HARARE Anger at a government plan to stop older cars being imported into the country may have forced a rethink.
The government announced this week that the import ban on cars older than five years had been put off for another six months. The ban was supposed to start on December 1 in a move aimed at reducing pollution and keeping unroadworthy cars out of the country.
The plan, though, had angered car traders, importers and people hoping to be able to buy a cheap car from outside the country. Even tax officers were against the ban, pointing out that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority was making up to double the value of the cars in duty payments.
Transport ministry permanent secretary Partson Mbiriri said July 2011 had now been set as the start date to give the motoring public reasonable time to relate to the statutory instrument.
Other vehicle import reforms included plans to ban left-hand drive vehicles from coming into Zimbabwe and to require all trucks to carry fire extinguishers.
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