One shot pierced a pick-up truck but missed its occupants, the union said in a statement. It said no arrests had been made and that police declined to comment. Motorists fill up across borders Motorists living in towns near Zimbabwe's borders have reportedly been crossing into neighbouring South Africa, Botswana and Zambia to buy fuel, the official daily, 'The Herald' reported on Wednesday. It quoted customs officials as saying there had been an increase in the number of locals crossing into Francistown in Botswana, Messina in South Africa, and Chirundu and Siavonga in Zambia to refuel. It said this was because the country's fuel shortages, mainly restricted to Zimbabwe's larger cities, was now having an impact on smaller border towns.
Hoarding is also now commonplace.
The Financial Gazette' quoted foreign exchange traders as saying they expected the central bank to continue with its devaluation of the local currency until the exchange rate was equal to that on the black market. Meanwhile, it said Zimbabwe's foreign exchange bureau had warned this week that the country s hard currency crisis would worsen after the end of the tobacco selling season in November. In its latest Foreign Exchange Review, the bureau said new exchange levels set for the local dollar after last week s official devaluation were not sustainable and would result in the continued existence of the black market. The new lowest levels being set for the Zimdollar are unsustainable. A new parallel market will develop very quickly in whatever shape or form, if it hasn t already.