Cash has become an endangered commodity. (Image: IRIN)

Cosmos, 24, fell into the business a few years ago while working at a bar, where he changed some local money for foreign tourists who had US dollars, or "green leaf" as he calls it. The roughly US$150 a month he makes in profit helps support his mother and pay the educational costs for his younger sister.

Dressed in a worn T-shirt bearing the slogan, "I'm saving for my retirement are you?", Cosmos told IRIN that one of the gauges used for the US dollar-Zimbabwe dollar exchange rate was the fuel price.

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[7 Jul 2008 08:18]

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