TRUST PROBLEM HAUNTS GOVT AS IT LAUNCHES CURRENCY

Zimbabwe’s government has a trust problem as it introduces
a discounted currency in a bid to reverse chronic cash shortages that left
people struggling to get hold of basic goods.

Business people and economists welcomed last week’s
decision to aba…

Zimbabwe's government has a trust problem as it introduces a discounted currency in a bid to reverse chronic cash shortages that left people struggling to get hold of basic goods. Business people and economists welcomed last week's decision to abandon an unrealistic dollar peg for the country's surrogate bond notes and electronic dollars, which were merged into a new currency called the Real