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Prices in Bulawayo higher than Harare - ZHRC
03 Jun 2015 at 06:22hrs | Views
Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has revealed that prices of goods in Bulawayo are different to those in Harare although it would be the same retail outlet.
ZHRC said in its new baseline survey report that : "The prices for Thomas Meikles (TM shops) in Harare and Bulawayo were different. The same applied to Bakers Inn shops. The commuter omnibus (kombi) fare in Harare paid for two passengers while in Bulawayo it was for one passenger and a change in return. It was argued that there was nothing called a multi-currency economy. It was suggested that Zimbabwe should introduce one currency such as the United States dollar and then other currencies would be used at one's own risk," the report said.
The reported ranked Bulawayo and Manicaland as the most hit provinces by factory closures and its viewed as infringement of people's economic and social rights.
"The current economic challenges have implications on factory closures resulting in workers losing their jobs, non-payment of salaries, the calendar for payment of salaries being very unclear and unpredictable, as well as youth unemployment and massive retrenchments of the bread winners," read the ZHRC report.
"The Manicaland and Bulawayo provinces were the hardest hit by factory closures, de-industrialisation and relocation of factories, and there is need to address the economic challenges in the country as well as the political polarisation which influences the access that communities have to their economic, social and cultural rights," they said.
The report said people in Matabeleland South felt they were marginalised because goods from the shops were very expensive due to cross rating of the United States Dollar to the South African Rand, making groceries very expensive and unaffordable.
ZHRC said in its new baseline survey report that : "The prices for Thomas Meikles (TM shops) in Harare and Bulawayo were different. The same applied to Bakers Inn shops. The commuter omnibus (kombi) fare in Harare paid for two passengers while in Bulawayo it was for one passenger and a change in return. It was argued that there was nothing called a multi-currency economy. It was suggested that Zimbabwe should introduce one currency such as the United States dollar and then other currencies would be used at one's own risk," the report said.
The reported ranked Bulawayo and Manicaland as the most hit provinces by factory closures and its viewed as infringement of people's economic and social rights.
"The Manicaland and Bulawayo provinces were the hardest hit by factory closures, de-industrialisation and relocation of factories, and there is need to address the economic challenges in the country as well as the political polarisation which influences the access that communities have to their economic, social and cultural rights," they said.
The report said people in Matabeleland South felt they were marginalised because goods from the shops were very expensive due to cross rating of the United States Dollar to the South African Rand, making groceries very expensive and unaffordable.
Source - Byo24News
