GOVERNMENT ban on the importation of some foreign products into the country seems to be failing as cases of smuggling continue to surge along the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border with traders in Mutare reporting "brisk business".
Local traders continue to defy government directive to buy local products as they opt to smuggle cheaper and affordable goods from Mozambique.
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