ZIMBABWE: New forms of “money”
HARARE, 14 August 2008 (IRIN): Zimbabweans are turning to fuel coupons as a new form of “currency” after struggling to find local money, which continues to lose its value steeply.
Simon Gambaga, 43, who owns a backyard carpentry business, faces eviction from the middle-income suburban home where he and his family live, about 10 km south of Harare, the capital, after refusing to pay his rent with petrol (gasoline) coupons.
– My landlord has told me to vacate the house because I indicated to him that there was no way I could raise the foreign currency to buy the fuel coupons. Houses to rent are difficult to get these days, and that means that my four children, wife and I might end up living in the open if we fail to secure alternative lodgings, Gambaga told IRIN.
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