are only 3 Xitsonga language speaker in the entire world yesses.

[@thobekimdlodlo8132]

😂😂😂yeah neh

[@sayelamulemba8503]

What could be expected . Proof that no proof reading was done prior to printing

[@marabunya]

Proof that you don't even listen to why the 'n' was omitted. SARB made no mistakes here. They just settled for one dialect over another from the same language.

[@Versace24_7]

No comment

[@1979za]

😂🎉

[@figgettit]

pansalb is a joke

[@viking9167]

AmaTsonga akwatele u N .