Paul Nyathi|The price of bread has shot up just when President Emmerson Mnangagwa is busy making a commitment to affordable basic commodities pricing through his infamous Cheap Food Policy.

Bakers hiked the price of bread for the seventh time this year by 2,7 percent from $14,75 to $18,45 for a standard loaf.

Introducing his policy recently, President Mnangagwa said basic goods should be cheap so that everyone could afford them.

“I want to say this here, the issue of mealie-meal affects a lot of people and we cannot remove the subsidy,” he said.

“So, I am restoring it so that the price of mealie-meal is also reduced.

“We have a cheap food policy that we are creating to ensure that basic foods are affordable.”