GMB shops help stabilise mealie meal prices

The establishment of 50 Grain Marketing Board (GMB) shops nationwide has successfully stabilised the prices of essential commodities such as mealie meal, sugar, and cooking oil, despite Zimbabwe grapp...

Zimbabwe secures maize to feed 6 million people

The Zimbabwean government has mobilized 405,000 tonnes of grain to feed six million people for a year, distributing 7.5 kg per person, increasing to 8.5 kg from October to March. This response...

Maize, mealie meal prices skyrocket

The prices of mealie-meal and maize have gone up by over 100% amid indications that the commodity is fast disappearing from shop shelves as the effects of drought set in.Indications are that t...

Basics disappear from Zimbabwe shop shelves

ZIMBABWEAN retailers are struggling to restock locally produced goods using the local unit as manufacturers and wholesalers are turning them away in favour of those that pay in the United States dolla...

'No diplomatic impasse between Zambia and Zimbabwe'

ZAMBIA'S Minister of Information and Media Director Spokesperson Thabo Kawana says there is no diplomatic impasse between Zambia and Zimbabwe.Mr. Kawana says President Hakainde Hichilema was r...

High mealie meal prices baffle consumers

THE RECENT increase in mealie meal prices by 50% has irked consumers across Zimbabwe who are saying it has become unaffordable due to poor incomes they are earning while most of them are not formally ...

$3 million food looted: GMAZ

GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has called on government to assist them with security personnel to dispatch 6 700 tonnes of mealie meal to retailers in Bulawayo, saying security threats w...

Mealie meal prices go up

THE price of mealie meal has gone up by almost US$3 due to the shortage of grain and the need for retailers to cover costs following the recent increase in fuel prices.A 10kg bag of mealie mea...