Zimbabwe's economic crisis worsens as inflation jumps

Zimbabwe’s economic problems seem to be worsening. The fall-out from the Ukraine invasion, a plummeting local currency, and government interventions are all contributing to the skyrocketing cost of living. With official inflation rates at 130-percent, the price of bread in local shops was hiked 70-percent in just one week. But when Zimbabwe’s finance minister Mthuli Ncube was asked how the country plans to deal with the crisis, his response was "what crisis"? But civil society is speaking up. For more on this, we’re joined in studio by Peter Mutasa Chairperson of the Crisis In Zimbabwe Coalition