Intengo yamafutha ezimota isikhwelile njalo ngesikhathi intengo yempahla ebalulekileyo empilweni kazulu kanye lokudla ilokhu ikhuphuka mahlayana.
Ilitha eyodwa yedizili ikhwele ngama-cents eMelika amane isuka kuUS$1.34 isiya kuUS$1.38 kuthi ilitha yephethulo yona ikhwele ngama-centsi amabili isuka kuUS$1.38 isiya kuUS$1.40.
Lokhu kwenzakala ngesikhathi ugatsha lweZimStats lusithi imuli elabantu abayisithupha isidinga amadola eMelika angamakhulu phose amahlanu, $460, ngenyanga ukuze yenelise ukuphila kuhle.
Isiphathamandla senhlanganiso emela abathengi eyeNational Consumer Rights Association (NACORA) uMnu Effie Dlela Ncube utshele iStudio 7 ukuthi ukukhwela kwamafutha ezimota lokhu kuzabangela ukuqonga kwezinto zonke ezitolo.
Amazwi kaNcube agcizelelwe ngusomabhizimusi uMnu Edwin Ndlovu.