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World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Bread Disappears From ShelvesGovernment inspectors and plainclothes policemen raided shops and supermarkets to enforce price cuts as shoppers grabbed up goods in the growing price chaos across the country. Store managers in the capital, Harare, tried to limit shoppers to two items, but inspectors yelled at cashiers to clear the chaotic crowds. Bread and cornmeal disappeared from most shelves Saturday as stores complied with the order issued by President Robert G. Mugabe last week to halve the prices of basic commodities in an attempt to get a grip on rampant inflation, which reached an official rate of 4,500 percent in May, though real inflation is estimated at closer to 9,000 percent. Crowds fought for sugar, bursting bags open. Computerized checkout systems crashed. On Sunday, inspectors ordered stores they raided to slash the prices of all perishable goods, said one store manager. Therell soon be nothing left and well be closing, he told people converging on the store as word of the new cuts spread. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationGerman Investigators Are Building Case Against Others Implicated in Foiled Plot...Chair-wielding bikers foil armed robbery... Elections too close to call as Italy goes to the polls... Iran Offers Aid to Nicaragua, in a Sign of Deepening Ties... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Bread Disappears From Shelves |
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