Abductions, extortion, cholera, and a military of thugs - what a nightmare!
On Friday I went to one of the 'foreign-currency-supermarkets-with-full shelves' because I needed to buy milk, pasta, salt and some flour. It came to about $16.
The equivalent in a supermarket in Johannesburg would cost about 60 rand which is about $6 - and so, you see, you do have to pay a lot more.
Prices are really inflated, and it is not down to import taxes because they are supposed to have been removed.
It must just be because the shopkeepers know that you need it and so you will pay whatever they mark it as. All these supermarkets charge the same too so there's no such thing as shopping around.
People just keep carrying on, like no-one knows anything but struggle.
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clipped from news.bbc.co.uk
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