We are in a pandemic, and we have been surviving on stats, reports, urban myths, opinion, retro-action and monkey-see- monkey-do tactics. If that isn’t crudely direct enough, please read on.
Do you remember when the coin of the realm was sterling? Do you remember pounds, shillings and pence, sometimes called LSD?
The “L” was for Libra, meaning a Roman pound, the “S” was for solidus, a shilling and the “D” stood for denarius, a Roman penny. The sterling pound contained 240 pennies, four times as many farthings, also crowns, half-crowns and guineas.
Now I hear you asking: What does this have to do with a national need? It’s simple. I remember these ancient, obscure, quaint bits of information because of education.
Yes, education. When South Africa changed from this pre-decimal…
