Fresh push to drive intra-Sadc trade

INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Nqobizitha Ndlovu has called on the private sector to identify bottlenecks and challenges they face in regional trade for Sadc nations to assist, amid a push to drive intra-Africa trade.

The push for intra-regional trade comes amid escalating tension between Zimbabwe and Zambia after President Emmerson Mnangagwa made unwarranted attacks on the latter’s sovereignity.

The political tiff has resulted in Zambia’s Foreign Affairs minister, Mulambo Haimbe, announcing to the nation’s parliament last Thursday the country had appealed to regional bodies to resolve the impasse.

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