By bne IntelliNews Zimbabwe’s government will ensure its gold reserves which underpin its newly-introduced currency, would be independently audited once yearly, The Herald reports. The southern African nation introduced the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) unit on April 8 to replace the inflation-ridden Zimbabwe dollar. The ZiG is backed by 2.5 tonnes of gold reserves and about $80mn in foreign currency. Speaking before a joint sitting of the parliamentary portfolio committees on finance and industry, the daily wrote on April 25, the central bank chief said the ZiG in circulation will ‘always’ match increa…
