Retailers should be responsible

EDITOR: There is a problem in the way Zimbabwean retailers put mark-ups to groceries and other products like building materials.

This profiteering approach is the reason why the cost of living is just too high in Zimbabwe.

How can an exercise book which costs less than 20 rand in South Africa be pegged at $7 in Zimbabwe? What is also curious is that these prices have risen overnight. If it was a result of price increases in the source country, then South African prices should have followed suit.

Even claims that foreign currency is hard to come by are not sustainable when prices increase by close to 250 percent. They should tell us where they are getting the foreign currency at such a premium?

It would have been justifiable if these companies increased their employees’ salaries in sync with their prices. Instead, all their costs have remained static leaving them with undeserved profits, which points to greed.

Zimbabwe needs a new retail culture; it seems the Government is being let down by dishonest capitalists in its quest to turn around the economy. Retailers are bent on depleting disposable income among Zimbabweans. Gina Maringwa, Via e-mail IN as much as there are complaints about the dirty water being supplied by Harare, Eng Simon Muserera or any other Harare City Council engineer should not be blamed for that. The levels of pollution in all the major sources of water for Harare are staggering. Effluent from industries in Harare is discharged into nearby rivers. The rivers are tributaries of the Lake Chivero, the main water source for Harare. — Evidence Makudo

Response to “Human error blamed for accidents” ALL the blame goes back to human behaviour, be it negligent pedestrians or drivers. If you are crossing the road as a pedestrian always check on both sides of the road before crossing. If driving past a bad road, just exercise extreme caution as indicated in the highway code. — Tinashe Charakupa.

SMS/WhatsApp Response to “President to meet chiefs”

“GOVERNMENT’S emphasis on an agriculture-led economic recovery makes national traditional leaders key players in mobilising and orchestrating national development through community involvement and empowerment, and within the framework of progressive national value system,” said Mr Charamba.

I THINK this is a hint as to what HE’s thinking is in terms of a redefined role for the chiefs. Everyone has to put hands to the plough to get Zimbabwe working - chiefs are no exception. #TeamZimbabwe. — Nyika Yedu