By Elishamai A. Ziumbwa The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has issued a firm directive reminding schools that the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency remains legal tender for all school-related transactions. In a statement released this week, the Ministry said parents and guardians are free to pay
The Consumer Protection Commission has urged the public to report businesses refusing to accept Point-of-Sale (POS) transactions, focusing on those rejecting Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) payments in favor of U.S. dollars. The blitz comes as Zimbabwe's local currency continues its downward slide, further complicating the economic
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has injected a cumulative US$64 million into the interbank foreign exchange market in September, Governor John Mushayavanhu announced. This intervention aims to address the "transitory foreign currency supply and demand mismatches" that have been putting undue pressure on the foreign
Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has announced that the government will soon be introducing regulations to enforce the use of the official exchange rate for pricing goods and services. In a statement, Professor Ncube highlighted that since the exchange rate is market-determined, there
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has endured a difficult week with the market bearish as investors continue a “wait and see” approach since the introduction of the new currency. The coming in of the ZiG currency has not been able to cheer up investor sentiment in
On 5 April 2024, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor, Dr John Mushayavanhu, announced the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) as the new currency to replace the inflation-battered Zimbabwe Dollar (ZWL). Prior to the Monetary Policy Statement on 5 April that introduced the new currency, there was
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