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Zimbabwe opposition calls local ‘US dollar’ plan ‘madness’
11 years agoZimbabweans queue to withdraw cash outside a bank on May 5, 2016 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Zimbabweans formed long queues outside banks Thursday after the government slapped new limits on cash withdrawals and announced that "bond notes" at par with the US dollar would be introduced. / AFP PHOTO / JEKESAI NJIKIZANA
Zimbabwe's opposition condemned the government's plan to print a local version of the US dollar as "madness" on Monday, as panic set in over a crippling cash shortage.