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Vol 65 No 9

Published 25th April 2024


Zimbabwe

Shaky new ZiG money undermines IMF talks

Mounting doubts on the credibility of the latest currency relaunch and politicisation of economic policy

The chances of Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and new Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mushayavanhu making progress in talks for a staff-monitored IMF programme in Washington DC on 15 April have been scuppered by the chaos caused by the introduction of the new ZiG currency a week earlier.

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