Categories: Business

RBZ To Punish Banks Responsible For Flooding Streets With New Notes

Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 03:14 pm

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya said that investigations are already underway to ascertain the source of new notes that have flooded the black market.

Mangudya said the banks responsible for channelling the notes onto the streets will be severely dealt with once they are known. He said:

We have launched an investigation and banks that will be found guilty will be heavily penalised.

Our task has been made easier because some notes we are seeing on social media have serial numbers.

The RBZ issued new $2 and $5 banknotes and $2 bond coins on Tuesday, with $30 million dollars allocated to various banks.

However, a few hours after the notes were introduced, banks had run out of cash while the streets were awash with the notes.

Albert Echetah

Recent Posts

Ghana’s Opposition NDC Demonstrates Nationwide Over Independent Audit of Voter Roll

Nationwide protests, held in all 16 regional capitals, had been staged by the NDC on Tuesday, demanding an independent audit…

September 19, 2024

UAE Announces $10.25 Million Humanitarian Aid to Support Sudanese Women Refugees in Chad

Consequently, the UAE announced a set of new humanitarian projects in Chad and pledged $10.25 million to the United Nations…

September 19, 2024

The baobabs of Zimbabwe provide vital support to rural communities affected by climate change

Loveness Bhitoni has been picking baobab fruit from the gigantic trees surrounding his farm in Zimbabwe since childhood, to vary…

September 18, 2024

Al-Qaeda Affiliate JNIM Strikes Mali’s Capital in Rare Terrorist Attack

A terrorist attack by the Al-Qaeda affiliate group Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin-or JNIM-occurred in Bamako, Mali, early Tuesday, September…

September 18, 2024

Microsoft South Africa collaborates with Afrika Tikkun to launch ICT Academy

The Afrika Tikkun youth development agency has teamed up with Microsoft South Africa to launch the ICT Academy - Going…

September 18, 2024

Sudan Crisis Worsens as UN Warns of Escalating Violence and Looming Hunger Crisis

Over a year after the fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese army and RSF paramilitaries, civilians are caught in a…

September 18, 2024

This website uses cookies.