Zimbabwe: Mealie Meal Prices Set to Shoot Up Again As Govt Dithers On Grain Subsidy

11 December 2019

The price of mealie meal could shoot up again as early as this Thursday following Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's failure to disburse grain subsidies he announced this past week.

According to a leaked letter written to Ncube by Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairperson, the failure by government to avail promised subsidy on the staple has created a crisis as millers had already started reducing their prices.

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