No subsidies on food for Botswana
Friday, July 25, 2008
In an interview, Merafhe dismissed suggestions that government could rescue the situation by subsidising both imported food items and fuel, arguing that the costs are not controllable.
"These are run away costs," he said. Merafhe said that with prices increasing daily, it was very difficult to tell how far government would go if it provided subsidies for imported food items and fuel.
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