'I'm not foolish,' says Chinamasa

The new special coins set to be introduced by the RBZ are not linked to the reintroduction of the Zimbabwe Dollar, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa.

This comes amid rising suspicion that the coins are part of a scheme to return the local currency, abandoned in 2 009 after a ravaging hyperinflation.

But Chinamasa said the coins valued at par with the United States Dollar are meant to solve the problem of change in transacting.

He said he is not a foolish minister and he does not make reckless decisions and he would not be reckless to introduce the local currency at this juncture.