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ZUPCO doubles fares again (updated) fuel also going up

The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company is doubling fares from tomorrow with buses charging $16 a trip up from $8 and commuter omnibuses going up from $16 to $32.

ZUPCO doubled its fares last month from $4 to $8 for buses and $8 to $16 for commuter omnibuses.

The Zimbabwe dollar has only fallen by $2.85 against the United States dollar since the last increase.

The price of fuel is, however, also going up from tomorrow.

Diesel will go up by $3.00 to $86.36 and petrol will increase from $93.15 to $97.93.

Both petrol and diesel, will, however cost less in United States dollars going down from US$1.09 to US$1.04 for disel and from US$1.28 to US$1.18.

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The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.

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