Zim business buzzing in F/town

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FRANCISTOWN: Botswana businesses are making a kill as droves of cross border shoppers flood the country's northern most city to do their shopping as the Zimbabwe government crackdown on prices gains momentum.

The Zimbabwe Cabinet Taskforce on Price Monitoring and Stabilisation recently ordered businesses to slash consumer prices by 50 percent or more "to cushion poor consumers that are at the mercy of profiteers".

The Zimbabwean media recently reported that "following government decrees, consumers are caught up in a mad shopping spree" which saw the shelves of many shops emptied, some closing because they were operating at a loss".

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