Tinashe Moyo, The Zimbabwe dollar is not only worthless but unavailable
HARARE: The government's sanctioning of foreign currency for everyday use in Zimbabwe has collapsed the once flourishing - and illegal - currency dealing industry.
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Tinashe Moyo, 25, used to work as a money-changer in the capital, Harare, but the dollarisation of the economy, allowing people to conduct transactions in US dollars, Botswana pula or South African rands at supermarkets and retail outlets, has ended a once lucrative source of income for him and tens of thousands of others, overnight.
Moyo, who is single but helps his two younger siblings with food, accommodation and educational costs, told IRIN his story.
