According to news reports, starting from January next year, Nigerians trading in Zimbabwe will no longer be allowed to.
Zimbabwean authorities said they have given foreign shop-owners, mostly Chinese and.Nigerian nationals, an ultimatum to shut
down their businesses by January. 1, 2014.
From Integrity Reporters
A top official of the black empowerment ministry said only Zimbabweans had the right to run shops that have sprung up across the country and are termed.foreign businesses targeted under the
nation’s black empowerment laws, the state-controlled Herald newspaper.reportedFriday.
Those laws, passed in 2007, demand foreign businesses to cede 51 percent control to local blacks. The foreign shop owners have been criticized for taking retail trade opportunities from
Zimbabwean traders by selling cheap imports.
Poor townships and city flea markets have in recent years been inundated by shops run by foreigners. According to state media, shop owners who fail to
comply will be arrested
Make una dey come house ooo.
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