Zanu-PF endorses expulsion of Old Mutual from Zimbabwe's economic system

Zimbabwe's ruling party said it will expel Old Mutual Ltd. from its financial system, sowing confusion over the status of the insurance giant in the country and what will happen next in the government's battle to fix its chaotic currency system.

The government wants to stop companies from using differences in the 175-year-old insurer's share prices in London, Johannesburg and Harare to determine a potential forward rate for the currency. Measures that were being considered included suspending Old Mutual's shares from the local bourse, having the securities traded in dollars, or moving it to a planned foreign-exchange based market, people familiar with the matter said earlier this month.

Chinamasa didn't give further details or respond to calls and text messages from Bloomberg seeking comment. A perennial shortage of cash means anyone who has banknotes is able to negotiate exchange rates with brokers who pay the funds onto mobile-money platforms. The brokers can then sell the hard cash at an even higher rate. The Old Mutual Implied Rate values the Zimbabwean dollar at 122 against the greenback, compared with a black-market rate of about 100, and Friday's closing price of 65.8765. The government in June abandoned a peg of 25:1 that was put in place in March.

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