Beer retailers in Mutare and surrounding areas have
resorted to selling imported liqour brands from Mozambique as Delta Beverages
is failing to supply adequate stocks.
This has resulted in the influx illicit brews which are
being smuggled into the eastern border city through the porous border line.
A top official with Delta who requested anonymity said the
leading beverage maker was facing a serious shortage of glass to bottle liqour.
The shortages has seen a sharp rise in the price of beer
with a quart of brown bottles like Castle being sold at $40rtgs a unit.
Bar owners said they are now selling the smuggled imports
to stay in business.
“We have rentals to pay and we cant just sit with empty
chillers. These foreign brands require foreign currency and so we are buying
money at the black market to purchase them,” said Simba Muboni who operates a
club in Dangamvura high-density suburbs.
Sometime in 2008 Mutare faced similar shortages which
resulted in the influx of illegal Mozambique brews that had negative health
implications on imbibers. Manica Post
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