Maize Meal Prices To Rise

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Consumers can expect to pay more for maize meal this festive season, the Botswana Maize and Wheat Millers Association (MWMA) has said.

The association said although consumers will have access to maize meal on shelves, the price of maize meal will rise over the period December 2017 to February 2018.

According to the association chairperson, Nkosi Mwaba, this is a result of local millers being forced to take-up local maize crop at a price higher than the current landed maize prices derived from SAFEX [South African Futures Exchange].

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