Tensions are rising over the pending introduction of so-called "bond notes", a quasi-currency that is meant to alleviate chronic cash shortages but which many locals fear is a back-door attempt to bring back the inflation-ravaged Zimbabwe dollar. Two of the people who said they were assaulted by men in police garb shortly after midnight in a township on the outskirts of the capital Harare said that three fellow activists were missing in the wake of the incident. One of the victims, Patson Dzamara, is the brother of pro-democracy activist Itai Dzamara, who disappeared more than a year ago and is believed by human rights groups and diplomats to have been killed.
