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$600,000 for mealie meal

I was so annoyed when he said to me $600,000 for a 10kg bag of mealie meal!!!! I had queued for 1 and half hours and waited for this!!!

The controlled price is $180,000 and only last week it was $ 400,000.

I only earn 4,2 million per month and I have to support my family. That means I need 30kg and that is before anything else.

How can I survive!!! The tshova (taxi) is now $60 000 per day which means I am spending 1.2 a month just to get to work.

What does it leave me?

The man must go and we can build our lives again!! We cannot survive.

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This entry was posted by Chipo on Thursday, February 9th, 2006 at 12:51 pm. You can follow any comments on this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “$600,000 for mealie meal”

Kristopher
February 9th, 2006 23:29
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Stop accepting cash for your labor.

Try to get your employer to give you a voucher for a day’s labor worth of whatever they make or sell.

Or offer to trade some labor for the item.

Those purple pieces of paper are worthless … you should arrange some other form of payment for your work.
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gus pikkies
November 10th, 2008 11:23
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Please look at http://www.zimparcels.co.za
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