Zim shops 'take election break'
25/03/2008 13:24  - (SA)  

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Harare - Some shops in Zimbabwe have stopped selling their merchandise until after this weekend's presidential and parliamentary elections, state media has reported.

President Robert Mugabe on Monday appeared to be threatening another price blitz after he warned that his government would "read the riot act" to price hikers.

The owner of a store selling domestic goods told prospective buyers to come back after the elections. "None of these things (on my shelves) are on the market right now. You can come back and buy them after the elections," he was quoted as telling the official Herald newspaper.

Another shop assistant reportedly told the paper she'd been instructed not to sell anything until next week. "Our manager said nothing was to be sold until the election results had been announced," the woman said.

Godwills Masimirembwa, the head of the National Incomes and Pricing Commission (NIPC), warned "corrective measures" would be taken. "We will be asking those who are refusing to open shop or to sell goods why they are doing so," he told the Herald.

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