HUNGRY Zimbabweans longing to taste meat in their homes have been told by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to eat vegetables instead, as it was healthier food.
“Meat? What about vegetables? Vegetables are healthy; that is what doctors have always said,” Mnangagwa told hundreds of Kuwadzana residents in Harare, gathered for his monthly clean-up campaign.
Residents in the high density suburb had drowned his address with chants; “Nyama, Nyama, Nyama” – “Meat, Meat Meat”.
“Meat is not healthy, we have to agree on that. All vitamins are those in vegetables and potatoes. However, there is very little I can do about the (high) meat prices,” the president said.
The price of meat and other basic commodities have gone beyond the reach of the majority.
