ying.
“Initially I had my own reservations as the meat did not look like beef until he showed me the ear of a cow.” The woman said she realised that it was not beef after a neighbour tipped her off and the vendor took to his heels after doubtful residents confronted him.
Butchers across Zimbabwe have run out of meat since President Robert Mugabe’s government ordered businesses to halve the prices of goods and services, claiming some were colluding with the West to plot his downfall.
Retailers and manufacturers, grappling to cope with an inflation rate now believed to be well over 5 000 percent, had been raising their prices several times a day until the government order. – Allan Muzhingi
9.8.2007
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Donkey meat for sale
BEITBRIDGE
Taking advantage of meat shortages in Zimbabwe a man here has been caught selling donkey meat to desperate residents claiming it was beef.
"This man had an ear of a cow which he was using to hoodwink residents into believing that it was beef he was selling," a buyer was quoted as sa
Taking advantage of meat shortages in Zimbabwe a man here has been caught selling donkey meat to desperate residents claiming it was beef.
"This man had an ear of a cow which he was using to hoodwink residents into believing that it was beef he was selling," a buyer was quoted as sa