Despite rumours that the introduction of bond notes into Zimbabwe’s currency would be delayed until February or March next year, the country launched the notes yesterday (Monday).
The bright green bond notes were introduced by Zimbabwe’s Central Bank to ease a shortage of US dollars
Formal businesses were told they had to accept the notes as legal tender. Most did so though Zimbabweans circulated one cellphone video clip of a teller at a South African supermarket chain refusing to accept a US$2 bond note.
