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Old Oct 19, 2015 | 11:38 pm
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Mike Jacoubowsky
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Originally Posted by B747-437B
Zim and Zam are best with USD. In fact, USD is official tender in Zim.

South Africa needs ZAR (technically illegal to transact domestically in any other currency), but also accepts credit cards pretty much everywhere.
Thanks! Should we buy currency (Rand) ahead of time, or are the exchange rates not so bad there?
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