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Price controls to be implemented

    JOHANNESBURG

    Zimbabwe is gearing up for the imposition of price controls “on all commodities, goods and services, produced wholly or substantially” within the country, news reports said on Tuesday. Reports said that the plan included doubling minimum pay for urban employees while imposing price controls on basic items. These included the staple food, maize meal, cooking oil, bread, flour, milk, meat and paraffin. Political analysts were quoted as saying that the move was part of an attempt by the Zimbabwean government to win another term for President Robert Mugabe.

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