The villagers said despite the fact that the mealie meal prices is so exorbitant in rural areas, the shops do not accept Ecocash payments.
“Shops sell a 10kg pack at $120 to $130 but when we want to buy using Ecocash they refuse. This is worsening our plights and starvation is escalating despite the fact that we will be having money on Ecocash,” said a villager.
“This year if dead due to starvation is not recorded in our area, we will be very lucky, people are suffering.”
The villagers said government’s food aide especially the Presidential aide which is in form of rice is rotten and is likely to affect their health.
“We recently received the Presidential food aid of rice and to our surprise it was rotten its addible i do not know if those who send such food to us can themselves eat it,” said another villager.
