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15% Of Goods In Zimbabwe's Shops Are Counterfeit - CPC

6 months agoMon, 23 Sep 2024 09:55:05 GMT
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15% Of Goods In Zimbabwe's Shops Are Counterfeit - CPC

The Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) says at least 15 per cent of goods sold in many retail shops across Zimbabwe are counterfeit.

CPC chairperson Mthokozisi Nkosi said that these fake products are predominantly found in boutiques, supermarkets, and various other retail outlets. Said Nkosi (via The Sunday Mail):

The CPC’s compliance and inspection department plays a crucial role in identifying and addressing counterfeit goods.

By working closely with other relevant authorities, such as Zimra (Zimbabwe Revenue Authority), the Zimbabwe Republic Police and other agencies like Zera (Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority), the CPC has been able to prosecute numerous offenders.

At some stage, we discovered that we had at least 30 per cent of products in the market being counterfeits. The figure has since reduced to about 15 per cent currently.

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Nkosi said the counterfeit products often come into the country as imported goods that are repackaged. He said:

You have got people repackaging or changing products, and then this results in underweight goods and stuff like that.

In other instances, some of these products are being imported into the country.

How they are doing that is something that we are interrogating regularly. Someone can just produce something and then they give a label that resembles a genuine product.

We are continuing to investigate where they are getting the labels. In some instances, we even have television sets and cell phones with reputable labels, yet they will be bogus.

Nkosi stated that the CPC has conducted nationwide investigations to identify and dismantle networks involved in the sale of counterfeit products, leading to the prosecution of both individuals and businesses engaged in these illegal activities.

The CPC is advocating for even stricter penalties for offenders to deter unscrupulous traders from participating in underhand dealings.

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18 Comments

👀👀 · 6 months ago
zvimwe ngatikanganwei gvt yedu haizvigone ,chavanogona kuba vachiisa muhomwe dzavo,"Contextiles" ne David Whitehead naana Melisa Fashions' zvakaenda naMuzoo (Muzorewa)
Corruptmore Looto · 6 months ago
ESAP is the cause of all this import madness which destroyed our industry. You cannot be competing with South African firms let alone the Chinese ones. We should stop all low value imports and start making our own clothes, vehicles and other miscellaneous low value things and only import the high tech stuff that we can't make. A good example is seeing people importing low quality Chinese light bulbs yet we have EA Electronics, sure it's cheap but it doesn't really benefit anyone just compare the unemployment and Poverty rates of PRE-ESAP and those of POST-ESAP and you will see what I'm talking about. WE SHOULD CLOSE THE ECONOMY ONCE AGAIN AND SLAP HIGH TARIFFS ON CHEAP CHINESE IMPORTS
Corruptmore Looto · 6 months ago
*AE Electronics
baba jukwa · 6 months ago
you are very ryt@ corruptmore
Anonymous · 6 months ago
Without U$, there would be no fake goods. People are seeking for U$ because they want to import fake goods.
🇿🇼APPAH AGLM🇿🇼 · 6 months ago
😐washaya iwe
44yrs · 6 months ago
Even these clothes that are being imported into the country are all counterfeit items. Why can't you stop them and promote our own products and i hope our clothing industry will start functioning well.
rx · 6 months ago
Musakanganwa kut b4 maChina taiyenda kuchikoro nedza Adam bhutsu dzisngatengeki dzchidhura asi dzakasimba hino zvinobatsirei kuva nezvinhu zvakasimba asi tisingagoni kuzvitenga.
even this thing is counterfeit !!! · 6 months ago
even this zig or zwg , whatever its called , is 100 % counterfeit as well , it is such rubbish that nobody wants to smuggle it in or out of borders !!
unknown · 6 months ago
😂😂😂😂😂 facts
Baba Noku · 6 months ago
chero varikumusoro
Zeus mfana · 6 months ago
All talk no action just like hyena clan
Sir African · 6 months ago
All Chinese shops have tons of fake goods and some of them are purportadily to made in Zimbabwe,especially cheap leather plastic immitation shoes.
ncii · 6 months ago
These counterfeits are smuggled thru the boarders, do you tell me ZIMRA won't be present?
🇿🇼APPAH AGLM🇿🇼 · 6 months ago
isu hatidi quality toda kuwanda
Emerson Mugabe · 6 months ago
talk is cheap. zero action
🇿🇼APPAH AGLM🇿🇼 · 6 months ago
🤝🤝🤝

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