Zimbabwe revises controversial import rules

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Gaborone - The Zimbabwean government has finally backed down and issued a “clarification” notice saying that Statutory Instrument (SI) 64 of 2016, which virtually banned the importation of all basic commodities into the country, was only targeted at commercial and not individual importers.

In addition, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has revised the law to permit individual import of nearly all the basic commodities previously covered by the ban duty-free once a month.
The review of the policy came only one day after Home Affairs Minister Ignatious Chombo said the government would never back down on the implementation of the new import regulations because they were meant to encourage Zimbabweans to buy locally and stop enriching South African businesses.

More at: http://www.iol.co.za/business/news/zimbabwe-revises-controversial-import-rules-2043329

 

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2 Zim activists allegedly abducted by secret police

Harare - Zimbabweans have expressed outrage over an alleged abduction of two activists by suspected state security agents in the capital Harare.

According to the social movement, dubbed #ThisFlag, the activists - Lawrence Tembedza & Austin Nyakupinda - had not yet been seen since their alleged abduction on Thursday.

.@FoxNews Breaking story #TajamukaTwo Activists abducted CIO #Zimbabwe following #ShutDownZimbabwe2016 #ThisFlag https://t.co/nPMMHYZqqD — Sharon Hoole (@SharonHoole) July 8, 2016

Angry Zimbabweans have since taken to social media to demand their immediate release.

The abduction came just a day after the southern African country came to a standstill on Wednesday as thousands of Zimbabweans across the country downed tools. The stay away calls were reportedly made by #ThisFlag, which demanded that the government acted on the country's ongoing economic collapse.

Zimbabwe has in the last months been hit by shortages of cash, import controls and the failure of the government to pay salaries on time.

News24
Link: http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/2-zim-activists-allegedly-abducted-by-secret-police-20160708

 

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More at: http://www.iol.co.za/business/news/zimbabwe-revises-controversial-import-rules-2043329

"stop enriching South African businesses" The idiots, actually we should stop employing some of their citizens, which takes a lot of SA money and goods back to Zim.

 

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Awesome country, bob is doing a stellar job & the citizens are prospering like never before.

 

[TrueSeeker]

They are making enemies of every country in the world one by one. It will continue until they realise that they themselves are the masters of their own destiny and to blame for how destiny is unfolding for their country.

 

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However, communication will be made to the effect that this policy is for commercial importers and not individuals importing their two litres of cooking oil, or whatever other product is on that (banned imports) list,” Shonhiwa said.


This is just pure lack of understanding of supply and demand and the exponential impact even if it involves imports.