Endless queues unsettle business
Employers and workers institutions have raised concerns over production levels as employees spend considerable time queuing in service provider shops, fuel queues and local banks.
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Employers and workers institutions have raised concerns over production levels as employees spend considerable time queuing in service provider shops, fuel queues and local banks.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has agreed to allow civil servants a once-off $300 withdrawal of their salaries in a bid to minimise bank charges and transport costs.
Banks and ATMs were, for the second day running, overwhelmed by long queues of cash-starved depositors who scrambled to withdraw newly-introduced bond notes. Long winding queues were witnessed at bank branches across the capital Harare, especially in the Central Business District. Similarly, people were seen impatiently waiting outside ATMs to withdraw money. This follows the […]
By Shingai Nyoka | BBC News | It is midnight and about 30 people are preparing to settle down for the night on the streets of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. Their floral fur-pile blankets are spread out over cardboard boxes on the cold, hard pavement. The women are on one side, the men on the other. […]
This is what many Zimbabweans are having to endure as the cash crunch in the country bites even more. This was the scene at MetBank in Bulawayo (Robert Mugabe Road and 9th Avenue) as customers queued from Monday through to Tuesday trying to withdraw their money.