Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)
Zimbabwe governor says return of local currency is not on the cards
Gideon Gono issues post-election statement on country's multi-currency regime; tells banks and investors to stop panicking and get on with their boardroom strategies
Gideon Gono fears ‘financial isolation’ for Zimbabwe
Central bank governor believes country could lose access to global payments platforms and external lines of credit if the indigenisation of foreign-owned banks is forced through
Zimbabwean central bank chief slams ‘reckless’ indigenisation
Gideon Gono asserts his authority over the indigenisation of the country’s banking sector; Standard Chartered still operating despite government threat to withdraw licence
Zimbabwean governor attempts to stem panic as StanChart faces closure
Gideon Gono tells depositors not to withdraw their savings following a government announcement that Standard Chartered will be shut down for non-compliance with indigenisation laws
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe backs mandatory bank takeovers
Governor Gideon Gono says foreign banks must observe ‘indigenisation' laws, which force them to hand majority ownership to local people; foreign direct investment flight continues
Gono warns government against ‘firing harmful, verbal economic gunpowder’
Gideon Gono says no intention to withdraw foreign banks’ licences; rebukes Zimbabwean government for issuing warning of nationalisation
Gono urges caution in banking sector split
Gideon Gono says indigenisation and economic empowerment plan must be applied in a way that benefits the population most broadly; urges caution in division of banking industry
Zimbabwe demands foreign banks hand over majority stake to locals
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono says central bank will outline penalties for foreign banks failing to adhere to controversial indigenisation law
Zimbabwe to axe 74% of staff: reports
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono says central bank will axe 1,600 jobs as part of measure to downsize institution, according to leading media
Gono’s alleged affair stirs varied reactions
Reports that Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono allegedly had a five-year affair with Robert Mugabe’s wife ricochet around international media
Zimbabwe orders end to seizure of central bank assets
Zimbabwe's finance minister Tendai Biti stops auctioning of central bank assets in bid to revive beleaguered institution
IMF flags concern over Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s governance
IMF cites severe governance failings as Zimbabwe’s central bank maintains Gideon Gono as chair of its new governing board.
Gono retains top job in new Zimbabwe board
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono shock survivor of management cull; nine new board members appointed to improve governance standards
IMF calls for Zimbabwe to scrap governing board
Fund acknowledges success of multi-currency regime at close of Article IV consultation
Zim’s Gono blasts local takeover bill
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono slams new law that will force foreign-owned firms to transfer 51% of ownership to locals
Harare will keep multi-currency system till 2012: minister
Economic planning minister says the country will continue using the rand, dollar and pula among others for the time being
Zim’s Gono to meet Biti, Mugabe over diamond seizure
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Gideon Gono to meet with president and finance minister after police seize a reported 29kg of diamonds from the central bank
Zimbabwe’s central bank ‘technically insolvent’: reports
Local media sources report that Zimbabwe’s central bank is bankrupt after high court judge orders that its property be attached to unpaid debts
Zim finance minister looks to cut central bank authority
Tendai Biti, Zimbabwe’s finance minister, has tabled a bill that seeks to reduce the powers of the Zimbabwe’s central bank and its governor
Zim finance minister promises new central bank law
New reform bill will bring to a close quasi-fiscal activities when it is passed, says Tendai Biti
IMF sees signs of recovery in Zimbabwe
International Monetary Fund notes fledgling recovery following Harare mission
Tussle over Gono intensifies
Political wrangling over Gideon Gono's position as the head of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe intensified on Tuesday after Morgan Tsvangirai, the prime minister, called for the governor to be removed from office.
Zimbabwe lops zeros off currency, again
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has chopped 12 zeroes off the Zimbabwean dollar in its latest attempt to curb hyperinflation.
Zim's Gono: sanctions responsible for collapse
Gideon Gono, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, has said that sanctions are to blame for Zimbabwe's economic collapse and that printing more money was essential for his people's survival.