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Zimbabwe Cross Border Traders Association (ZCBTA) president, Killer Zivhu, has said the Government should admit that the economy has self-dollarised as most service providers are now rejecting the Zimbabwe dollar.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200011832/economy-has-dollarised-cross-border-traders">NewsDay</a> on Friday, Zivhu claimed that even formal retail outlets such as supermarkets are now rejecting the local currency on the pretext that their swipe machines are now working. He said:
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If you go to the major supermarkets, they will tell you that their swipe machines are not working. Dollarisation has already taken place informally but formally people are just pretending that the big supermarkets are running away from the local currency.
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Commenting on the recent move by the Government to lift an import ban on basic grocery items, Zivhu said they have engaged various financial institutions for loans to enable cross-border traders to import stock for their businesses. He said:
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In the next three months, we will make sure that everything (pricing) has normalised.
We have requested more than US$100 million from financial instructions and they are willing to help us and our 3 million members across the country to import the basic goods.
We have put in place measures where there will be open markets which will be done in all our districts in the country so that those who are in rural areas can have access to order affordable products in their respective areas.
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Last week the Government removed duty on 11 selected imported basic grocery items and allowed shops and other Zimbabwean businesses to keep 100 percent of the foreign currency they get from sales.
The products that will be imported duty-free include maize meal, rice, milk, flour, sugar, salt, cooking oil, petroleum jelly, toothpaste, bath soap and washing powder.
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

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Cross Border Traders Say The Economy Has Self-dollarised

Zimbabwe Cross-Border Traders’ Association (ZCBTA) president Killer Zivhu has commended the Government for removing duty on selected grocery items.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Zivhu said the removal of duty on the products will benefit the public as increased product availability will result in reduced prices. Said Zivhu:
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This is economic independence that the Government has delivered to the people in the informal sector, particularly the cross-border traders, by scrapping duty on the basic commodities.
The general public as from the last three weeks have been faced with a lot of challenges, especially on skyrocketing of prices which has been happening in shops, but we want to thank the President and Government for addressing this issue.
We also want to thank the Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Mangudya for coming up with such an incentive that will cushion consumers against unfair price hikes.
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He said his organisation was negotiating with different financial institutions for short-term loans for members to enable them to take advantage of the new policy. Zivhu said:
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We are also negotiating with different financial institutions so that we can get money. We need about US$100 million for this project.
We want our cross-border traders to resuscitate their business because we want to reach every corner of the country with cheaper products.
We do not want a situation whereby only those who are liquid, the big players who are already selling at higher prices, continue with this speculative behaviour.
These will take advantage of the Government policy and import commodities duty-free but still sell the products at high prices.
We also urge banks, transporters and all the people who are in transport logistics to come forward so that we can have transport for the cross-border traders to bring in their goods.
This problem is not an individual problem, this problem affects us as a country.
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Last week the Government removed duty on 11 selected imported basic grocery items and allowed shops and other Zimbabwean businesses to keep 100 percent of the foreign currency they get from sales.
The products that will be imported duty-free include maize meal, rice, milk, flour, sugar, salt, cooking oil, petroleum jelly, toothpaste, bath soap and washing powder.
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Cross-border Traders Commend Govt For Scrapping Duty On Groceries

There was chaos at the Beitbridge Border Post on Monday as hundreds of Zimbabwean cross-border traders desperately tried to leave South Africa before a national shutdown led by the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), reported <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200009110/hundreds-stranded-at-beitbridge">NewsDay</a>.
The EFF led by Julius Malema called for a national shutdown on 20 March to force South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to step down, accusing him of corruption.
The protesters were also demanding the restoration of electricity and an end to load shedding.
Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy secretary-general Wisbon Malaya told NewsDay that hundreds of Zimbabwean cross-border traders had their goods confiscated by South African police. Said Malaya:
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Actually, I am on my way from South Africa. On Friday, I witnessed the Gauteng Police arresting and confiscating the goods of street traders that are not South Africans.
On Sunday, several cross-border traders tried to come back home in a rush before the protests causing chaos at the border.
Thousands of goods such as blankets, carpets, cooking oil, yogurt, and other dairy and poultry products were confiscated.
I witnessed poor women and cross-border traders looking hopeless at the border.
One old lady fainted at the border after a load of her onions was confiscated.
There is a need to educate cross-border traders about what is allowed and not allowed at the border post, as well as how to register to trade commercially in order to operate safely.
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Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) executive director Samuel Wadzai said the situation in South Africa is worrisome. He said:
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The prevailing situation is worrying. We have seen the deployment of the military in SA, and this will severely affect cross-border traders’ ability to trade in the neighbouring country.
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EFF Shutdown: Zimbabwean Traders Lose Goods At Beitbridge Border Post

Cross border traders have implored the government to consider reopening the country’s land borders to vaccinated people so they can resume their business.
Zimbabwe’s land borders have remained closed for the greater part of 2020 and even 2021 as part of measures by the government to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, with only returning citizens and those with valid permits from other countries allowed entry.
Speaking to CITE this week, Pretty Mpofu, a cross border trader said the closure of the country’s borders has adversely impacted the operations of many informal traders in the country whose livelihoods largely depend on cross-border activities. She said:
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Now that many informal traders have been vaccinated, the government should now open the borders for us.
If possible they can allow just 100 cross-border traders to pass per day or simply limit the number of buses crossing on a day. That can minimise overcrowding at the border posts.
The same way the government has allowed the vaccinated to return to churches, they should allow us to cross the borders to other countries and resume our business.
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Zimbabwe Cross-border Traders Association (ZCBTA) president, Killer Zivhu said it was high time the government opened the borders to the majority of Zimbabweans who depend on crossing the borders to feed their families. Said Zivhu:
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Many people have been vaccinated and they should be allowed to cross the borders.
If the government feels it is not yet to open borders, then it should create employment for those people who depend on cross border trading so they can be able to feed their families.
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The government recently allowed fully vaccinated believers to resume attending in-person church services.
<h4>More: <a href="https://cite.org.zw/open-borders-for-the-vaccinated-cross-border-traders-implore-govt/">CITE</a></h4>

Open Borders For the Vaccinated, Cross-border Traders Implore Govt

Cross-border traders have appealed to the government to open the country’s borders for them as they have been out of business for too long.
Zimbabwe Cross-Border Traders Association, (ZCBTA) project-co-ordinators Eric Chikukwa said they are willing to do their business under prescribed conditions.
Chikukwa was speaking on the sidelines of an ongoing training and capacity building programme that is being rolled out by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Beitbridge. He said:
<blockquote>Since the start of the lockdowns in March last year, most of our members who restock and sell goods outside our borders are failing to operate under normal conditions.
We have tried to pool resources to import our goods as consolidated cargo but that is not sustainable considering the costs and that some need to sell their products out of the country.</blockquote>
Chikukwa also bemoaned the exorbitant COVID-19 testing fees (US$60) which he said was beyond the reach of most of them.
He also said the lack of harmonisation of operations between South African and Zimbabwe border authorities had also presented more challenges to travellers.
South Africa is Zimbabwe’s biggest trading partner and its borders are open for ordinary travellers while Zimbabwean borders remain closed.
Beitbridge chairman of the cross-border transport operators, Takavingei Mahachi had this to say:
<blockquote>We are counting losses. Our vehicles are parked and we continue paying for permits as commercial transporters, but we are out of business.
We appeal to the Government to open up space for small-time cross-border transporters. We play a great role in facilitating trade in our own way.</blockquote>
Zimbabwe’s borders are open only to commercial cargo/ freight, diplomats on Government business, returnees and bodies coming for burial in the country.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/just-in-cross-border-traders-seek-access-to-borders/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></h4>

Cross-border Traders Plead For The Reopening Of Borders

The Cross-Border Traders Association of Zimbabwe (CBTAZ) on Friday said it had clinched a deal with a Bulawayo-based laboratory to test each cross-border trader for SARS-CoV-2 for less than the amount charged by local laboratories for the tests.
Killer Zivhu, who is the current president of the organisation, and a former ZANU PF Member of Parliament, said the coronavirus testing facility will cost each trader “only” US$35 which is far less than the US$60 demanded by other local laboratories. Said Zivhu:
<blockquote>It is a reputable laboratory in Bulawayo run by a renowned scientist. For medical ethics, I cannot reveal the name because doctors are not allowed to advertise.
These are reputable centres and will take traders’ samples and send them to the laboratory and tests will be speedily done and re-sent to the provinces.</blockquote>
Zivhu added that the CBTAZ has also set up centres in all the country’s 10 provinces to collect COVID-19 samples.
The former Chivi South legislator said the facility will save cross border traders a lot of money, especially for those who travel frequently to neighbouring countries. He said:
<blockquote>What we are saying is that when you go to South Africa, you must protect South Africans by testing and when you come back you should retest again to protect Zimbabweans.
Upon returning to Zimbabwe and getting retested if they decide to go back to SA within the 14 days window period, they will use the same test certificate.
This would save them a lot of money because other laboratories charge US$60 per each test.</blockquote>
The South African government recently announced that it will reopen its borders on October 1.
However, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2020/09/25/south-africa-passes-new-border-law/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">all visitors to the country will be required to produce coronavirus-free certificates before they are allowed into the country.</a>
<h4>More: <a href="https://dailynews.co.zw/relief-for-zim-cross-border-traders/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a></h4>

Cross-border Traders To Get 'Cheap' Coronavirus Testing

Zimbabwean cross border traders say they will find a way to continue their activities across the border with South Africa in spite of the enactment of a new law in the neighbouring country that has the potential to restrict the free movement of people.
Zimbabwe Cross-Border Traders Association (ZCBTA) secretary-general Augustine Tawanda told NewsDay Business that they have already made a proposal to the government on what can be done to reduce human traffic while goods continue to flow across the border. He said:
<blockquote>What I know from both sides of the governments (South Africa and Zimbabwe) is that they want to restrict the movement of the person.
In our proposal which we had made to our government, we had said that we can have two or three people crossing the border for a consignment of 15 others for restricting movement, so I do not know what that new South African law talks to.
If it is about restricting movement, we are very much alive to restricting the persons but at the same time keeping the goods moving.</blockquote>
This follows the coming into force on 21 July 2020 the Border Management Authority Act 2 of 2020 in South Africa.
According to <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/717/206975.html#:~:text=As%20such%2C%20the%20Act%20seeks,and%20infectious%20diseases%2C%20pests%20and" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bizcommunity</a>, the law seeks to oversee the management of legitimate trade and secure cross-border travel, prevent illegal cross-border movement and the smuggling and trafficking of human beings, protect the country’s environment and natural resources, and shield the country from harmful and infectious diseases, pests and substances.
The Act provides for the establishment of the Border Management Authority, the appointment and employment of border officials, and the establishment of an Inter-Ministerial Consultative Committee, Border Technical Committee and advisory committees.
The Border Management Authority will be separate from the South African Revenue Service and other organs of the State.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2020/09/sa-tightens-screws-on-cross-border-trading/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

South Africa Passes New Border Law

The South African Police Service (SAPS) last week launched Operation Malaisha targeting unroadworthy and overloaded vehicles in the Limpopo Province destined for Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Speaking from the weighbridge on Wednesday evening, South Africa’s Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula revealed claimed that trailers going to Zimbabwe were heavily overloaded and not roadworthy. He said:
<blockquote>Here we got a lot of un-roadworthy vehicles and some of them weigh more than what is expected.
All those vehicles are being impounded, all un-roadworthy and unlicensed vehicles, as well as those without permits, were taken off the road.
This operation is taking place at night because people think that police are not working 24/7.</blockquote>
Meanwhile, the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) partnered with the South African Accident Fund on Wednesday to launch a joint awareness programme aimed at reducing accidents during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
There are millions of Zimbabweans residing in South Africa and every year during the festive season, thousands travel back to Zimbabwe carrying large quantities of groceries and other goods.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2019/12/22/sa-cops-pounce-omalayitsha/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Standard</a></h4>

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