Roundup: Rising prices of basic commodities threaten to disrupt schooling in Zimbabwe


by Tichaona Chifamba

HARARE, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Rising prices of basic commodities and inflation are now hitting Zimbabwean schools where at least one has advised parents that it will send its boarding students home in the next week unless school fees are reviewed to carry them through the term.

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