The Trade and Industrialisation ministry sparked an uproar a few months ago when it announced plans to get rid of old motor vehicles.
Dealers in imported second-hand vehicles and the general public were up in arms, ostensibly because the move threatened to raise the purchase price of vehicles and lock out many people from owing one. The matter has not been resolved.
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