Zimbabwe: Blue Ribbon Industries Turns to Govt for Help
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The Herald (Harare)
18 July 2008
Posted to the web 18 July 2008
Harare
Leading miller and foodstuff manufacturer, Blue Ribbon Industries on Wednesday called on the Government to urgently allocate it grain to save it from closing and sending thousands of workers home.
Acting managing director George Sixpence told New Ziana that the company was facing closure as it last received grain five weeks ago.
"Only one milling plant in Bulawayo is operating while the other three are not functioning because of shortages of raw materials," he said.
Sixpence said the company had been sending workers back home over the past five weeks expecting the situation to improve. "We have since told our staff to stay at home but we are paying them," said Sixpence, adding the milling company, which has been operating at 10 percent below capacity, was not planning to retrench its workers.
"We are hoping that the Government will avail grain to save the industry," he said.
Incessant rains that were followed by a prolonged dry spell negatively affected crop production in Zimbabwe last year resulting in yields failing to meet national requirements.
The Government has since started importing grain from neighbouring countries to augment stocks.
However, logistical challenges including transport and fuel have caused bottlenecks in the distribution chain that have seen the grain failing to reach both people and industries that want to process it into foodstuffs.
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