CARMEL RICKARD: Zimbabwe war vets’ battle the state
Harare’s high court has ordered the government to honour its commitment to provide a pension of $2,000 a month to the country’s war veterans
02 April 2020 - 05:00
Imagine the confusion in Zimbabwe following last week’s reintroduction of the US dollar. The courts have spent months bashing any notion that the US currency has a place in Zimbabwe, and maintaining that, for the purposes of contracts entered into previously, the US dollar and its replacement are on par.
When the US dollar was reintroduced last week, however, the reserve bank governor had to admit reality: the exchange rate for local transactions would be fixed at Z$25 for every US dollar...
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