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Zimbabwe govt defends car import ban
The import ban on vehicles older than 10 years, which came into effect in January 2022, is part of Zimbabwe's strategy to protect and revitalize the country's motor manufacturing industry, which has b...Published: 13 May 2025 at 10:14hrs | 19543 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle imports net US$2bn
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) pocketed more than US$2 billion and $29 billion in local currency from vehicle imports in 2022, NewsDay has learnt.According to Zimra, the total revenue ...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's draft electric vehicles policy ready
Zimbabwe is almost ready to adopt the electric vehicles (EVs) technology, with the draft Electric Mobility Policy Framework and Roadmap now in place but being refined.This was said by Ms Munas...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks investors for motor industry
GOVERNMENT has announced plans to revamp the local motor industry, which will result in the sector increasing its capacity levels.Zimbabwe's new vehicles market collapsed from a peak of 20 000...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Govt goes after car sales
GOVERNMENT is planning to launch a blitz on car sales in Harare and Chitungwiza, accusing them of turning the urban areas into havens of drug peddling and prostitution.The move will likely spe...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministry explains SI89 - Importation of used cars that are more than 10 years old
PRESS STATEMENT BY THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE ON STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 89 OF 20211. Following the promulgation of Statutory Instrument 89 of 2...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 11:24hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Is Zimbabwe a dumping ground for used cars?
LAST year in November, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube announced that imports of second-hand vehicles more than 10 years old were to be banned to contain the import bi...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 08:08hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Govt tightens screws on used car imports
IMPORTATION of second-hand vehicles that are 10 years old and more will now require import licences from the Industry and Commerce ministry as part of efforts to discourage imports of defective vehicl...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli's 'fantasy' budget: Here's how it will affect you
THE 2021 budget presented by the finance minister Mthuli Ncube to Parliament shows that the minister was living in a ‘fantasy world,' according to academic, Professor Austin Chakaodza."Some ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Collateral registry to be operational by December'
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is set to operationalise the collateral registry system by year end as authorities move to make movable property securitisable, an official has said.The driv...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex duty on 'luxuries' goods, not on cars
The Government has published a list of predominantly luxury goods that, with effect from Friday, attract duty in foreign currency on importation. A variety of foods and drinks such as cheese, wines, f...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why digital money makes sense
William Arthur Ward was an American who contributed a lot to the Reader's Digest. His main genres were inspirational maxims and meditations and poems. One of the things he said was: "A pessimist compl...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
High tax on car imports
The cost of importing used vehicles is likely to increase as government is considering raising import levies on all pre-owned cars, Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Development Minister Mike Bimha ha...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Keni Mubaiwa should just quit
KENI Mubaiwa will go down in history as one of the most successful chairmen of Dynamos Football Club since 1963 when the club was formed.Four consecutive Castle Lager Premier Soccer League tit...Published: 06 May 2018 at 10:11hrs | | by Michael Kariati
Imports sink Zimbabwe car manufacturing prospects
The country's relaxed policies that permit the importation of used cars is hindering possible prospects by automobile companies to establish manufacturing plants, Nissan sales and operation general ma...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe panic sends Bitcoin soaring over $6,000?
Bitcoin is the latest indicator to show that Zimbabwe's attempts to defy economic gravity will, as before, result in unplanned-for consequences and bruises on the way down.According to ...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 16:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
25% drop in vehicle imports
Zimbabwe has experienced a 25% drop in the value of vehicle imports during the first five months of the year due to tight liquidity inflows, limited disposable incomes and high import duties.T...Published: 25 Jun 2016 at 20:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt must modernise road network- senator
Senator Mike Byton Musaka has asked the government to modernise the road infrustructure as a way of curbing road carnage which characterizes the nation of late.Speaking in parliament Musaka sa...Published: 11 Jun 2016 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimdollars worth more on eBay
On online auction site eBay, a 100 trillion Zimbabwean dollar note is a collector's item fetching up to $35, a small fortune compared with the 40 US cents on offer from the central bank as it seeks to...Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 21:01hrs | 4 | by Reuters
Ministries ordered to buy cars locally
GOVERNMENT has ordered all line ministries, public institutions and parastatals to buy at least 80 percent of their vehicles from local car assemblers with immediate effect, a development economists a...Published: 02 Apr 2015 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Golden Sibanda
Prices of consumer goods are indeed high
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) recently revealed that prices of most consumer goods remained high during the first 10 months of this year. It is a worrisome revelation that the basket for ...Published: 20 Nov 2014 at 14:11hrs | | by John Sigauke
Zimra hikes car duty 100%
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has announced a new duty regime for car imports which will see importers paying more than 100 percent of the value of the car with effect from yesterday.This fol...Published: 09 Nov 2014 at 11:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra hikes import duty on second-hand vehicles
Zimbabwe will experience a hike in prices of second-hand motor vehicle imports following the effective adoption of a new duty regime starting this month.Government gazetted the reviewed rates...Published: 07 Nov 2014 at 19:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
College lecturers earning US$300 per month
College lecturers have appealed to the legislature to lobby government for the improvement of their welfare and working conditions.Giving oral evidence before the Parliamentary Portfolio Commi...Published: 22 Sep 2014 at 16:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Second-hand car import ban looms
THE government is working on regulations that would halt the importation of second-hand ex-Japanese vehicles in a bid to promote the assembling of low-cost vehicles locally.Industry and Commer...Published: 03 Sep 2014 at 05:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to promote local assembly of vehicles
ZIMBABWE is to push through a policy promoting the importation of knocked-down vehicle kits and impose higher tariffs on imported vehicles, which are shipped mostly through South Africa and Namibia....Published: 11 Aug 2014 at 13:13hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Karombo
Botswana bans Zim bound unregistered cars vehicles
ZIMBABWEAN car dealers and individuals importing second-hand vehicles via Walvis Bay in Namibia and driving them through Botswana will now have to find an alternative route after the neighbouring coun...Published: 03 Jan 2014 at 05:17hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Boxing day strike disrupts London trains
LONDON'S underground train service was virtually halted by a strike over pay on Monday, disrupting the start of the post-Christmas sales and sporting fixtures.Most lines were shut or operatin...Published: 28 Dec 2011 at 12:55hrs | 1 | by Sapa
Imported used cars decline at Beitbridge Border Post
Volumes of imported used cars arriving at Beitbridge Border Post has declined as large stocks that dealers had ordered ahead of the October 31 deadline prohibiting the importation of vehicles over fiv...Published: 30 Oct 2011 at 22:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Used vehicle importation ban suspended indefinitely
GOVERNMENT has indefinitely suspended the ban on used car imports that are five-years-old and above while the importation of Left-Hand-Drive vehicles will not be allowed from November 1 this year....Published: 05 Oct 2011 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Used vehicle importation ban set to hit a brick wall
Daily News says the proposed ban on the importation of used vehicles is set to hit a brick wall as it emerges there has been no Cabinet endorsement of the ban. Government is set to clarify the positi...Published: 04 Oct 2011 at 08:36hrs | | by Ndou Paul
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
Is the second-hand import car market a curse or a blessing?
If you own an import, and it acts up at one point or the other, it pays to know what some of the probable causes for the misdemeanour are, and these probable causes are sometimes preventable thr...Published: 12 Jan 2011 at 11:32hrs | 6 | by Byo24News
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