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Zimdollar notes are disappearing on the streets
October temperatures start to climb early in Harare, but by noon beverages vendor Davis Kugara is already counting his losses for the day.One after the other, many of his potential customers a...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 22:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare to convert residents' debts to US$
CASH-STRAPPED Harare City Council has announced plans to convert residents' outstanding Zimbabwe dollar bills to United States dollars to preserve the value of the money if the debts remain unpa...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Worthless Zimdollar notes clog banks
BANKS have requested the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to decommission $2 and $5 bond notes, saying smaller denomination currency ranges have turned into a burden for financial institutions to keep....Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Bring back the US Dollar' Mliswa says
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has called upon the government to re-introduce the United States Dollar as the main currency in order to arrest inflation.Writing on Twitter on Friday,...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 11:12hrs | 12 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Retailers rejecting $10-dollar notes
The transacting public has been urged to report all business entities rejecting the 10-dollar notes to the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.Barely two weeks after th...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 17:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fake USD notes lands Bulawayo man in trouble
POLICE in Gweru have arrested a 23 year- old Bulawayo man who was found in possession of US$2 710 in fake notes after he tried to buy medicine from a pharmacy.The incident occurred on Saturday...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 11:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chikwinya urges Zinara to decongest tollgates
MBIZO MP Settlement Chikwinya (MDC Alliance) has called on the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to decongest traffic at tollgates by introducing tap cards.In a statement yesterda...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Betting shops gamble with lockdown restrictions
Licensed betting house Moors World of Sport (MWOS) continues to operate some of its branches across the country in theory as internet operations but in practice having staff continually going into the...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:30hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Dollarisation was our biggest mistake,' says Mthuli Mcube
Dollarisation was a big mistake as it took away the country's monetary autonomy and made industry uncompetitive, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube said yesterday. Besides,...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans mend shabby dollar notes amid economic crisis
Albert Marombe takes a grimy, tattered US$1 note and delicately, expertly glues it back into one piece, holding it up for inspection."I don't care how torn it is. All I want to see is the seri...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 06:20hrs | | by AP
Zimbabwe's intellectual prostitutes and the national question
My Ghanaian broth er, Dr George Ayiteyi, was the first to connect fraudulent claims to the title of professor to Professor Jonathan Moyo as the quintessential intellectual prostitute. I scolded Ayitey...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:41hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
Bond notes and Zimbabwe's currency debate
WHEN Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya announced in 2016 plans to issue bond notes, a currency he claimed had the same value as the US dollar, many were apprehensive.It was backe...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff reporte
Exclusive documents reveal Mnangagwa's big plan to turn Zimbabwe economy around
Harare - Zimbabwe's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa has set his sights on fixing the country's economy. Khuluma Afrika has seen exclusive detailed documents which reveal the methods, strategy, and ...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 20:06hrs | 1 | by Khuluma Afrika
Robber shoots his PENIS while trying to steal sausage
A clumsy Chicago would-be robber accidentally shot himself in the penis while trying to raid a hotdog stand.It has been reported the teenager was fumbling with his weapon as he tried to grab c...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
When Peter Ndlovu and Bruce Grobbelaar made Zimbabwe dare to dream
The following is an extract from Ian Hawkey's article from Issue Nine of the Blizzard, published in June 2013. The Blizzard is a quarterly football journal available from ...Published: 24 May 2017 at 08:52hrs | | by Ian Hawkey
Zimbabwe banks not importing high-denomination $ bills
Zimbabwe is trying to stop banks importing high-denomination US dollar bills - and that means you shouldn't see $100 notes in banks or supermarkets, state media is reporting.With some bank...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 16:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reasons NOT to trust Mugabe's central bank chief
Long queues outside ATMs. Security guards confirming that those machines that are already empty "won't be stocked until Monday." News24 gives us 5 reasons NOT to trust Mugabe's central bank chief on b...Published: 27 Nov 2016 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
US dollar notes disappear, authorities fingered
ZIMBABWE'S fragile economic situation is lurching towards fresh depths amid indications that small United States dollar denominations are disappearing from circulation, thereby raising the possibi...Published: 29 Sep 2016 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'I break rules to swim with big fish' - NavySeal
Navy Seal is a Bulawayo based hip-hop artist and a core member of the 2015 Zimbabwe Hip Hop award-winning group - Art Department ZW.He has carved his own path with regards to Zimbabwean music ...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 23:46hrs | | by Future Moyo aka Future
Official 100 Dollar Bills music video
Watch the official 100 Dollar Bills music video by @navysealzw, featuring producer and songwriter Phuture Phil. The music video was shot and directed by Rasquesity Keaitse of Creative Pot....Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 11:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe close to historic debt rescheduling as ministers head to London conference
This week the Government is to finalise its agreement to repay some $1,8 billion of arrears to multilateral financial institutions triggering its re-entry into the international financial system a...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Couple finds US$13 000 in garbage, hands it in to police
AN astonished couple could not believe their eyes when they found US$13 000 stuffed in a bag left on top of a garbage can.But instead of taking the unclaimed cash home, the selfless pair from ...Published: 29 Jun 2012 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks charging public for changing defaced or old US dollar notes
SOME commercial banks are charging up to $5 to change torn, defaced or old notes with new ones for amounts ranging between $1 and $500, prompting the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to warn them against pre...Published: 02 Aug 2011 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by .
Zimbabwe banks ready to issue out new US dollar bills
Zimbabwe Banks are ready to issue out new US dollar bills to replace old, dirty and defaced notes in circulation if the public and corporates deposit the money, the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe has...Published: 13 Jul 2011 at 00:29hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Harare: food scene revives
Harare - Zimbabwean restaurant-goers used to pull out giant wads of near-worthless cash that could take longer to count than the time to eat the meal. If the order was even available.Now dine...Published: 10 Dec 2010 at 15:57hrs | 1 | by Byo24 Mashonaland central
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