Farai Dziva|MDC president Nelson Chamisa has bemoaned the deteriorating standards of the people of Zimbabwe.

Chamisa described the living conditions of the people of Zimbabwe as sad and disheartening.

Chamisa visited Budiriro and Highfields Suburbs in Harare yesterday.

“My task and the task of all progressive forces in this country is to provide leadership. I will obviously continue to engage and call for dialogue with Mr Mnangagwa hoping that reason and sanity will visit him and that he will realise that there is more that unites us than that which may separate us. That is the cause.

That is the call we want to make sure that we bring a solution to the lives of our people.”

Chamisa went into supermarkets where bread shelves were empty – with prices of basics such as cooking oil having jumped up since the introduction of the Zimdollar.

A 2kg packet of rice fetching as much as $65, while a kilogramme of beef was as high as $35.

“I have seen the living conditions of our people. There is no water, they rely on boreholes. There is absolutely no electricity. In fact, I get reports of what is happening across the whole country that people have electricity between 10pm and 4am,”said Chamisa.