Re: Zimbabwe: Trotz Hyperinflation werden Bargeldhorter gejagt

verfasst von Baldur der Ketzer, 15.06.2003, 16:08

-->Hallo,

ich wills mal so sagen: wenn die Ursache für eine Krankeit ein Bazillus (Mugabensis) ist, hilft nur die ursächliche Beseitigung welchselbigsten, sonst verreckt der Organismus.

Beste Grüße vom Baldur

Zimbabweans struggling with hyperinflation and grubby wads of worthless banknotes learnt this week that police will now view holding large stashes of cash as a crime.

With prices rising by the day, people visit shops with extra bags to carry Zimbabwe dollar bills. After filling up their cars, drivers routinely hand over more than 4 000 individual notes, bound into heavy bundles.


The pressure created by inflation of 270% has caused a national shortage of banknotes, paralysing the shattered economy. The highest denomination bill - Z500 - is worth barely R2.50 and is virtually unobtainable.


The lack of cash follows a long list of other shortages. Supermarket shelves are empty of sugar, cooking oil, flour, margarine and mealie meal, the staple food. Fuel shortages have crippled the economy since 2000.


President Robert Mugabe routinely reacts to shortages by blaming the opposition and promising tough measures against his"nefarious enemies".


Thursday's edition of the Herald warned of"sterner measures against individuals or organisations found with huge stakes [sic] of banknotes".


David Chapfika, an MP from the ruling Zanu-PF party and chairman of parliament's finance committee, told the paper:"Zimbabwe has a sophisticated banking structure... and there is no need for anyone to be carrying huge stakes of money."


He claimed that all money in Zimbabwe belonged to the government.


Police have begun raiding companies and stopping people at roadblocks, searching for what they describe as"unusual" amounts of cash.


At Gauntlett Security Services in Harare, they threatened to confiscate between 40 and 50 million Zimbabwe dollars (R200 000 to R250 000). Peter Harris, the director, said:"We called our lawyer, who sent the police packing. There is no law stopping people holding onto their money."


The official hunt for stocks of money is illegal, Adrian de Bourbon, an advocate, said:"There is no law in Zimbabwe which makes it a criminal offence for people to hold cash, unless it is to be used for illegal purposes."


Most banks are limiting cash withdrawals to a maximum of Z50 000 (about R250). They regularly hand it over in Z20 bills, forcing customers to stagger out with 2 500 banknotes.


Officially, R1 is worth Z101. The free market real exchange rate is above Z250 to R1. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, Zimbabwe will have the highest inflation rate in the world this year.

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• Zimbabwe: Trotz Hyperinflation werden Bargeldhorter gejagt - kingsolomon, 15.06.2003, 16:03
  • Re: Zimbabwe: Trotz Hyperinflation werden Bargeldhorter gejagt - Baldur der Ketzer, 15.06.2003, 16:08
    • Re: In jeder Hyperinfla ist Bares physisch knapp - daher"Notgeldscheine" usw. (owT) - dottore, 15.06.2003, 16:25
      • der Clou ist aber, dass sich Mugabe nicht mal mehr eine Notenpresse leisten kann - kingsolomon, 15.06.2003, 17:38
        • Re: der Clou ist aber, dass sich Mugabe nicht mal mehr eine Notenpresse leisten - Baldur der Ketzer, 15.06.2003, 19:55
          • eine Presse für Mugabe......STIMMT ausserdem Geld um Papier kaufen zu können... - CRASH_GURU, 15.06.2003, 20:38
          • Re: Ledergeld gab's auch schon (Russland 14. Jh., Krefeld 1922) (owT) - dottore, 16.06.2003, 10:21