Teacher Steals Groceries | Bread Prices Up
Nhundu entered Pick ‘n Pay supermarket with a used receipt for groceries and filled up a trolley with items similar to those on the receipt he had.
Teacher Steals Groceries | Bread Prices Up
CHIVHU teacher, who is accused of stealing groceries worth ZWL$2 million from a local supermarket, appeared at the Chivhu Magistrates Court on Friday last week facing a fraud charge.
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Fortunate Nhundu, a teacher at Manhize Primary School, however pleaded not guilty to the offence and will be back in court on January 18 for trial.
According to the State, on December 24, 2023 at around 5pm, Nhundu entered Pick ‘n Pay supermarket with a used receipt for groceries and filled up a trolley with items similar to those on the receipt he had.
On the same date and at around 5:30pm, the accused person left the shop with the groceries without paying for them.
He was arrested by an alert security guard at the supermarket.
All the stolen goods worth ZWL$1 840 378,90 were recovered.
Meanwhile…
Teacher Steals Groceries | Bread Prices Up
The price of a standard loaf of bread is now pegged at $1.20, a 20% increase from last month as new taxes introduced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube in the 2024 budget begin to bite.
Ncube has already been forced to revise some of the measures in his $58,2 trillion budget that saw the introduction of a raft of new taxes.
A survey by The Standard at some major supermarkets in Harare showed that bread now costs between $10 000 and $11 000.
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Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers president Denford Mutashu attributed the increases to movements in the exchange rate.
“The increase is at the supply side that has captured the movement of the exchange rate both on the official and unofficial markets,” Mutashu said.
At tuckshops in Harare’s Arcadia suburb bread is being sold for US$1.20 while some traders in high density suburbs are charging US$1.10 for a loaf of bread.
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) president Tafadzwa Musarara said the price of wheat has not been increased.
“We have not increased the price of wheat,” Musarara said. “You will have to talk to the National Bakers' Association of Zimbabwe (NBAZ) to understand why the price of bread has gone up.”
NBAZ president Dennis Zinyama said the prices increases were linked to new tax measures.
