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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Farai Mutsaka

Street traders offer a better bargain than stores as Zimbabwe's currency crumbles

AP

Festus Nyoni picked out a few items in a supermarket in Zimbabwe’s capital, looked at the prices and knew she was in the wrong place.

She abandoned her shopping cart and headed for a nearby street jammed with traders offering bargains in U.S. dollars. From the trunk of a car, she picked toiletries, rice and soups. For her two children, a young street vendor dodged traffic to offer her a box of candy.

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