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'Fuel price drop must benefit consumers'
BUSINESSES should review prices of goods and services downwards in line with the recent decline in fuel prices, a Cabinet Minister has said.This comes as interventions by the Reserve Bank of Z...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:16hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel prices go down again
THE reduction in fuel prices by the Government continues as the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) reviewed prices effective yesterday.In an update, the regulatory authority reduced d...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 18:59hrs | 6130 | by Staff reporter
Falling fuel prices ease pressure on consumers
The sustained drop in fuel prices, which saw prices being reviewed downwards twice over a two-week period this month owing to falling international crude ...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 07:08hrs | 653 | by Staff Reporter
Fuel prices cut a relief for Zimbabwe motorists
Maximum fuel prices were cut yesterday from US$1,76 to US1,70 a litre for petrol and from US$1,86 to US$1,80 for diesel.Regulator Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) announced the chan...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:36hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Efforts to end loadshedding by November stepped up
The problems at the huge Hwange Power Station and the small Harare station have been corrected, while negotiations are ongoing for the importation of more electricity as a short-term measure to lessen...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:34hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans resort to bikes amid soaring fuel prices
SOARING fuel costs and the economic crunch in Zimbabwe are leading people to switch to using bicycles as their main mode of transport.Over the past year, the country has seen petrol prices jum...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:54hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Filling station sells petrol contaminated with water
A FUEL garage in Lupane is reportedly selling water contaminated petrol and a number of vehicles that were served at the filling station last week have been affected.Three cars reportedly fail...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Fuel prices up, again after govt pledged to lower the pump price
FUEL prices have gone up, hardly a week after government pledged to lower the pump price after increasing ethanol blending from E10 to E20.The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) said ...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:02hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt reduces fuel prices
Mandatory blending of ethanol in unleaded petrol has been increased from 10 percent to 20 percent at the end of this month to reduce fuel price increases on the global market and give a relief to ...Published: 18 May 2022 at 18:45hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Govt raises mandatory fuel blending to E20
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced mandatory blending of fuel with ethanol, increasing it from E-10 to E-20, a move which could set it on a collision course with motorists.This was announced at a ...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Ethanol blending up increased to 20% to kill injectors
Mandatory blending of ethanol in unleaded petrol has been increased from 10 percent to 20 percent at the end of this month to reduce fuel price increases on the global market and give a relief to ...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:18hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Blending helping reduce fuel prices, claims Zera
ZIMBABWE's fuel could have been much more expensive had it not been for the reintroduction of blending, Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has said, notwithstanding that its price is now the ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:03hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Zera's continued excessive fuel price increases worry Zimcodd
The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has expressed worry over the continued excessive increase of fuel price by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera).The worry ca...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:06hrs | 1049 | by Stephen Jakes
Fuel hikes to worsen economic woes
GOVERNMENT yesterday increased prices of petrol and diesel by 23.78% and 18.23% respectively, a move that economists said will result in a hike in prices of basic goods and services and further erode ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:21hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean toast fuel price cut
The cut in fuel prices by 8 US cents a litre following Government tax cuts has been welcomed by businesses and motorists who have been feeling the pinch after prices rose swiftly following the big jum...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blocks another fuel price increase
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has directed the Government to enforce domestic remedies, including a reduction of duty on petroleum products, to control the price of fuel which went up last week on account of ge...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:01hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's oligarchs: The heirs of Cecil Rhodes
As Zimbabwe's economy has spiralled down, with one million economic refugees in South Africa alone and ordinary people facing shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, there is a class of people ...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 2093 | by Phillip van Niekerk and a Zim-based Research Team
Firing of 'Mudha' Ncube attracts mixed reactions in Midlands
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired his long-time ally and confidant, former State Security minister Owen "Mudha" Ncube (pictured) on Monday for misconduct, some of the Midlands hardliner's staunc...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:05hrs | 4533 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe abandons mandatory ethanol blending, reduces fuel prices
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) yesterday scrapped the mandatory fuel blending directive introduced in 2011.The introduction of mandatory blending came against the backdrop of ...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:07hrs | 1251 | by Staff reporter
SA consumers face higher prices in 2022
Various product prices are rising rapidly across the globe as the world opens after months of lockdown. As a result, food prices have been in the headlines, and SA is no exception.As a case in...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Distributor moves to stem Zimbabwe's fake whiskey 'pandemic'
IMITATION is the sincerest form of flattery, the old adage goes, but when it comes to alcohol, high-end whiskey in particular, this is not strictly true.Recently, according to an anonymous sou...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:51hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa surrounded by dodgy characters
ALMOST four years after getting into power, riding on the narrative of removing criminals that had surrounded the then president Robert Mugabe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's circle of associates and ...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:36hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Rautenbach enjoys Zanu-PF links
MULLER Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach is one of the most controversial business moguls in Zimbabwe, with several legal challenges against him and his company Green Fuel. Rautenbach, who is into vast mining...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:35hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Inside Zimbabwean tycoon Billy Rautenbach's offshore family trust
Records from a massive offshore data leak have provided the most detailed account yet of buccaneering mining and fuel magnate Billy Rautenbach's family empire.It started with a marriage settle...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:40hrs | 34 | by Daily Maverick
Chamisa chides Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has chided President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly aiding the seizure of communal land by Asian capitalists, resulting in mass displacement of villager...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reckless drinking is destroying the youths
Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of having an empty glass of beer, so the seasoned drinker or connoisseur is always topping up the glass with more beer after every swig. Not so with 'Musombo' or 'Kambwa'...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:43hrs | 224 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Fact-checking Biti's corruption speech
Opposition MDC Alliance vice president and former finance minister Tendai Biti gave an online speech on corruption in Zimbabwe on July 18, 2021.Here, we check key claims from Biti's address:...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 19:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Displaced Chipinge families flee to Mozambique
SCORES of displaced Chisumbanje and Chinyamukwakwa villagers in Chipinge, are reported to have resettled in neighbouring Mozambique, after losing their ancestral land to Green Fuel Pvt Ltd.Bus...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Errant fuel dealers face arrest
Petroleum companies buying fuel in local currency and then selling it in United States dollars will face prosecution and other legal action, Energy and Power Development Minister Zhemu Soda has warned...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Regulator probes oil pricing
ZIMBABWE's energy regulator has lined up a comprehensive survey that is set to reveal the impact of fuel prices on the cost of goods and services in the country.Fuel is 44% more expensive in Z...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preaches unity
WITH Zimbabwe starting to experience relative economic stability following years of markets turmoil, President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called for national unity and discipline to improve the lot ...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 18:06hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zera opens fuel import licence applications
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) is now accepting applications for fuel importation licences for 2021, outlawing 2019 fuel procurement licences that were still in use.In a state...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 16:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zera board flies into fuel storm
THE new Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) board received a baptism of fire at its first meeting with oil firms on February 18, as indigenous operators rejected a requirement to raise a ZW$30...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cartels that are not the real cartels
I just read the report by Daily Maverick, that is purporting to expose cartels in Zimbabwe. The problem with the report is it does not include the obvious and leading cartels in Zimbabwe, such as Old ...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 09:38hrs | 26 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
IPPs now producing 135MW as ZERA cancels 8 licences
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) says only 19 independent power producers (IPPs) are operational from the 88, which have been licenced to date while eight licences were cancelled for fa...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 14:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabwe's electric vehicle vision may flop
A strategic plan twinning the development of electric vehicle (EVs) in Zimbabwe and commensurate investment into the power industry will be key to sustaining their presence on the country's roads, acc...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 17:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
RBZ orders Zimbabwe banks to give forex
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has ordered banks to settle transactions outside the public glare as he cracks the whip on the sector amid revelations some banks were refusing cl...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Green Fuel selling ethanol in 'real money'
ZIMBABWE'S biggest ethanol producer Green Fuel is now selling the commodity in hard cash and accepts only transfers to its nostro foreign currency account accompanied by letters from the clients' bank...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
We remain the land: The endless land wars of Chipinge
To many Zimbabweans, the forecast that there will be normal to above normal rains in 2020-21 farming is sweet news. However, this does not apply to many people in Chipinge.While others are pre...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 19:10hrs | 2 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
'Abducted' Zimbabwe doctor free of poisoning: Tests
A RANGE of blood and urine specimens extracted from Peter Magombeyi, the former Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) president, who was allegedly abducted by state security last year showed no...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel prices hiked
Fuel prices have been adjusted slightly upwards to $97,93c for petrol and $83,36 for diesel, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) announced last night, while US dollar maximum prices have b...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Chasi a victim of state capture'
FORMER energy minister Fortune Chasi (pictured)'s dramatic sacking from cabinet two weeks ago was a culmination of an intriguing plot of state capture by powerful fuel cartels, notably his spirited bu...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to pounce on rowdy fuel dealers
GOVERNMENT is investigating errant fuel dealers who are blending fuel above the recommended ratios of ethanol and gasoline, short-changing consumers in the process.The southern African nation ...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dealers told not to over-blend petrol
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has warned fuel retailers not to tamper with the quality of the product as the regulator will be conducting quality checks and punish those that will be...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
No changes in fuel quality: ZERA
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has dismissed claims that the quality of fuel sold in the country was now weaker, maintaining blending ratio of unleaded petrol with ethanol was consist...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 21:24hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Moral authority is a pre-requisite for Good Governance
I'm writing this article with tears, with a heavy heart Lord help Zimbabwe!!!It is not about money or power, it is about conscience, reputation, moral power & obligation. It is about the p...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 16:45hrs | | by Big Monday with Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes:
Austerity measures: Is Zimbabwe drinking poisoned chalice?
On September 7, 2018, Mthuli Ncube was appointed as Zimbabwe's Finance minister. Being a technocrat he is, his appointment brought a breath of fresh air. At least, Zanu-PF was breaking with its past o...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:18hrs | | by Cliff Chiduku
Mnangagwa's govt now printing 800 passports per day
Government has confirmed that the production of passports is improving and now stands at 800 passports per day from the previous 60, boosting chances of clearing a backlog that stands at 300 000....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 23:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe anticipates carbon dioxide production in 2020
THE production of carbon dioxide, a vital ingredient in the brewing of soft drinks, is envisaged to save Zimbabwe vast amounts in foreign currency used to import the product.It is also anticip...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by CAJ News
When 'skinning a live snake' is not working
SOON after Fortune Chasi was sworn in as Energy minister in May, he admitted that the country was in a rut. In spelling out his immediate plan to avert power shortages, Chasi vowed to skin a live snak...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Cliff Chiduku
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