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Price controls could be reintroduced

    JOHANNESBURG

    Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe says he planned to reintroduce price controls on basic commodities, but did not say when it would come into effect.

    Speaking on state television, Mugabe said: "There is a need for basic goods and products to be controlled... and I have come to the conclusion that after the experience we have had, we should go back to the central control of products like bread, mealie meal, sugar, vegetable oil and beef."

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