date:Dec 29, 2012
ambia National Broadcasting Corporation reported.
As government we can re-introduce price controls if they (millers) don't stop exploiting people, Sata said, according to the station.
The southern African country subsidises maize production and buys the produce, which it then cheaply supplies to millers in times of shortage to keep maize meal prices affordable.
Agriculture minister Emmanuel Chenda this week said the high maize meal price was unjustified after the government offloaded 112,000