Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said that prices of basic goods have started to go down following a moratorium announced by the Government on Wednesday.
Mutsvangwa said this while addressing reporters during a national lockdown extension update on Thursday night. She said:
Following the price moratorium announced by Honourable Vice President Kembo Mohadi on April 22, 2020, I am pleased to inform that prices have already started going down in shops around the country.
Let me take this opportunity to thank the retail sector for joining hands with Government at this time.
On Wednesday, Vice President Kembo Mohadi announced that the government and business leaders had agreed that prices of basic foodstuffs – including maize-meal, rice, cooking oil, sugar, salt, flour and bread — will revert to the levels of March 25, just before the lockdown.
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