Nope, all Zim currency; still, what's happening is that dudes are taking their Zimkwachas and putting them into the market, especially dual listed shares like Old Mutual and PPC, whose share price reflects the rand-parity and are therefore used as a gage of the true value of the Zim dollar; when investors cash out, they buy real dollars. But because the demand for inflation hedges is brisk, the zim stock market means investors stay ahead. To give you an idea of how lucrative it can be, while I was there in March one of the country's brokers was offered US$ 1million for a 50 percent share in his company by a US investment house. He turned it down. Point is, even in the worst crisis, there'l be folks who know how to turn a buck. Gotta love capitalism.
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