Basic commodities 'start disappearing from Zim store shelves, as shortages expected' - reports

[rietrot]

Zimbabwe is reportedly grappling with "panic buying", as locals fear the return of the 2008 commodity shortages that left many shops without basic goods.

According to New Zimbabwe.com, panic shoppers were stocking up on essential goods such as beef, bread, cooking oil, and other essentials in anticipation of a looming disaster.

In recent weeks, the country has been running out of essential medical drugs and supplies of fuel have dwindled because importers were unable to secure foreign currency to replenish stocks

https://m.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabw...helves-as-shortages-expected-reports-20181007

 

[rietrot]

Back to eating cats, dogs and treebark v2.

 

[konfab]

Not.
True.
Socialism.

 

[Visser]

South Africa should be paying attention and get camera crews to follow events. South Africans may need to do the same in the not-too-distant future.

 

[ForceFate]

Back to eating cats, dogs and treebark v2.

Dogs never made it into our diet. In fact, I've never seen a carnivore in our diet though I heard there are people who eat cats in Lesotho (can't confirm it). About tree barks, indeed there are edible tree barks. I just don't remember what the tree is called. The inside if the bark has a sweet taste and gluey texture.

 

[Knyro]

South Africa should be paying attention and get camera crews to follow events. South Africans may need to do the same in the not-too-distant future.

People have been saying this for 20 years now. Exactly when is it going to happen?

 

[¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

People have been saying this for 20 years now. Exactly when is it going to happen?

A pot and frog jumps to mind ...

 

[RedViking]

How do they even afford anything anyways?

 

[Vrotappel]

This is what happens when you continuously ignore the fundamentals.

 

[Knyro]

A pot and frog jumps to mind ...

At this rate I'll die of old age before the water starts to get warm.

 

[¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

At this rate I'll die of old age before the water starts to get warm.

Are you 99 yrs old, with one foot on a banana peel and the other in plaster?

 

[ForceFate]

At this rate I'll die of old age before the water starts to get warm.

Someone forgot to light up the fire.

 

[TheChamp]

Someone forgot to light up the fire.

 

[Spliffcat]

Sand and rats.

 

[Thor]

People have been saying this for 20 years now. Exactly when is it going to happen?

Within in the next 5 years.

 

[rietrot]

Within in the next 5 years.

Lol no, well maybe. There's too many conditions that need to be met.

 

[Milano]

Zimbabwe is reportedly grappling with "panic buying", as locals fear the return of the 2008 commodity shortages that left many shops without basic goods.

Racists!

 

[schumi]

Zimbabwe: gas, bottled water, medicine and beer in short supply

Harare - As Zimbabwe plunges into its worst economic crisis in a decade, gas lines are snaking for hours, prices are spiking and residents goggle as the new government insists that the country - somehow - has risen to middle-income status.

After ousting the repressive Robert Mugabe almost a year ago following more than three decades in power, and peacefully electing President Emmerson Mnangagwa in July, many hoped the country would emerge from turmoil and return to prosperity.

Instead, it appears to be imploding in the days since the new finance minister announced a "stabilization program." Over the weekend long lines for fuel reappeared, sometimes stretching for several kilometers.

More at : https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/z...er-medicine-and-beer-in-short-supply-17424996

 

[Hemps]

Is it fully decolonized yet or is there still some work to be done.

 

[Milano]

They're just awaiting the promised African renaissance food parcels.