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Zimbabwe: Informal markets boom with homemade commodities
Unable to get their hands on scarce and often expensive essentials, Zimbabweans are settling for food items such as cooking oil that are cheap, often substandard, and sometimes dangerous, that are now flooding the informal markets.
"We are worried by the presence of unhygienic and substandard foodstuffs on the market, particularly in the black market," said Rosemary Siyachitema, executive director of the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ), a watchdog body.
"Our observation is that there is an acute shortage of commodities on the formal market, and the informal sector is taking advantage of that to sell the goods to consumers, who have little choice."
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