This means that a family of six requires about K183 411 per month to survive. This is against the minimum wage at around K25 000 per month, a situation which is unbearable for most consumers to cope with. CfSC programmes manager for economic governance Lucky Mfungwe, in an interview on Tuesday, forecasts tough times ahead for consumers largely due to the rising prices of maize as well as other items in the food category and electricity tariffs.
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