Millions of Zimbabweans in need of food as worst regional drought in almost 40 years hit

[Jopie Fourie]

About half of the Zimbabwe’s 14 million people lack reliable access to enough food as a result of the worst regional drought in almost 40 years, according to the Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube.

The situation is compounded by cyclone-induced floods earlier this year and an economic collapse that have left the southern African nation on the verge of its worst-ever famine.

“About half of the total population is food insecure,” Ncube said in an emailed copy of a speech to lawmakers attending a pre-budget consultation in the capital, Harare.

While the government has responded by declaring a state of disaster and distributed about 190 000 metric tons of corn to households - including those in cities for the first time ever - production of the staple is forecast to more than halve. Plans to import as much as 800 000 tons of the staple are complicated by an acute shortage of foreign exchange and prices have doubled.

Millions of Zimbabweans in need of food as worst regional drought in almost 40 years hit | Fin24

About half of the Zimbabwe’s 14 million people lack reliable access to enough food as a result of the worst regional drought in almost 40 years, according to the Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube.

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[Jopie Fourie]

Stop crying! Use that dignity and expropriated land to make food. Zimbabwe must use their police and army and shoot these babies and force them to go work their land until everyone has food.

 

[Temujin]

'drought' that started almost 40 years ago

ftfy

 

[jack_spratt]

They wanted self rule.

 

[TheChamp]

Stop crying! Use that dignity and expropriated land to make food. Zimbabwe must use their police and army and shoot these babies and force them to go work their land until everyone has food.

You do realise that just like our high IQ locals Zimbabweans are very sought after workers? What makes you think they will stand for all that nonsense?

All they need is to come over here and walk into a job that our lazy locals don't want to do. South Africans have been very accommodating in this regard, I am sure you can take an extra Zimbabwean in your company, can't you?

 

[Gordon_R]

There is already a similar thread that has attracted a number of comments. Did you start a new thread just to make a political statement?

See: https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/thr...aid-appeal-as-hunger-stalks-millions.1041147/

 

[Jopie Fourie]

There is already a similar thread that has attracted a number of comments. Did you start a new thread just to make a political statement?

See: https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/thr...aid-appeal-as-hunger-stalks-millions.1041147/

Didn't see your very old article pinned anywhere or in the search results. Nor did I see a section you had created for Zim posts. This one is brand new from yesterday. Also did not know you owned sole rights to post on Zim articles, nothing mentioned here about your IP rights on MyBB...

 

[Bigjay84]

At least they got land

 

[joshuatree]

UN: Zim needs US$293m for emergency food supplies as hunger worsens

UN: Zim needs US$293m for emergency food supplies as hunger worsens | Fin24

The United Nations, through its World Food Programme, plans to more than double the number of people it is feeding in Zimbabwe to 4.1 million by January 2020, it said on Tuesday.

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[Magnum]

DIE DIE DIE...You chased the white man. Now hunger chases you.

 

[Spliffcat]

The stupidity of Africa never ceases to amaze the world.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

UN: Zim needs US$293m for emergency food supplies as hunger worsens

is that real US$ or the really-real-with-the-same-value-as-real-US$-we-promise new zim dollar?

because they can pay an infinite amount of the latter, name your price white man, ha! checkmate!