ZIMBABWE: The grey economy is the real one

BULAWAYO Tuesday, November 04, 2008 (IRIN) - Takunda Moyo, 35, seems the epitome of a successful business person: he drives a sleek car, wears designer label clothes, and is never short of a dollar or two. He is part of a new class of entrepreneur - the illegal foreign exchange hustler. As one of the front men for the cartel that runs the business in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city, Moyo is several rungs up the ladder from the people who stand on the pavements all day. His job is to supply...