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Zimbabwe restores duty on imported basic commodities
THE Government has restored the payment of import duty on selected basic goods, which fall away from the customs traveller's rebate.A traveller's rebate is a duty-free allowance, which is granted ...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 18:32hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Police in $8 million drug bust
POLICE have arrested 93 suspected drug dealers nationwide in a week-long operation dubbed "No to Crystal Meth" leading to the recovery of an assortment of illicit drugs worth more than $8 million....Published: 27 May 2021 at 18:26hrs | | by Staa reporter
Vendors up in arms with police over confisticated wares
THE Gweru Vendors' Association (GVA) has petitioned Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavhima merchandise belonging to its members that was confiscated by the Joint Operation Command last wee...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA court legalises private cannabis use
South Africa's Constitutional Court has ruled that the personal use of cannabis is not a criminal offence.Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said the law banning marijuana use by adults was un...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 11:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cross-border traders plot Diaspora protest
THE International Cross-Border Traders' Association (ICTA) has threatened to close all Zimbabwe's borders on April 16 and 17 this year to press government to allow locals based in the Diaspora to be a...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
100% cashless economy for Zimbabwe?
There is too much speculation going on right now in Zimbabwe around the uncertainty concerning the introduction of bond notes and what that will mean for the future of Zimbabwe's economy.While...Published: 11 Nov 2016 at 11:38hrs | | by Donald Mudenge
South Africa gives Zimbabwe three week deadline to roll back import ban
SOUTH Africa says it has given Zimbabwe three weeks to roll back a ban imposed on imports from that country ahead of a meeting of regional ministers later this month.This follows a meeting...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 16:06hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt moves to pacify cross-border traders
The government will facilitate the provision of bulk import licences for cross-border traders to enable them to bring products into Zimbabwe as it pacifies the restive constituency.Three w...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 09:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean govt probes role of third force in Beitbridge protests
Government is investigating the extent to which external parties were involved in the violent protests that rocked Beitbridge town last Friday leaving property worth hundreds of thousands of dolla...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stands firm on import ban
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 ...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 16:14hrs | 8 | by Lincoln Towindo and Thupeyo Muleya
Govt not going back on import restrictions, buying for personal consumption allowed
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...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Scrapping travellers rebate retrogressive'
The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development has said the scrapping of the travellers rebate on public transport will effectively kill small businesses while it will fuel corruption at the border po...Published: 21 Jan 2016 at 05:17hrs | | by Business Reporter
Vendors are law abiding citizens- ZISO
The Zimbabwe Informal Sector's Organisation (ZISO) has warned the Harare municipality police that vendors are law abiding citizens who need respect as they go about their business to sustain their fam...Published: 15 Oct 2015 at 07:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe bans Dragon Energy Drink
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has banned Dragon Energy Drink saying it violates import procedures and does not meet the required health standards of beverages in the country.The ban wa...Published: 11 Oct 2015 at 16:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
94kg of caterpillars seized at London airport
London - British customs agents made a creepy discovery when an airline passenger was found with 94kg of caterpillars in his luggage.The man claimed they were intended as food for personal con...Published: 02 Mar 2013 at 11:52hrs | 1 | by Sapa
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