1000s crowd Zim banks
2008-09-29 21:13
Special Report
The treason trial of Roy Bennett has been deferred to January next year after a key state witness failed to show up in court to testify.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says he doesn't expect the US sanctions on his country to be lifted soon.
Harare - Tens of thousands of Zimbabweans are lining up to get money after the government raised the limit on daily bank withdrawals.
New rules went into effect on Monday allowing withdrawals of up to Z$20 000. The old Z$1 000 limit was barely enough to buy a newspaper.
The limits, and spiralling inflation, meant long lines at banks most days. But Monday was extraordinary. Traffic could not negotiate some Harare streets.
President Robert Mugabe was to return from a ten-day trip to the UN later in the day.
A power-sharing deal signed by Mugabe and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change has stalled during Mugabe's absence.
- AP