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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.
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.
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 local retailers and panic-buying by consumers.
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 effectively curtailed competition from foreign players, inadvertently increased the cost of living. Statistics released by the Consumer […]
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 wide consultations, Industry and Commerce Minister Mike Bimha has said. His State Security counterpart, Minister Kembo Mohadi, has added […]
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 last night. The demonstrations saw travellers from various parts of the country cancelling their trips to South Africa while […]
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 police for refusing to turn back to Beitbridge. Tapiwa Tabheni, the information secretary for the Beitbridge […]
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 imports of basic commodities without licences. The parastatal has since written to cross-border transporters warning them against carrying goods, which are […]