Zimbabwe’s central bank fails to fulfil promise to supply $1bn worth of new notes
But says new notes will start circulating from Tuesday
11 November 2019 - 19:46
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on Monday failed to supply $1bn worth of new notes that it had promised to pump into the market to ease the country’s cash shortages.
Zimbabweans had been looking forward to a rare opportunity to withdraw cash from banks. The country is facing acute shortages of cash, fuel, medicines and food. Banks’ automated teller machines (ATMs) have not disbursed cash for the past three years...
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