By Paul Nyathi|Retailers in most parts of the country have increased three fold the price of the country’s staple meal, maize meal.

Zimbabweans were shocked on Saturday to wake up to a 10kg pack of maize meal going up from $6 to $15 in some shops with a 20kg pack going up from $15 up to $42.

Besides the huge price increase, most shops did not have the product in stock raising fears of a major shortage of the staple diet.

Retailers are gradually pushing up prices of most basic commodities following a steep fuel price increase announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa two weeks ago.