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SHOTLIST ++DAY TIME++ 1. Wide of forecourt of empty fuel station 2. Placard advertising wood and charcoal for sale 3. Various of empty petrol pumps 4. Blank meter on pump 5. Men pushing car to join petrol queue 6. Pan from queue to empty petrol station 7. Men pushing car forward 8. Wide of cars filling up with petrol at station 9. Close up of petrol pump 10. Close up of pump meter showing amount 11. Various of man filling petrol containers in back of car ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 12. Black market traders selling petrol 13. Trader counting money 14. Black market trader taking fuel container from boot of car 15. Trader with containers ++DAY SHOTS++ 16. Set up shot of Tongai driving his taxi 17. Close up of hands changing gears 18. Tongai driving 19. Various of Tongai's taxi 20. SOUNDBITE (Shona) Tongai, Taxi Driver: ''We can get petrol now because of these new prices. Before we were able to get it at the old prices. Now it's supposed to be sold at $60,000 for a litre but there is none there.'' 21. Petrol queue with Tongai's taxi at the tail 22. SOUNDBITE (Shona) Tongai, Taxi Driver: ''It's affecting me a lot. I work on commission, if I don't work then I don't get paid.'' 23. Tongai's taxi moving in the queue 24. SOUNDBITE (Shona) Tongai, Taxi Driver: ''Before, when we were able to get fuel, you could make up to 24 trips. Now at times you get up with only five litres and you can only make four trips in one day.'' 25. Crowd trying to get in the back of a minivan due to shortage of transport 26. Crowd waiting for transport on the side of the road STORYLINE Despite promises from President Robert Mugabe to restore "price stability" in the economy, inflation continues to rise and everyday goods have become increasingly scarce in Zimbabwe. A government order last month to slash prices by around 50 percent to curb the inflation has led to acute shortages of staple foods, petrol and many basics, including matches needed during daily power and water outages. For taxi drivers such as Tongai, the fuel shortage is not just an inconvenience, it is a threat to his livelihood. He says that the difficulty in getting fuel is seriously affecting him as he gets paid commission for every trip he makes. "If I don't work, then I don't get paid," the father of two tells AP Television. Industry Minister Obert Mpofu has ordered fuel to be sold at half the cost of importing it, promising bus operators erratic supplies of government subsidised petrol. But supplies are still limited and much of Tongai's time is spent looking for fuel. "Before, when we were able to get fuel, you could make up to 24 trips. Now, at times you get up with only five litres and can only make four trips in one day," he says. Taxi drivers regularly have to buy their fuel on the black market, risking arrest. The police often raid petrol traders, detaining those selling as well as buying. Tongai is now contemplating leaving the country to seek employment as a driver in neighbouring South Africa, following in the footsteps of many who have already made the journey across the Limpopo river. The fuel shortages have also disrupted commuter transport services across the country. In the capital, Harare, overcrowding on public transport is a regular occurrence. AP Television pictures show crowds of people waiting at the roadside, then stuffing themselves in to one of the few available minibuses. Foreign investment, loans and development aid have dried up in nearly seven years of political and economic turmoil after the often violent seizures of thousands of white-owned farms began in 2000, disrupting Zimbabwe's agriculture-based economy. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/21b2655c7be3f1e09216c86884e19ef4 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork