‘The Ban On Imports Deprives Citizens Who Rely On Informal Cross Border Trade, Of Their Livelihoods’-Ncube

‘The Ban On Imports Deprives Citizens Who Rely On Informal Cross Border Trade, Of Their Livelihoods’-Ncube

    FORMER Industry and Commerce minister, Welshman Ncube has castigated his successor Mike Bimha for banning imports, as the economy was struggling to meet demand, with malfunctioning industries. Government recently gazetted Statutory Instrument (SI) 64 of 2016, which removed goods that are supposedly locally available from the open general import licence exemption triggering mass protests either side of the Beitbridge border. Under new regulations, those who want to import the restricted products have to…

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