As most of us Zimbabweans know, there has been a cash crisis since 2016. We actually have to scrounge, beg or pay a premium in order to get our own currency-bond notes aka Zimbabwean dollars.

If you have been wondering why we have such an acute shortage of something that should be readily available then chew on this. Cash in Zimbabwe only represents about 3% of the 34.5 billion in circulation. The rest is in the form of RTGS dollars and other cash equivalence.

Mangudya : The current cash is around 3% of 34,5 billion dollars #OpenParlyZw pic.twitter.com/PZhXK6ZRYA
— Open Parly ZW (@OpenParlyZw) February 17, 2020

The have and the havenots

It doesn’t end there, remember all those billions? They are controlled by the rich few.

Mangudya :The 200 entities who control 50% of 34,5 billions we can talk to them since they are few so that we can give them bonds #OpenParlyZw pic.twitter.com/3WyW0uRePo
— Open Parly ZW (@OpenParlyZw) February 17, 2020