The Zimbabwean economy continues to collapse. Whereas prices had been doubling once a month, they now double once a week. Inflation for February was officially 165,000 per cent but according to leaked Government figures for March it has now risen to 355,000 per cent. Unofficial estimates are much higher. Scarcity of basic food supplies, petrol and simple household goods continue due to price controls, making the black market the only option—but only for those who can afford it. Recent partial liberalisation of exchange control mechanisms is too little too late to make any real impact on the economy—and could be reversed. The continued printing of money by the Reserve Bank is fuelling further hyperinflation. There is also the prospect of new, flawed indigenisation law being implemented aggressively and further damaging the private sector.