Review

The imminent return of the Zimbabwe dollar currency: What the people have said (2013-2014)

Associate Professor Dr. Silas Luthingo Rusvingo

Great Zimbabwe University, Masvingo, Zimbabwe in the Accounting and Information Systems Department, Faculty of Commerce.

E-mail: srusvingo@yahoo.com; Tel.: +263 772 410 607

Accepted November 29, 2014

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to investigate how the Zimbabwe Dollar (Zimdollar) ceased to be the official currency of Zimbabwe and what the people say about the imminent return of the once upon a time discredited Zimdollar. The article portrays the reasons Zimdollar is discredited by Zimbabweans.

Keywords: Discredited, foreign currency, hyperinflation, Zimdollar