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| Nearly 5,000 Arrested in Zimbabwe |
| 2007-07-26 |
| Nearly 5,000 store owners, managers and business executives have been arrested since the government began its campaign to slash prices last month, state media reported Thursday. The government ordered that prices be slashed by around 50 percent to curb inflation, officially at 4,500 percent but estimated to be twice as high. Already scarce staple foods, gasoline and many basics have disappeared from shelves because store owners say they can't afford to sell at the new low prices. The Herald newspaper said that at least 23 owners and managers of shops and gasoline stations had been arrested for overcharging Wednesday, bringing the total to 4,926. A senior police official, Bothwell Mugariri, told the newspaper -- a government mouthpiece -- that the latest to be arrested were rounded up in Harare's central business district and would appear in court Friday. Most of those arrested -- among them several of the country's top businessmen -- have been briefly jailed. President Robert Mugabe told parliament Tuesday that his government was committed to its program to restore "price stability" and protect ordinary consumers from "inexplicable and astronomical" price increases by profiteers. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #3 It is too late mugabe. You are dead man walking. POS. |
| Posted by: newc 2007-07-26 23:51 |
| #2 looking like the end for bob, toobad they ran all the whiteys off |
| Posted by: sinse 2007-07-26 16:14 |
| #1 That's right! At Crazy Bob's, we're slashing prices! SLASHING PRICES!! SLASHING PRICES!!! Anybody who slashes them anymore ought to be arrested! So come on down to Crazy Bob's where the prices, and the owner, are...INSANE!!! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-07-26 14:03 |