Johannesburg - New banknotes featuring an image of former president Nelson Mandela were expected to start circulating on Tuesday.

The notes would feature Mandela on the front and pictures of the “Big Five” animals on the back.

The old banknotes would still be legal.

Public awareness campaigns to inform locals of the change were run on television, radio and print advertisements as well as electronic media and social networking

Roadshows were also done all across the country as well as in Swaziland, Namibia, Lesotho, Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe.