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Rampant inflation currency devaluation shouldn't be funny, especially in Zimbabwe, which has enough troubles already. But it's hard not to laugh reading things like these in newspaper articles:
On the streets of Harare, one banana now costs 10 billion dollars.
Buying anything is a ‘bizarre experience,’ said Lucy Chimtengwende from Bulawayo, who spent $12 US on lunch recently, with the bill in local currency being an astonishing 1.1 trillion Zimbabwe dollars. The menu had no prices on it, she told me by phone, prices are quoted to you and are constantly changing.
Takudzwa Nyauchi, a professional in Harare, cares less about politics than his monthly salary of 300 billion ZWD. “I can’t keep on surviving like this. I have a wife and three children to look after and also the extended family back in the rural areas,” he said.
Biti was today granted bail after paying 1 trillion Zimbabwean dollars (USD$100) and surrendering his passport and the title to his home.
On the streets of Harare, one banana now costs 10 billion dollars.
Buying anything is a ‘bizarre experience,’ said Lucy Chimtengwende from Bulawayo, who spent $12 US on lunch recently, with the bill in local currency being an astonishing 1.1 trillion Zimbabwe dollars. The menu had no prices on it, she told me by phone, prices are quoted to you and are constantly changing.
Takudzwa Nyauchi, a professional in Harare, cares less about politics than his monthly salary of 300 billion ZWD. “I can’t keep on surviving like this. I have a wife and three children to look after and also the extended family back in the rural areas,” he said.
Biti was today granted bail after paying 1 trillion Zimbabwean dollars (USD$100) and surrendering his passport and the title to his home.