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Mnangagwa advisor reveals Rand adoption bid
THE former President of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) Busisa Moyo says he tried to convince his colleagues in the Council that the country uses the Rand but majority view prevailed....Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa's maths on Rand pricing is wrong
A lot of publications have run with this story already but I couldn't find the original Facebook post. Strive Masiyiwa posts extensively and engages quite much on his page so I spent an hour trying to...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 11:08hrs | 2 | by Tinashe Nyahasha
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya in bitter fight over new Zimdollar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been forced to intervene in a growing turf war between Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya and his boss Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on the path Zimbabwe ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 15:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rules out rand adoption
Zimbabwe's new president Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that Zimbabwe will not adopt the South African rand emphasising that the country is geared to reintroducing its own currency if all economic ...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 15:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Rand adoption calls: Biti seeking relevance
This week People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Tendai Biti presented what he termed the state of the economy address at his offices in Harare. One of the issues that he raised was the proposed adop...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
WATCH: Zimbabwe to ditch US$ for the Rand?
There is speculation on social media on whether Zimbabwe has adopted the South African rand as the official currency over the United State Dollar.A report by SABC suggests that, President Robe...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 15:52hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tired of rand adoption talk
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor, John Mangudya, has said Zimbabwe was unlikely to adopt the South African rand because this would create chaos and destabilise the economy.Zimbabwe adopted a ...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 10:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rules out SA Rand adoption
Not for the first time, government has ruled out adopting the South African rand as its main currency.Responding to a question with notice in the Senate, Agriculture minister Joseph Made, stan...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
No official word on Zimbabwe adopting the Rand
The South African Reserve Bank has not received any official communication from Zimbabwean authorities for the adoption of the South African rand as the main unit of trade, Jabulani Sikhakhane, the di...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 16:09hrs | | by Ray Ndlovu
Zimbabwe banks reject rand adoption
Zimbabwean banks say adopting the South African rand will not help solve the country's economic challenges.Addressing delegates at the two-day Financial Markets Indaba in Harare last week, Bar...Published: 22 May 2017 at 15:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe blocked rand adoption by Zimbabwe
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti has disclosed that President Robert Mugabe in 2010 blocked the use of the South African rand as the official currency, possibly for fear of being politically subser...Published: 19 May 2017 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Dollars, rands can't save Zimbabwe'
As the national debate the about the benefits of Zimbabwe adopting the South African rand as its anchor currency continues to rage, former Finance minister Tendai Biti says the discourse is futile as ...Published: 19 May 2017 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt at odds over rand adoption
President Robert Mugabe's administration is at odds over proposed currency reforms, with divergent views emerging about adopting the South African rand as Zimbabwe's anchor currency.Fiscal and...Published: 14 May 2017 at 15:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business leaders push for Randisation
Zimbabwe's business leaders want Government to evoke the law in order to enforce economy-wide use of the South African rand and end cash shortages.An in-house discussion paper by the Confedera...Published: 14 May 2017 at 15:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC-T backs rand adoption
Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC has said it backs the adoption of the South African rand as the primary currency.In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, MDC shadow finance minister Tapiwa Masha...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 15:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reasons why Zimbabwe won't adopt the rand
It doesn't matter how much sense it makes to ordinary Zimbabweans: Zimbabwe will not formally adopt the rand, the central bank governor says.John Mangudya has told the state-controlled...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 10:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bank sets record straight on rand adoption
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has ruled out adopting the South African rand as the country's major reference currency. Instead, authorities will spiritedly promote the full multi-currency baske...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 14:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Make bond notes official currency'
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says the country should adopt bond notes as a primary currency to alleviate cash shortages and solve economic challenges.RBZ director Economic Research S...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 11:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
RBZ warns up to rand adoption
Zimbabwe's central bank is warming up to adoption of the South African Rand as a dominating currency following various calls from business in favour of the exchange.In an apparent U-turn from ...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe backs South African Rand adoption
President Robert Mugabe has backed Zimbabwe's adoption of the South African rand as its main currency.After ditching a worthless Zimbabwe dollar in 2009, the country has been using several...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 17:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government rules out rand adoption
Government will not adopt the South African rand, nor will it reintroduce the Zimbabwe dollar until macro-economic fundamentals are addressed, legislators heard yesterday.Finance and Economic ...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 10:28hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Veteran Zimbabwean industrialist calls for rand adoption
Veteran industrialist Anthony Mandiwanza says Zimbabwe must adopt the South African rand as its official currency to help ease the current cash crisis and improve the manufacturing sector's compet...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
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