Zimbabwe: Threats and Controls Will Not Resolve

editorial

The government never learns. Ever since 1998/1999 the government's obsession with controlling the price of fuel has failed dismally to ensure that fuel is readily available, while its ill-thought out take over of commercial farms has not guaranteed food security.

Sadly, these lessons have been lost on the government. Last week it ordered that basic commodities be sold at controlled prices as President Robert Mugabe threatened nationalisation of private companies, which he accused of playing "dirty tricks" intended to "incite a rebellion".

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