Farai Dziva|Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a statement warning businesspeople to desist from sabotaging the country’s economy by hiking prices of basic commodities unnecessarily.

Mnangagwa warned that Government would be forced to introduce price controls.

“We do not want to go to a situation where Government is forced to regulate prices.”

“I am against the regulation of prices. I would want prices to be regulated by market forces. However, our compatriots in business should have a human face when they are making their profits.”

“It’s not going to be business for them to make super profits the same day they begin their businesses. I think it is necessary that they have a human face in dealing with the public and communities so that when they make their money they also realise that they are serving the community to which they belong.”

Turning to the creation of jobs, the President said Government was on track and the One-Stop Shop Investment Centre had approved 59 projects that were set to create over 780 000 jobs over the next two years if implemented.