Soaring prices and widespread unemployment are forcing Zimbabweans to seek new ways to earn money.
Noel Ngwenya exchanges damaged foreign currency notes for 50% of their value as well as selling fruit"Everyone finds selling on the streets the easiest way to survive, but you have to be creative."
"Things are worse after Covid-19, it's like everyone is now on the road selling something since there is almost no formal employment in the industries," he says. Mr Ngwenya describes himself as an agent for middlemen who have contacts in the US, South Africa or local banks, where they exchange the torn or soiled cash for good notes. They provide him with an operating float each time they pick up the torn notes and pay him a commission.
"We fill up potholes because we see them inconveniencing drivers. I'm broke and I wish I could get money but I don't want to beg like a blind man," Mr Khumalo explains. Mr Khumalo has worked as a minibus driver and a tout and occasionally dabbles in music as a backing dancer for a popular musician who performs tjibilika - fast-paced music influenced by Congolese rumba, accompanying songs about social issues.
Ms Malima sells Sadza, porridge made from maize "mealie meal" or millet, and a piece of chicken stew for $1 per plate to minibus drivers and other vendors.
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