By A Correspondent: Responding to a question on why government was not dollarising Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the country was well on course in adopting the mono currency and government will never repeal Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019.

Said the MDC Vice President Tendai Biti during the question without notice session at parliament Wednesday:

“We were approving and allowing the Government to levy charges in United States dollars.  That is proof beyond reasonable doubt Mr. Speaker Sir, that the attempt to dedollarise has failed.  Conditions for dedollarisation simply do not exist.  So once again is to say to the Hon. Minister, do the right thing and repeal SI 142 of 2019 –”

However Ncube said:

“I politely decline that suggestion that SI 142 can ever be repealed.  It will never be repealed.  We are well on our way to a mono currency and that is where we are headed.”