Z $ 1,000 note to only buy a loaf of bread . In August , Zimbabwe slashed ten zeroes on the currency ; two years earlier the country slashed three zeros . Zimbabwe 's agro - industrial economy in free - fall for more than a decade . Robert Smith blamed Zimbabwe 's economic collapse on sanctions .
Z $ 1,000 note to only buy a loaf of bread . Zimbabwe 's agro - industrial economy in free - fall for more than a decade . Robert Smith blamed Zimbabwe 's economic collapse on sanctions .