PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabweans should stop ‘fighting’ the recently re-introduced Zimbabwe dollar in favour of other people’s currencies.<\/p>\n
Addressing residents of Kuwadzana 2 in Harare during his monthly clean-up campaign, Mnangagwa was at pains as he tried to explain to the local community that the Zimbabwe dollar was legal tender and retailers should not reject coins.<\/p>\n
Traders, public transport operators are no longer accepting coins below the one dollar denomination while other retailers and service providers are pegging their products and services in US dollars.<\/p>\n
“This is legal tender, coins should be accepted because it is our nation’s currency,” Mnangagwa told residents.<\/p>\n
“Some residents are still refusing our own currency, even if we use other people’s currency, it is still not ours. For us to develop, we must have our own currency.<\/p>\n
“We are fighting our own money for other people’s money, we must love our own money,” he said.<\/p>\n
In his address, Mnangagwa reiterated Zimbabwe will not go back to the multi-currency system that was used from 2009, but was banned by the government in June 2019.<\/p>\n
Instead, he said, Zimbabweans should be proud to use their own currency as it signified sovereignty.<\/p>\n
Angry residents at the clean-up campaign told Mnangagwa they were living under challenging conditions where rentals, school fees were high and they could not afford basic commodities like bread and mealie-meal while facing serious water and electricity shortages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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