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A nationwide operation has been initiated by the police and the Grain Marketing Board to seize imported mealie-meal from retailers who have violated the ban on its import. This ban was enforced due to cheap imported maize-meal flooding the local market from Botswana and South Africa, leading to local millers reducing their operations and laying off workers. The operation will be conducted across towns and cities such as Bulawayo, Masvingo, Beitbridge, Plumtree, Gwanda, and Chiredzi, and will conclude by next week.
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Police, in conjunction with the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), have launched a nationwide blitz aimed at confiscating imported mealie-meal from retailers that have defied the ban on the import of the staple. Cheap imported maize-meal, smuggled mostly from Botswana and South Africa, has flooded the local market in a development which has resulted in local millers scaling-down their operations and in some instances laying off workers. This prompted the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) to lodge an appeal with the government, which responded by ordering raids on imported mealie-meal. The exercise duly commenced Friday afternoon in Bulawayo. The blitz will also be conducted in other towns and cities such as Masvingo, Beitbridge, Plumtree, Gwanda and Chiredzi. "A team of officials from the police, GMB and ministries of Agriculture and Industry is currently on the ground carrying out raids on imported maize-meal throughout the country. The programme started Friday and will end ...
Source: All Africa
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