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Oct 19, 2015 | 11:48 pm

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Originally Posted by Mike Jacoubowsky

Thanks! Should we buy currency (Rand) ahead of time, or are the exchange rates not so bad there?

There are plenty of ATMs in JNB and CPT airports; that's probably easiest for a few hundred dollars worth to start.

I'm sure you could initially tip with dollar bills, as there seem to be a lot of exchange places around where locals could change them.

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