/ 5 July 2001

ZIMBABWE GOVT SACKS GRAIN MARKETING BODY

THE Zimbabwe government on Tuesday sacked the governing body of the country’s Grain Marketing Board (GMB) in a bid to ensure food security, Lands and Agricultural Minister Joseph Made said on Tuesday. Made said the move was to allow the government to be directly involved in the operations of the parastatal which is responsible for marketing food grains in the country. The dismissal comes in the wake of reports of food shortages, which the government has vehemently denied. – AFP