WASHINGTON DC —
Inhlanganiso ebona ngokulondolozwa kwelungelo labathengi elizweni eye Consumer Council of Zimbabwe ithi intengo yempahla enengi kayikhuphukanga lonyaka.
Umnu. Comfort Muchekeza, omele inhlanganiso le ezabelweni zonke zeMatabeleland, uthi lokhu kwenziwa yikuthi sokulempahla enengi kakhulu ezitolo efanayo ethingiselwa uzulu.
UMuchekeza uthi intengo yesinkwa, amahlamvu etiye, i-margarine, amafutha okupheka, ikhabitshi lokunye okutshiyeneyo lokhe ifana leyomyaka ophelileyo. Uthi kujwayelekile ukuthi intengo yempahla le ikhuphuke ngesikhathi lesi. Intengo yempuphu uthi yiyo ekhanya ilakho ukukhuphuka ngesikhathi esilandelayo njengoba uzulu engakachinsi ihlobo.
Uphinde wathi uzulu okwamanje ubhekane lokukhuphuka kwembadalo yezindlu kanye lamawofisi okuqhuba amabhizimisi. Abantu makhaza emalolitshini atshiyeneyo uthi sebebhadala amadollar angamatshumi ayisithupha - $60 kukhamuli elilodwa phakathi kwendlu yabanikazi, i-one room. Kodwa inengi labantu nyakenye belibhadala amamatshumi amahlanu - $50.
Umnu. Comfort Muchekeza, omele inhlanganiso le ezabelweni zonke zeMatabeleland, uthi lokhu kwenziwa yikuthi sokulempahla enengi kakhulu ezitolo efanayo ethingiselwa uzulu.
UMuchekeza uthi intengo yesinkwa, amahlamvu etiye, i-margarine, amafutha okupheka, ikhabitshi lokunye okutshiyeneyo lokhe ifana leyomyaka ophelileyo. Uthi kujwayelekile ukuthi intengo yempahla le ikhuphuke ngesikhathi lesi. Intengo yempuphu uthi yiyo ekhanya ilakho ukukhuphuka ngesikhathi esilandelayo njengoba uzulu engakachinsi ihlobo.
Uphinde wathi uzulu okwamanje ubhekane lokukhuphuka kwembadalo yezindlu kanye lamawofisi okuqhuba amabhizimisi. Abantu makhaza emalolitshini atshiyeneyo uthi sebebhadala amadollar angamatshumi ayisithupha - $60 kukhamuli elilodwa phakathi kwendlu yabanikazi, i-one room. Kodwa inengi labantu nyakenye belibhadala amamatshumi amahlanu - $50.