<Li> Jump up ^ A Common Monetary Area member, used alongside Swazi lilangeni </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Alongside Zimbabwean dollar (suspended indefinitely from 12 April 2009), euro, US dollar, pound sterling, Botswana pula, Indian rupee, Australian dollar, Chinese yuan, and Japanese yen . The US dollar has been adopted as the official currency for all government transactions . </Li> <P> The South African rand (sign: R; code: ZAR) is the currency of South Africa . The rand is subdivided into 100 cents (sign: "c"). The ISO 4217 code is ZAR, from Dutch Zuid - Afrikaanse Rand (South African rand). The rand is legal tender in the Common Monetary Area between South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, and Namibia, although the latter three countries do have their own currencies . </P> <P> Historical users of the South African rand included South West Africa and the nominally independent Bantustans under the apartheid system: Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Transkei and Venda . </P>

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