Terrence Mawawa|President Emmerson Mnangagwa has vowed to revoke the licences of pharmacies who get foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to import products but then sell the goods locally in foreign currency.

Most pharmacies reportedly reject the bond currency as well as mobile money insisting on selling
pharmaceuticals in foreign currency only. While addressing ZANU PF supporters in Murombedzi yesterday Mnangagwa had this to say:”
These pharmacies are charging in US
dollars but their employees are not
paid in US dollars. We sat down as
Cabinet and directed the Minister of
Health and Child Care, Dr Obadiah
Moyo, to tell them Government is not
happy with what they are doing.

The majority of you who were now
selling medical provisions, asking for
US dollars, it’s not proper because you go and queue at the RBZ asking for foreign currency to import these drugs.
There is no reason why you should,
therefore, ask the public to purchase
these drugs in foreign currency when
you yourselves get it from the Reserve Bank. Those of you who do not heed this caution: danger is coming, we will withdraw your licences.”