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Cereal imports ban looms in Zimbabwe
The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has recommended a ban on cereal imports in a move aimed at boosting the local grain market and strengthening Zimbabwe's food ...Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:18hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Wildlife cave paintings - Namibia's strongest argument for International Hunting
In Namibia's centuries-old wildlife cave paintings messages lies the Southern African country's strongest argument for international hunting."We co-existed with wildlife and hunted it for meat...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 09:29hrs | 42 | by Emmanuel Koro
Hunting benefits truths can collapse Anti-hunting Animal Rights Groups
The recent 'flooding' of the media and British House Lords with the truths about international hunting benefits not only caused a rethink on the UK trophy hunting imports ban Bill but can also eventua...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 10:13hrs | 2 | by Emmanuel Koro
SADC loses iconic conservationist as WhatsApp gives hunting communities 'permanent' voice in the media
The director of Zimbabwe CAMPFIRE Association, Mr Charles Jonga's death on 6 May 2023, signaled SADC's loss of an important wildlife conservation voice in the media.In an interview this week f...Published: 08 May 2023 at 15:51hrs | 5 | by Emmanuel Koro
U.S. removal of hold on elephant trophy hunting imports to boost Namibia's wildlife conservation
Namibia's wildlife conservation efforts were this year boosted following the U.S. Government's removal of the unnecessary hold on the African elephant trophy hunting imports. The five-yea...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:14hrs | 20 | by Emmanuel Koro
Botswana chieftainess fires last protest shot as British leaders scrap hunting trophies imports ban
After months of passionate appeals to the British Government to discontinue its plans to introduce the Trophy Hunting Imports Ban Bill, the protest voice of a Botswana Chieftainess who represents a wi...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:27hrs | 51 | by Emmanuel Koro
'Discontinue trophy hunting imports ban bill to save African wildlife'
A leading SADC Safari hunting company that has so far spent over US$367 000.00 to support wildlife conservation and socio-economic development in Tanzania has appealed to the British Government to dis...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 15:00hrs | 29 | by Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg
'Don't cause Zambian wildlife loss' British govt told
The President for Zambia National Community Resources Board Association(ZNCRBA)Mr George Tembo said that the British Government's recent announcement to ban international trophy hunting impo...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 15:15hrs | 17 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimbabwe festive season shaping up well
In a development that bodes well for the festive season, retailers say they are now operating at near full capacity after a turbulent few weeks which saw panicking Zimbabweans besieging supermarkets f...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 12:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa guns for Zanu-PF chefs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told restive Zanu-PF chefs, who he said were using political positions to achieve selfish and corrupt ends to sabotage the economy, that he was coming for them....Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Good move Mr Mnangagwa for lifting imports ban
THE government's decision to strike off portions of Statutory Instrument 122 of 2017 to increase the flow of basic goods into the market ahead of the festive season and ease pressure on foreign curren...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Flooding country with imports retrogressive, says Zimbabwe industrialists
Industrialists said yesterday that the decision by Government to lift the ban on the importation of some basic commodities will cripple the revival of the manufacturing sector and threaten jobs. ...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Business leaders conflicted over imports ban
ZIMBABWE'S business leaders want government to suspend the Statutory Instrument (SI)22, which is meant to protect local industry from cheap and non-essential imports, to counter the growing shortages ...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Individual fuel imports banned
GOVERNMENT has banned importation of fuel by individuals.In a notice issued by the Zimbabwe Energy regulatory Authority (Zera) yesterday, Government said it has repealed Statutory Instrument (...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to review imports ban
Industry minister Mike Bimha says government is in the process of reviewing items on Zimbabwe's import restrictions list with the view of adding or removing some, as the country moves to monitor i...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 12:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Imports ban boost Zimbabwe industry capacity utilisation
CAPACITY utilisation in the manufacturing sector has risen by 13,1 percentage points to 47,4 percent, buoyed by an import ban imposed to protect the beleaguered industrial sector, a Confederation ...Published: 24 Nov 2016 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Imports ban created opportunities'
Zimbabwe's imports ban has created opportunities for the local manufacturing industries to boost their production capacity, a consumer pressure group has said.This was after the government in ...Published: 24 Oct 2016 at 21:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Sadc countries agreeable to Zimbabwe imports ban'
Industry minister Mike Bimha has sensationally - claimed that southern African countries have made peace with Zimbabwe's imports ban regulations.This was after Sadc member states - led by ...Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 13:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
SI 64 fuels smuggling
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has said continued smuggling of foreign goods into the country undermines the fruitful implementation of Statutory Instrument (SI) 64 of 2016, New Ziana r...Published: 11 Oct 2016 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to widen imports ban
Government is considering widening the list of products prohibited from being imported into the country as part of measures meant to protect the domestic industry, which has been pushed by cheap i...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Imports ban boosts NTS tyre sales
National Tyre Services (NTS) says the suspension imposed on imports has led to increased sales volumes for new tyres, boosting the tyre maker's income.In June, the Government suspended the...Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe acts tough on imports ban
Zimbabwe has defended its controversial imports ban which it says will bring stability to its distressed manufacturing industries despite causing a rift with South Africa (SA).The imports ban,...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 10:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Imports ban to protect local industry says Mugabe as he blasts #ThisFlag Pastor
President Robert Mugabe says the recent gazetting of the SI 64 is meant to protect local industry. Mugabe said this while addressing a Zanu-PF crowd at the National Heroes Acre on Heroe...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 13:24hrs | | by Moyo Roy
South Africa hits back at Zimbabwe imports ban
South Africa has flexed its economic muscle, telling Zimbabwe to reduce duty and surtax on 112 products in response to Harare's recent trade restrictions.Last month, Zimbabwe promulgated Statu...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 11:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Import restrictions could last up to 3 years, Zimbabwe tells SA
ZIMBABWE has told South Africa that import controls introduced in June this year through Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 will last between two and three years. The Statutory Instrument removed...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 08:32hrs | 2 | by Business Reporter
Complete border shutdown looms
With local regional small traders and transporters planning to shut down all the country's border from Monday next week onwards, unless the government lifts its controversial imports ban, Zimbabwe...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 11:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
More goods to be added to imports restriction list
THE Government is waiting for the industry to bring a list of more goods and products to be placed under imports restriction, a Cabinet Minister has said.Industry and Commerce Minister Mike Bi...Published: 31 Jul 2016 at 10:14hrs | | by Dumisani Nsingo
Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 meant to protect local industry
Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 (SI 64/2016) gazetted by the Zimbabwe Government has a prime effect of stirring domestic productivity and encouraging consumption of locally produced products. This wou...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 11:31hrs | | by Sparkleford Masiyambiri
Zimbabwe, SA headed for further collision
The government is headed for further collision not only with small traders and ordinary Zimbabweans, but also with its biggest trading partner, South Africa. This comes after industry and ...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 08:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Choppies to stay in Zim
Ongoing public anger over the worsening economic conditions in Zimbabwe will not deter Choppies Group of Companies from continuing to do business in Zimbabwe a...Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Govt was right on banning imports - Mangawa
The Zanu PF UK Chairperson Nick Mangwana has said the government was right by banning some imports saying though the move was hash is was meant for the good of the local industry and the people ...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'Stayaways are domestic economic sanctions,' says AAG
AAG president Chamu Chiwanza described the stay-aways as domestic economic sanctions being imposed by people such as #ThisFlag Pastor Evan Mawarire .Chiwanza said the AAG believes in dialogue ...Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 17:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt weighs between imports ban, tariff hike
Government is in the process of evaluating what would work better for the country between tariff increases and import restrictions, ministry of Industry and Commerce permanent secretary Abigail Shonhi...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 13:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Musina in limbo after Zimbabwe shutdown
Musina - Businesses in Limpopo's border town of Musina have remained shut down as trader organisations continue with a stay away in protest against the Zimbabwe government's decision to ban basic food...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 17:12hrs | 1 | by ANA Reporter
'Beitbridge violence incited by South Africans'
VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has claimed that violent protests against the recent imports ban, which rocked Beitbridge last week, were incited by South Africans across the border in Musina....Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Imports ban not forever, says Minister Bimha
INDUSTRY and Commerce Minister Mike Bimha has urged local industry to use the import ban window to retool and increase domestic output saying the restriction would not be "forever".In response...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Business Reporter
CZI, ZNCC back imports ban
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) and Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) have backed the government's decision to restrict importation of products that are available locally, sa...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 08:50hrs | | by Prosper Ndlovu
Chinamasa defends imports ban
THE Government has defended its decision to control the importation of specified goods that are locally produced saying this was meant to curtail externalisation of the United States dollar and to pro...Published: 23 Jun 2016 at 06:59hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Textile outfit retrenches following Zim imports ban
Another local textile company has retrenched workers after the Zimbabwean government banned importation of textile products into their country in order to resuscitate their own depressed textile indus...Published: 15 Jun 2016 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
School bus imports banned
THE government has directed schools to buy buses from local assemblers to curb alleged corruption in the purchases. Slyvia Utete-Masango, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Primary and Seconda...Published: 15 Jul 2015 at 08:53hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Zimbabwe will not reverse car imports ban
GOVERNMENT says it will not reverse its ban on used car imports that are over five-years-old and Left Hand Drive vehicles despite legal threats from transport operators.The ban will be i...Published: 03 Oct 2011 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
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