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Authorities crack down on smuggling and fake goods

Authorities have intensified a nationwide crackdown on smuggling and consumer rights violations, inspecting 3,779 businesses across the country, prosecuting 419 offenders, and seizing more than 4,800 substandard products.The Ministry of In…

Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 10:46hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter

Fake goods uncovered in Harare tuck shops

Zimbabwe has intensified efforts to root out counterfeit products from the market amid growing concerns over the health risks these goods pose to unsuspecting consumers.During a routine inspection conducted in downtown Harare on Tuesday, s…

Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 17:57hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter

CZI sounds alarm over substandard goods in Zimbabwe

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has raised concern over the continued flood of substandard and mispriced goods entering the country, despite the existence of the Consignment-Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) programme â€” a…

Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 06:05hrs | 130 | by Christopher Mutambirwa

Air Zimbabwe's Chimanimani carries SA soldiers home from Kigali

An Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200, famously known as Chimanimani, recently completed a remarkable mission, flying under the call sign FSK150, to transport injured soldiers from South Africa, Tanzania, and Malawi back home from Kigali, Rwanda.…

Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 11:30hrs | 1295 | by Staff reporter

'Half of stock sold in Zimbabwean tuck shops are fake goods'

Nearly 50 percent of groceries seized from tuck shops and vending stalls during Zimbabwe's ongoing crackdown on counterfeit and smuggled goods have been tested and found to be fake and potentially hazardous to public health, a top industry…

Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 08:07hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter

Zimra auctions off goods, 'seizes' them

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) at Beitbridge has seized a consignment of alcoholic beverages worth US$84,741.58â€”despite having previously sold it to a successful bidder at an auction just days earlier.The consignment, which inclu…

Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:48hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe faces influx of counterfeit goods

The Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) has raised alarm over the rampant influx of counterfeit goods into Zimbabwe, revealing that the smuggling of these products is occurring on an industrial scale. This situation poses significant risk…

Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:13hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter

Counterfeit & expired goods flood Bulawayo streets

In Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD), an informal sector thrives under the cover of darkness, selling cheap foodstuffs and other products that are often expired or counterfeit. Operating between 5pm and 10pm, this "US$1 industry" …

Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Buy Zimbabwe lauds duty return on essential goods

Buy Zimbabwe has welcomed the Government's recent decision to reinstate import duties on essential goods as a positive development that will create a more level playing field for domestically produced goods.Last year, the Government suspen…

Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Goods portering, a way of life in Beitbridge

RIVULTS of sweat run down her face, falling onto her dress as Mai Muku trudges the 472-metre length of the Beitbridge steel girder carrying an awkward-looking and heavy load.Apart from the bridge distance, Mai Muku, a dark and firmly mould…

Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:49hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe exempts VAT on basic goods amid price hike concerns

The Zimbabwean government has revised taxes on basic goods, which were introduced in the 2024 national budget, amid rising price hike concerns.In a statement on Monday night, Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investm…

Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:57hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Public procurement loopholes enable looting of Covid-19 goods

THE absence of statutes aimed at managing the procurement of goods and services and their issuance in times of emergency in Zimbabwe led to the country not getting value for the funds it invested towards the sprucing up and reconstruction …

Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 20:02hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Basic goods prices gallop in Zimbabwe

Bulawayo residents have called for Government controls as prices of basic commodities are increasingly getting out of reach for the majority of citizens, with retailers having adopted different foreign currency exchange rates.For the past …

Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Locally produced goods take over, claims Mnangagwa

ZIMBABWE'S manufacturing sector is on a solid recovery path with locally produced goods now constituting 70 percent of shelf space in shops due to increased capacity utilisation, President Mnangagwa has said.President Mnangagwa said this y…

Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Company loses ZW$2 million goods to fraudster

A local retail outlet, Brand Port Private Limited, is counting losses after it gave away goods worth $1 777 814 to a suspected fraudster after being shown a fake bank transfer.This followed a deal gone wrong between the retailer and one Er…

Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 10:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Ramaphosa's desperate security agents claim 'looted SA goods Botswana and Zimbabwe-bound'

SOUTH African security agents have reportedly confiscated several goods worth thousands of rand as smugglers attempted to move the loot into Zimbabwe and Botswana following days of rioting in the neighbouring country.South Africa has been …

Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Smuggled goods pile up at border

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it has run out of storage space at Beitbridge after forfeited goods accumulated since the imposition of Covid-19 restrictions. The tax collector has since been having challenges disposing of an a…

Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

Cars, luxury goods imports gobble $1.4 billion

Zimbabwe has in the first 10 months of this year spent at least US$1.4 billion on cars and luxury imports, forcing the government through treasury to effect duty payments in forex as part of measures to curb the widening trade deficit.Zimb…

Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 12:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Prices of basic goods shoot up

Prices of basic consumer goods have gone up sharply over the past few weeks, on the back of worsening foreign currency shortages in the country.At the same time, experts warn that the price increases are set to continue beyond the July 30 …

Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 17:02hrs | | by Staff reporter

More goods placed under import restrictions

THE Government has increased the list of goods under Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 among a raft of measures aimed at protecting local industry and stimulating domestic production and exports.The new measures will take effect at the begin…

Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter

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