{"id":6936,"date":"2019-04-05T16:02:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T16:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=6936"},"modified":"2020-02-13T12:31:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T10:31:32","slug":"how-zimbabweans-reacted-to-mnangagwa-mocking-the-rtgs-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/how-zimbabweans-reacted-to-mnangagwa-mocking-the-rtgs-dollar","title":{"rendered":"How Zimbabweans Reacted To Mnangagwa Mocking The RTGS Dollar"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday made remarks seemingly mocking the local RTGS Dollar currency. He was addressing the Ngangu community where he had gone to assess the progress being made to rehabilitate infrastructure destroyed by Cyclone Idai.<\/p>\n

Here is how Zimbabweans\u00a0reacted on Twitter to the remarks:<\/p>\n

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Mdara ED so..Ungaseka currency yako so!! Nelson Chamisa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and central bank governor, John Mangundya are trying very hard to talk up their RTGS Dollar. Their boss Emmerson Mnangagwa, the country\u2019s CEO, makes a public joke out of the RTGS dollar, trashing it in the process. You couldn\u2019t make it up\"??\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\"\u00a0Alex T. Magaisa<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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1. He rubbishes the valueless \u201cRTG\u201d currency he imposed on us by force and glorifies the USD which they\u2019ve systematically looted from the people. 2. There\u2019s little sense of occasion or empathy for the victims\u2019 melancholy. How so very sad.\u00a0Fadzayi Mahere<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Mnangagwa, calling the collapsing local RTGS$ currency \u201cma RTG\u201d, excited like a toddler who\u2019s had a lollipop for the first time, talking about receiving USD 2,5 million from the US Ambassador in Harare for Cyclone Idai victims. This has raised fears the money will just disappear!\u00a0Prof. Jonathan Moyo<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Here the president is celebrating real money American dollars from Trump while casually disparaging RTGS dollars that Mangudya and Mthuli have foisted on us. Shocking!Nqaba Matshazi<\/b><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Correct me here, so folks who are earning RTGS salaries havasikutambira mari chaiyo? Someone said haisi mari chaiyo.\u00a0MacDee<\/a><\/p>\n

Correction, just to keep facts correct. He said Mari yekwavo kwete maRTGS, yekwavo chaiyo, chaiyo. Sometimes we tend to listen to what we want to hear. Nothing wrong with cracking \u201crtgs\u201d joke at a funeral it has always been a part of the culture to make jokes at funerals.\u00a0Qobizita Hogo<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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For a man who scoffs at his own useless RTGs then force farmers to be paid the same is insulting. He knows how worthless it is but wishes to rob hardworking peasants their hard earned forex. This is supposed to be a president. This tyranny has gotten out of hand.\u00a0People Power<\/a><\/p>\n

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Shame on Udriving a negative narrative abt e RTGS dollar, & 4 putting wrds in @edmnangagwa<\/span>\u00a0\u2018s mouth, he neva spoke dwn on Zim currency bt emphasised a fact tt e @usembassyharare<\/span>\u00a0made eir donations in eir USD currency, did U want the donation for yo congress instead? shame on U!\u00a0Prosperity Mzila<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday made remarks seemingly mocking the local RTGS Dollar currency. He was addressing the Ngangu community where he had gone to assess the progress being made to rehabilitate infrastructure destroyed by Cyclone Idai. Here is how Zimbabweans\u00a0reacted on Twitter to the remarks: Mdara ED so..Ungaseka currency yako so!! Nelson Chamisa Finance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[31,149,319,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-6936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-community","9":"tag-mnangagwa","10":"tag-president","11":"tag-social-media","12":"tag-zimbawe-policies"},"yoast_head":"\nHow Zimbabweans Reacted To Mnangagwa Mocking The RTGS Dollar - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/how-zimbabweans-reacted-to-mnangagwa-mocking-the-rtgs-dollar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Zimbabweans Reacted To Mnangagwa Mocking The RTGS Dollar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday made remarks seemingly mocking the local RTGS Dollar currency. 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