Bulawayo — Since the collapse of the Zimbabwe dollar in 2009 due to spiralling, uncontrollable inflation, the country uses several foreign currencies in everyday trade - mainly the US dollar and the South African rand - but the physical lack of coins has created problems when it comes to giving change.
To ease the country's small-change shortages, special bond coins were recently introduced. But lollipops, bubblegum and rand coins are still the change of choice in Zimbabwe. TENDAI MARIMA chatted to some retailers to find out if the new coins are gaining popular currency.
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