Zimbabwe expects to raise $700 million a year from a new tax on money transfers that triggered panic buying of goods from fuel to sugar and sent its quasi-currency plunging. The southern African nation, reeling from shortages of foreign exchange, is targeting total revenue of
HARARE - Basic commodities have started disappearing from Zimbabwean shops' shelves, forcing people to hoard products as panic and a buying frenzy sets in. From beer, bread, cooking oil and other essentials, the fear of a return to the empty shelves of 2008/09 is forcing