Zimbabwe: Buying Local - Way to Go

opinion

They are as blind as puppies to the elementary logic that by importing finished goods Zimbabweans are exporting jobs and scarce foreign currency badly needed to staunch further de-industrialisation.

Government recently raised duty for imported luxury vehicle models to between 40 percent and 60 percent. This complemented its circular number 16 of 2011, which requires State-aligned entities to purchase all their operational vehicles from Willowvale Mazda Motor Industries and Quest Motor Corporation.

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