Zimbabwean retail shops demand hard cash as banks convert to new currency
HARARE, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Major retail shops were on Saturday trading largely in United States dollars after financial institutions suspended the use of the outgoing Zimbabwean dollar (ZWL) while adjusting to the new Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency which was introduced Friday.
Workers at one of the shops at Westgate Shopping Mall, northwest of the city center, told Xinhua that they were accepting cash (U.S. dolla