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Zimbabwe Lifts Ban on Used Vehicles But Japanese Cars Face Threat Over Contamination

Wed, Mar 14, 2012

Goche also said Zimbabwe will be monitoring vehicles being imported from Japan, fearing radioactive contamination following last year’s tsunami that destroyed the Fukushima Nuclear Plant in that country

Zimbabwe removes surtax on twin-cabs

Zimbabwe removes surtax on twin-cabs

Thu, Feb 09, 2012

GOVERNMENT on Tuesday scrapped surtax on all imported double cab motor vehicles. The 25 percent surtax was removed a month after its introduction on January 1 this year. It was re-introduced under Statutory Instrument 156 of 2011. Surtax is a tax levied on top of another tax. It can be calculated as a percentage of a certain amount or it can be a flat dollar amount.