The Zimbabwean: "Zimbabwe's powerful Central Bank governor Gideon Gono has had a bumpy start to the new year. Just as he tried to assert control over the circulation of money, which he claims is being subverted by speculators in high places, allegations emerged that his own institution had been complicit in shady foreign currency trading.As a two-month-long crisis peaked around Christmas, Gono, who is chairman of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, announced that the current highest denomination of paper money, 200,000 Zimbabwean dollars, ZWD - worth only about 10 US cents on the parallel market - was to cease being legal tender on December 31. Gono's plan was designed to cut the feet from under what he called 'cash barons' who he said were accumulating vast amounts of the money.He has announced the issue of notes in higher denominations of 250,000, 500,000 and 750,000 ZWD."
The World Cup football tournament kicks off in one week, and host South Africa is busy putting on the finishing touches. But not everyone is looking forward to the tournament. Authorites in cities including Cape Town are being accused of clearing the poor from the streets - to create a good impression for visiting fans. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa has more.