Combies charging fares in US dollars.

SOME Harare commuter omnibus operators are now demanding transport fares in US dollars, in open defiance of an unpopular government decision to dump the multi-currency system in favour of the Zimbabwe dollar. The private operators now charge US$1 for a one-way trip from Chitungwiza to Harare with commuters from Harare CBD now asked to fork out US$0.50 for a single trip to the city’s high-density suburbs. “We are buying fuel in US dollars so it is only logical that we charge in the same currency,” said one tout only identified as Sam.– NewZimbabw