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PPC sweats over imports. . .Cement producer appeals for intervention

Mar 19, 2019 8,567

The country’s largest cement producer, Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe is feeling the heat from imports and has called on Government to promulgate protectionist laws to promote local production.
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‘Import ban must not go beyond Dec 21’ – CZI

Nov 5, 2018 1,174

Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has said the lift of a ban on the import of basic goods and foodstuffs must not go beyond December 21.
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Government indefinitely lifts imports ban

Oct 24, 2018 37,321

Government has amended indefinitely Statutory Instrument (SI) 122 of 2017 to allow companies and individuals with offshore and free funds to import specified basic commodities that are in short supply due to the speculative behaviour of…
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Import ban triggers price hikes, shortages

Oct 13, 2016 325

The decision by government to ban a number of imported products has triggered price increases and moderate shortages of mostly basic commodities. Effected in June this year through Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 (SI 64), the ban has…
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Govt stands firm on import ban

Jul 3, 2016 425

By Lincoln Towindo and Thupeyo Muleya Restrictions on imports of selected basic commodities under Statutory Instrument Number 64 of 2016 will not be reversed because the policy is in Zimbabwe’s best interests and was introduced after…
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Violent scenes rock Beitbridge…. Zimra warehouse burnt

Jul 2, 2016 683

A mob torched a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) warehouse containing seized goods and over 40 vehicles worth hundreds of thousands of dollars as demonstrations against the ban on certain imports continued at the Beitbridge Border Post…
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Beitbridge protests spread to South Africa’s Musina, shootout reported

Jul 1, 2016 1,441

By Tatenda Dewa South Africans from the border town of Musina have joined the protests against the Zimbabwean government’s ban on goods from across the border, amid reports that a local bus driver carrying passengers was shot at by…
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Zimra threatens to seize cross border buses carrying banned goods

Jun 29, 2016 442

By Thupeyo Muleya The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has threatened to seize cross border buses that transport goods banned under statutory instrument number 64 of 2016 into the country. The instrument tightens screws on…
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