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ZIMRA’s Smuggling Crackdown Blamed For Empty Shop Shelves

1 month agoMon, 27 Jan 2025 21:30:42 GMT

ZIMRA’s Smuggling Crackdown Blamed For Empty Shop Shelves

The shortage of consumer goods from formal wholesalers and retailers is partly due to ongoing anti-smuggling operations by a multi-sectoral taskforce, a senior official has stated.

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is leading the taskforce, which includes ZIMRA, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), the Consumer Protection Commission, and other law-enforcement agencies.

George Charamba, spokesperson for the Presidency, commented on the recently promulgated Customs and Excise (Designated Deemed Smuggled Goods) Regulations, 2025.

These regulations require manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers to provide proof that customs duty has been paid for goods in their possession.

Charamba revealed that ZIMRA is currently holding 30-tonne loads of consumer goods sourced from South Africa, intended for smuggling into Zimbabwe. Charamba posted on X:

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What you may not know is that ZIMRA is holding 30-tonne loads upon loads of consumer goods sourced in SA and meant to be smuggled into Zimbabwe. These trucks belonged to different wholesalers and retailers.
The low stock levels we see in the formal market are partly related to management issues and partly to impounded contraband from the ongoing anti-smuggling operations. We know where we are going; there will be order in the market. Trust us!

Over the weekend, ZIMRA Commissioner-General Regina Chinamasa said that ZIMRA impounded goods valued at approximately US$2.4 million and state warehouses are at full capacity with recovered goods.

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45 Comments

Anonymous · 1 month ago

Iv a close example. Just last week there were chaos police payaiva muroad . Vaida marefector fire extinguisher and so on. Ndakaona zvakawanda vamwe vaitiza maroad block vamwe vaisungwa vamwe vaitonyora vamwe vane ma I.d vachingofuura vamwewo ndovaita chiramwa vachisiya MOTA kudzimba vamwe vaive nezvakakwana vaidarika pamwe nevaive neluck ravo. A lot happened.Akabenefita gvt nepolice ndiani? Likewise tichaona zvakawanda apa.Most informal traders are likely to go more informal. Vanozogona here kubhadhara shop license inoda around $600. Those remaining are likely to face challenges as it will be very difficult to operate under needed structures. We are likely to experience a cat and mouse game. Our situation Is very complicated. I wish we were united.

Xx · 1 month ago

Iwe we face yechidhori verenga zvakanaka usati wa commenter hanzi (30 tonne loads upon loads of goods) chimbo Bata Vic akufundise chingezi .

Anonymous · 1 month ago

Ma tuckshops muchaavhara zvenyu hanty hakuna tax ikuuya kubva ikoko plus ma civil servants amuri Kupa zig Ayo ndiwo achakupandukirai kuti totengepi nemari isingashande chinhu iyoyo

Anonymous · 1 month ago

ESTIMED LEADERS, With all your regulations, raids, failed and unworkable currency - you are destroying what is left of our crumbling economy. Take your hands off the steering wheel and let businesses work best they can, with whatever system works best - before it is too late!!

Anonymous · 1 month ago

Ok yapedzwa ne grand challenge promotion. They over spent on promotions vachipa vanhu mota etc which pick n pay doesn't do

ZimSketch · 1 month ago

so Ok is the biggest smugler.. .

Vic Venom · 1 month ago

We cannot have an economy that runs on the whims of smugglers and corrupt executives...Let the shops be empty then ..We cannot have a veneer of normalcy when it is being sustained by illicit smuggling...Rant over sanity restored

Anonymous · 1 month ago

That's the spirit the nation needs now.

Anonymous · 1 month ago

RBZ the cause ....

Private Investigator · 1 month ago

Nonsense headline. So OK supermarket shelves are empty because the supermarket giants have been stocking their shops with smuggled goods. HANDIZVOBA

Anonymous · 1 month ago

Supermarkets don't know where wholesalers source their supplies from.

Anonymous · 1 month ago

Saka tiikutii apa? Ma Retailers akaita saana OK vasisina zvinokosha muma sherufu ne ma firiji varikuita smuggling futi here?

The Curator · 1 month ago

Imimi OK yamuri kuita haiisisina chinhu ndeipi iyoyo? Because OK supermarket yekuno yakazara

Chamisa · 1 month ago

Huya ku bindura mu zanu iwe, yazara mvura ma shelf

Martin Marufu · 1 month ago

Enda unoona OK Fife Avenue. Kana yenyu yakazara itotengai because come week, it will be emptier than this one

Murambwi · 1 month ago

PAMBERI NE OPERATION RESTORE ORDER.INGAITA NYIKA HERE ISINA MITEMO.WANGOFUNGA ZVAADA SEMA CHINESE VOTOBA GOLD REDU PASINA ZVAVANOITWA.CHASARA KUTI VAMBOPINDAVO IMO MUMA LEGISLATORS,VAMWE VAVO THEY ACCUMULATED WEALTH THROUGH CORRUPTION.THEN ZRP NDIYO IMWE IZERE MBAVHA,ZVIKURU CY TEAM RETRAFFIC. PAMA BORDER NDIPO PAMWEWO PAZERE HUWORI. UNGAITA MUSHA HERE WEKUTI VANASIKANA VANONGOMITISWA MADIRO AVO,UKUVO VAKOMANA VANONGONITISAVO PAMADIRO.PAMUSHA PANA BABA PANA BABA. PASI NEHUWORI.KUSHAMA KWAMASHOP IKOKO KUNORATIDZA KUTI VEMASHOP ,NDIVO VANHU VAKASHATA ZVEKUREVESA.HURUMENDE IKASABHADHARISA MITERO,INGAWANEPI MARI.RAMBAI MAKADZVANYA GIYA IRORO.VANOTAURA ZVAVANODA NGAVATAURE AND HAPANA CHAVANOKONESA. ZANO RENYU RAKANAKA AND KWAMUNODA KUTI ZVISVIKE MUNO KUZIVA. DAI PRESIDENT VAWANISWA UMWE MUKANA ,KUTI VASVIKEWO 2030.SEVAKURU KA PAMWE VANE MUONO UNOGONA KUNAKIRAVO ISU VADOKO.MUNOTI BABA VANGASHUVIRAVO VANA VAVO ZVAKASHATA HERE.

Anonymous · 1 month ago

Bread and butter issues.

Anonymous · 1 month ago

All u do is talk talk nothing u know , OUR country it has no industry production nothing of our country tht can gives us stable incomes zvese hapana ,things are already going down prices are going up ..iwewe ne zimra yacho hamuna kukwana Zimra on its tax and percentages hazvisi fixed nekuti hamungati ure going to charge 30% to 40% ye duty ne price yamunoona pa internet ichitengeswa nayo ?? Ure very ****

😎Chirasha😎 · 1 month ago

Haaa pakashata isusu takurohwa tax kuchikafu zvanga zvisati zvamboitika chigaya kuti ma duty iwawo anenge akaitawo sey thts y pipo are smuggling stuff these formal chain stores have to have an exorbitant number of licenses to operate regulations are just rather punitive systematically its a pity

Satan 👹 · 1 month ago

muchatisvotsva pakuti ticham@misana muno munyika coz an hungry man is an angry man itai madhunamutuna enyu iwawo,Who ever is advising you on this crap must be fired

@vhedza · 1 month ago

Practising good business ethics is the way out. Most business people were interested in shady business dealings at the boarders busy smuggling goods and sell them at exorbitant prices. Good business ethics first. That's the Zimbabwe we want.

Chamisa · 1 month ago

Imbotangai maisa president aidiwa nevanhu, musati mataura pfocho

Svari · 1 month ago

So u think if they pay duty prices will be lower, think again

motomuzhinji · 1 month ago

Our duties are too high, that's why importers end up resorting to smuggling. why not reduce the duty so that local prices are in line with neighboring countries.

Anonymous · 1 month ago

Charamba says "trust us". LOL

Ctrl Alt Del · 1 month ago

its like stitching the butthole to stop diarrhea it wont work

theLastAntKing · 1 month ago

nzara paHarare iyo, pakasafungwa zvakanaka panofiwa chete

The Curator · 1 month ago

Gore rapera chairo kwaive ne drought, asi hapana akafa nenzara wani? Kana ma groceries chaiwo haana kushaika kana muma shops

Chamisa · 1 month ago

Grocery raipera sei vanhu vasina mari

Meda Online · 1 month ago

Kkkk TRUST WHO? We can't appoint and trust a hyena to take care of goats.

mwenewazvo · 1 month ago

iiigh ska 30 tonnes dzidzo loads of loads here nhai joji,unosvika pachikamu chekuzorora shuwa.

Rebelyus · 1 month ago

That's embarrassing. these Ediots aare clueless.

Zozo · 1 month ago

Zanu must try and test Chiwenga kwete Ediot Shamwari yembavha. Izvezvi arikutofunga kuti 30 confiscated tonnes of goods angadzibawo sei

dump dumper and the dumperor · 1 month ago

𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘂𝘀 kkkkk yohwe zvakaoma ungatoisa trust pa system ine n****ondo yekukundikana since independence hapana chavanoita chinobudirira besides corruption

Tigerforce · 1 month ago

Usanyepe Charamba wanzwa. Ana Ok nemamwe mashops havachakwanisa kuoperator nenyaya yenyu yemaZig

ndungezh · 1 month ago

hadzitozive kuti 30tonnes chii charamba anorwara i 1trck gogii

🦁 · 1 month ago

Kkkkkkk madhara Aya anofunga kuti manyebero ekuma 80s achirikushanda. Kana utiwe propaganda ziva padzoshandira. Imagine most retail shops are in cities and towns where people have some education. Saka ungatinyepere kuti 30tonnes ndodzirikukonzera shortage and empty shelves. Nyika Yose igovhundutswa ne 1 truck.

🦁 · 1 month ago

30 tonnes is like one truck George. So is one truck causing empty shelves accross the country.

Anonymous · 1 month ago

Hanzi 30 tonne loads.dzakawanda

Anonymous · 1 month ago

It’s like you are burning the whole house just to kill a rat.

5 · 1 month ago

in order to fix a rotten foundation you need to bring the whole house down.Such is the case here.