Used car import rules clarified

Imports of second-hand vehicles more than 10 years old from the date of manufacture on the day they enter Zimbabwe on or after April 2 are no longer automatic and now need specific import licences for...

Zimra blocks importation of used cars without deadline notice

Without any warning, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) on Good Friday in the middle of the day blocked all imported cars that were manufactured before 2011 from leaving the border posts.C...

Zimbabwe border posts prepare for radiation control

THE Radiation Protection Authority of Zimbabwe is setting up shop at the country's ports of entry to enforce the new Government requirements on vehicle imports. Under the new regulations, (S1 ...

Imports of old second hand cars banned

Imports of second-hand vehicles more than 10 years old are to be banned to contain the import bill and promote the domestic motor industry, while all vehicles imported from Japan now require prior cle...

Bulawayo's water works under scrutiny

THE Radiation Protection Authority of Zimbabwe (RPAZ) wants to investigate Bulawayo City Council's water and waste water purification facilities to establish if there is any contamination.Acco...

Japan detects high radiation in seawater

Officials in Japan have detected high levels of radioactive iodine-131 in seawater, its highest reading yet at a concentration of 4,385 times the legal limit.Pressure has been mounting for Jap...

Radioactivity from Japan heading for N America

Low concentrations of radioactive particles are heading eastwards from Japan's disaster-hit nuclear power plant towards North America, a Swedish official said on Thursday....