Zimbabwean Police Deny Permission for Anti-Bond Notes Protest

The police have refused to give permission for a protest planned by the country's largest labour movement, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, against the controversial bond notes which they say will plunge the nation back to the days of hyperinflation and shortages.

  • Zimbabwe:   Police Crush Bond Notes Protest

    Financial Gazette, 30 November 2016

    THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Wednesday deployed police details that far outnumbered protestors, swiftly crushing the demonstration against the introduction of bond notes… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   New Currency Gets Off to Rocky Start

    VOA, 30 November 2016

    Zimbabwe's cash shortage problem appears to be far from over, despite the government issuing $10 million worth of "bond notes" that officially trade on par with the U.S. dollar.… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Let Us Embrace Bond Notes

    The Herald, 1 December 2016

    The bond notes are finally here! When the Governor of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) mooted the idea to introduce the bond notes I was one person who raised concerns about the bond… Read more »

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