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  • Bromley86
    Bromley86 Posts: 1,123 Forumite
    Nope. It's a good time to get out.

    I wonder how Hoogstraten is doing?
  • eeja
    eeja Posts: 374 Forumite
    thrupence wrote: »
    If you're in Zimbabwe, is this a good time to buy gold?

    Not only none for sale....you can be sure of that but also illegal to hold it. Dont you know there is a law in Zimbabwe that all gold must be surrendered directly to the President, Robert Mugabe ?
    Nobody is exempt. Look what happened to Van Hoogstraten . Wonder if he's still alive or been bumped off by Mugabe's men ? See press cutting below :

    Nicholas van Hoogstraten, the British property tycoon, is to appear before a Harare magistrate today on charges of illegal dealing in foreign currency police said yesterday.
    He is expected to be taken to court by police after three nights in custody. He was arrested in a police raid on his home in the exclusive suburb of Emerald Hill.
    Police were apparently acting on a complaint from a woman tenant at one of Mr van Hoogstraten’s many apartment blocks in Harare. She said that she had been forced to pay $8,000 (£4,000) in hard currency as six months’ rent in advance. Zimbabwean law forbids charging foreign currency for local goods and services.
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