http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/zimbabwe-on-millions-of-dollars-a-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zimbabwe-on-millions-of-dollars-a-day Kubatana.net speaks out from Zimbabwe Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/zimbabwe-on-millions-of-dollars-a-day/#comment-67954 La Chola » Blog Archive » Zimbabwe on millions of dollars a day Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:40:11 +0000 http://kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/?p=338#comment-67954 [...] So, today I get to Fourth Street my usual time early in the morning on my way to work and I find a rowdy mob of people grouped where I board my commuter omnibus to Newlands. The fare is suddenly $2 million. Yesterday it was $1,5 million, and a few days before that, $1 million. Ok you might think so what, talking about the country’s problems has just become a cliche, nothing is newsworthy anymore. I tell you, witnessing a group of respectable men and women in their suits haggling with hwindis is newsworthy to me. Often, they would just meekly pay an arm and a leg to get to work and avoid the hassle. I mean, for some of us, we now fork out $8 million a day to get to and from work. [...]

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