Zimbabwe: Golden Leaf Turns Farmers Pale

Leroy Dzenga — National identity cards have turned into a currency as tobacco farmers at auction floors in Harare now use them as collateral to buy food with a promise to pay cash after they sell their tobacco.

The food prepared under questionable conditions has become a serious commodity at the different auction floors around the capital city. Among those who have been using "plastic money" in the form of national identification cards to buy food is a Mr Jemedze, 75.

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