Reminiscent of the second republic under Kenneth Kaunda, Zambians are suddenly seeing queues as desperate citizens seek mealie meal.Social media has been awash with images of women in particular in long winding queues waiting to buy mealie meal which is in short supply.Queues that were associated with the rundown economy experienced under the UNIP one-party state with its centrallised economy have suddenly resurfaced.The shortage of mealie meal is nothing short of a scandal in a country that boasts of having enough maize in its national silos.Worse is the fact that Government has failed to explain what has brought about this shortage of mealie meal that has also seen its price rise beyond the reach of an average Zambian.Government wants to blame the shortage on smugglers it says are taking maize and mealie meal to the neighbouring Congo DR.But as we have pointed out before, Congo DR – along the common frontier with Zambia – has […]
NO TO ‘TANTAMENI’
