Zimbabwe: 'Industry Protection Not Forever'

Industry and Commerce Minister, Mike Bimha said Government will not protect the local manufacturing industry from outside competition forever, urging the sector to take advantage of the measures to capacitate themselves.

Government has over the past few years implemented a raft of policy measures including bans on certain imports and duty hikes on other products to reduce flooding of cheap imports as it sought to protect the struggling local industry.

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