Pietermaritzburg的企业急于急切的低矮硬币短缺撞击城市

急剧短缺的低裁定硬币，尤其是10C，20C和50C零件，使彼得马里茨堡（Pietermaritzburg）的零售商店争夺了变化。

Pietermaritzburg retailers are facing an acute shortage of low-denomination coins, particularly 10c, 20c, and 50c pieces, which has left them scrambling to provide change.

Pietermaritzburg的零售商面临着低成分的硬币的严重短缺，尤其是10C，20C和50C件，这使他们争先恐后地提供变化。

In response, some businesses have put up notices asking customers to use bank cards, while others have encouraged people to bring coins from home.

作为回应，一些企业发出了通知，要求客户使用银行卡，而另一些企业则鼓励人们将硬币带到家里。

While these coins may have been overlooked in the past, their disappearance has highlighted their importance. Many residents are now digging out their stashes of loose change to help.

尽管这些硬币过去可能被忽略了，但它们的失踪表明了它们的重要性。现在，许多居民正在挖掘出零钱的藏匿处，以提供帮助。

Angie Snyman, a Pietermaritzburg resident who works in retail, said the shortage has made serving customers difficult.

彼得马里茨堡（Pietermaritzburg）居民安吉·斯尼曼（Angie Snyman）在零售业工作，他说，短缺使顾客为客户提供困难。

“Many transactions don’t round neatly to a note or single coin. Personally, we collect loose coins in a jar and exchange them for cash when possible,” she said.

“许多交易都不会整齐地围绕着笔记或单硬币。就个人而言，我们在罐子里收集松散的硬币，并在可能的情况下将它们换成现金。”她说。

Despite the concerns, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and its subsidiary, the South African Mint Company, maintain there is no issue.

尽管存在问题，但南非储备银行（SARB）及其子公司南非造币厂公司认为这没有问题。

So, where are the city’s coins hiding? Residents shared their thoughts with Weekend Witness.

那么，这座城市的硬币隐藏在哪里？居民与周末见证人分享了他们的想法。

When news of the shortage broke, Pelham resident Nompilo Magaba remembered a dusty container filled with her copper coin collection, which she had saved over a year.

当短缺的消息破裂时，佩勒姆居民Nompilo Magaba想起了一个装满了她的铜币收藏的尘土飞扬的容器，她已经保存了一年。

“There was a year when I decided to collect all my loose change, sometimes adding paper money. I would take out the silver coins and notes but completely forgot about the rest,” she said.

“有一年的时间，我决定收集我所有的零钱，有时还会增加纸币。我会拿出银币和笔记，但完全忘记了其余的。”她说。

Her collection, mostly 10c, 20c, and 50c coins, with a single 5c mixed in, totals around R65. She believes many coins are sitting idle in people’s homes.

她的收藏集，主要是10C，20C和50C硬币，其中一个5C混合了R65左右。她认为，许多硬币都在人们的家中闲置。

Witness journalist Akheel Sewsunker, who had just one 10c coin in his possession, shared his thoughts on the missing change.

目击者的记者阿基·塞辛克（Akheel Sewsunker）只有一枚10摄氏币，他对失踪变化分享了他的想法。

“I think they’re in long-forgotten piggy banks and collections for children. People forget they have coins in odd places like gaps in couches and pockets,” he said.

“我认为他们是在遗忘的小猪银行和儿童收藏中。人们忘记了他们在沙发和口袋里的缝隙等奇怪的地方都有硬币。”他说。

Hope Nonyane said people are saving coins at home. “I cashed out R23 000 of R5 coins last year,” she said.

希望Nonyane说人们在家中节省了硬币。她说：“去年，我兑现了R5硬币的R23 000。”

Bimla Maharaj said no one appreciates coins anymore, while The Game Shack joked that the coins were in waterfalls and rivers from people making wishes and praying for good things in their lives.

比姆拉·马哈拉杰（Bimla Maharaj）说，没有人再欣赏硬币，而游戏棚屋开玩笑说，这些硬币是瀑布和河流中的河流，人们为他们的生活中的美好事物而祈祷。