Business proprietors in Zimbabwe have implored Parliament to intercede with the government to cease the apprehension of unauthorised currency traders and reinstate the bank accounts of enterprises accused of solely accepting foreign currencies.

These requests follow statements made by Oliver Chiperesa, the Director-General of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), disclosing the freezing of bank accounts belonging to 11 firms for conducting transactions solely in US dollars and declining to engage in transactions using the newly introduced currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG)