I miss Gideon Gono. That's only because John Mangudya, his successor at the central bank, is that turtle you can't pick out from the rocks, which when it strays onto the road, looks and sounds like a toad.
Gono did lots of stupid things, but in a colourful and exciting way. He was appointed governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in late 2003, ominously stepping into the country's first ever cash shortages in post-colonial history, and gave way to Mangudya 10 years later.
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