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"There is no mealiemeal, only potatoes and a drought is making matters worse."
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But millers ignored them, and said they refused to produce mealiemeal at a loss.
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Earlier on Tuesday, National Foods and Blue Ribbon Foods, which have been producing 97 percent of urban supplies of mealiemeal, closed their mills.
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Zimbabwean consumers, already reeling under 70 percent inflation, received a triple shock on Wednesday with announcements of sharp increases in the prices of fuel, bread and mealiemeal.
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Cross warned that mealiemeal prices were likely to increase again early next year when the maize crop runs out, and up to 180 000 tonnes of costly foreign grain will have to be imported.
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Regulations were gazetted here on Monday, which raised the controlled minimum price of mealiemeal by 20 percent to Zimbabwe dollars 63.10 (US $ 1.66) for a 10kg bag.
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The potential political bombshell of a hike in the price of mealiemeal, the staple food of Zimbabwe's 12 million people, ran into confusion as President Robert Mugabe's government tried to block the planned increase of up to 18 percent.
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The prices of basic commodities in Zimbabwe rose sharply this week with mealiemeal and bread going up by 43 and 31 percent respectively after government's relaxation of price controls.
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A 20kg bag of mealiemeal in most shops now costs ZD140 (R22), while a loaf of bread has gone up to ZD8,80 (R1,37), a spokesman for the Zimbabwe Consumer Council said on Wednesday.
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"The price of mealiemeal is high enough as it is," Shamuyarira said.
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