By BUUMBA CHIMBULUTHE decision to restrict commercial cargo by road through the Victoria Falls Border Post was made by the Zambian and Zimbabwean governments and not by the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA).This measure came into effect on January 1, this year.It is an agreed position of the Zambian and Zimbabwean governments because the Victoria Falls infrastructure was designed for tourism and not commercial traffic, says ZRA Commissioner General, Kingsley Chanda.Mr Chanda was reacting to threats by clearing agents at the Victoria Falls Border Post to protest if ZRA did not categorise which type of goods would be carried by wagons and those by trucks.The agents last week demanded that ZRA should come up with a list of goods which should be exported and imported using railway transport and those by roads.In response, Mr Chanda in an interview stressed that this was not decision made by ZRA while expressing worry that the ignorance of some clearing […]
Zambia, Zim agree on Vic Falls border restriction
