Finance Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube has said that the government is introducing measures to punish those who violate Statutory Instrument (SI) 142 of 2019 which banned the use of all foreign currencies on domestic transactions.
The SI that was issued in June last year also reintroduced the Zimbabwe dollar and made it the sole currency in the country. Speaking to the Sunday Mail on the finance policy, Ncube said:
Zimbabwe is in a mono-currency situation. We introduced the Zimbabwe dollar, which is the domestic currency of Zimbabwe. But we know that it’s taking time for Zimbabwe to adjust.
Why? Because it’s difficult to have that silver bullet where everyone complies. Of course, as Government, we are enforcing compliance, we are introducing penalties for those who deviate.
Meanwhile, snap surveys conducted recently suggest that the country might be illegally and slowly redollarising as businesses are charging their commodities in foreign currency, particularly the US dollar.
Businesses argue that the local currency is rapidly shedding value against big currencies therefore unsustainable for business.
More: The Sunday Mail
Looks like zanu will be paying a lot of penalties soon
Comrade Mr accept the reality we are tired of you stories ,its hightime you must change this so – called policies wc you implement and not working zim dollar for sure is bringing poverty to pure zimbabweans at boarder posts you are not accepting zim dollar bt you keep on pushing the money wc you yourself dont want
Why is your solution ban this punish this why as finance minister u dont find a solution to this economic situation. Banning and punishing is only creating more criminals
Yes it is good Zimbabwean must be proud of being Zimbabwean arrest everyone who doesn’t follow the rules of the country phambili nge Zim dollar all the shops make sure all the people in Zimbabwe sale goods in Zimbabwe dollar