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Mugabe threatens to seize businesses failing to stop increasing prices

(27 Jun 2007) SHOTLIST 1. Wide shot of Heroes' Acre (war memorial), where state funeral for Brigadier General Armstrong Gunda was held 2. Military officials waiting for Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to arrive 3. Mugabe's motorcade arriving 4. Mugabe gets out of car 5. Mugabe standing in front of military officials 6. Mugabe walking in funeral procession 7. Feet of pallbearers 8. Pallbearers with coffin followed by mourners 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe: "There is not going to be play. Let those in industry, those in commerce, those elsewhere, producers and retailers take note: the nonsense of escalating prices has got to come to an end immediately." 5. Mid of audience, banner reading "Mugabe is right" 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe: "We will seize, seize the minds if they go wrong. Take note: we will nationalise them if they continue with their dirty tricks. (Unintelligible) we will take them over if they continue doing this dirty game." 7. Poster against Christopher Dell, the outgoing US ambassador to Zimbabwe, (he predicted that inflation could reach an unprecedented 1.5 million percent within six months, triggering the Zimbabwean government's collapse.) STORYLINE: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe threatened on Wednesday to seize and nationalise all retail outlets and manufacturers who did not heed a government directive to halt the increase of prices of basic commodities. Mugabe accused industry and commerce of "dirty games" aimed at ousting his government from power. "Let those in industry, those in commerce, those elsewhere, producers and retailers take note: the nonsense of escalating prices has got to come to an end immediately," said Mugabe. Speaking at the funeral of an army commander, Brigadier General Armstrong Gunda, Mugabe said his government would not hesitate to take over all companies that flouted the government's directive on prices. Gunda, 50, a former guerrilla commander in Mugabe's liberation army that gained independence from Britain in 1980, died when his car collided with a train about 100 kilometres (62 miles), east of Harare on 21 June 2007. Mugabe urged Zimbabweans to unite in the spirit of liberation to defeat the worst economic crisis since independence caused, he said, by economic sanctions imposed by Britain and its Western allies. Mugabe vowed price cuts ordered by the government on Tuesday will be enforced. Prices have been rising as wholesalers and retailers struggle to keep up with the falling value of the Zimbabwean dollar. The government has also threatened to take over mines and private businesses, and Mugabe claimed the mines were breaking the nation's laws by not channelling hard currency returns into state coffers. "We will seize the mines if they go wrong. Take note: We will nationalise them. We will take them all over if they continue this dirty game," he said. In Harare, some shops began dropping prices, with shoppers emptying shelves of goods that managers said would not be replaced unless suppliers also reduced their prices. Prices of basics have been sky rocketing as direct result of the hyper-inflation that Zimbabwe is experiencing - inflation was pegged at above 4 500 percent, the highest in the world. Foreign aid, investment and loans have dried up in more than six years of political and economic turmoil and worsening human rights violations. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...