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| Zimbabwe citizens will continue paying passport fees in US dollars, despite the introduction of a new currency last month, the deputy finance minister has said. | |
| David Kuda Mnangagwa said on Monday that there was a pre-existing agreement between the government and the Lithuanian passport printing company, Garsu Pasaulis, for the passport fees to be charged in dollars. | |
| Zimbabwe introduced a new gold-backed currency called ZiG - the name stands for "Zimbabwe Gold" - in an attempt to stabilise its ailing economy. | |
| It replaced the Zimbabwean dollar, the RTGS, that had lost three-quarters of its value so far this year. | |
| The move to continue charging passport fees in dollars has sparked criticism in the country, with some Zimbabweans saying it portrays lack of confidence in the new currency. | |
| "As long as the ZiG is not accepted by its issuer, the government, it will soon become worthless," prominent journalist Hopewell Chin'ono said on X (formerly Twitter). | |
| Zimbabwe's government increased the passport fees to $200 (£160), up from $120 last December. | |
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| Is Zimbabwe zigzagging | |
| into further currency chaos? | |
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