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Zimbabwe govt secures 100 million litres of petrol
GOVERNMENT claims it has secured 100 million litres of petrol, enough to last the entire festive season.This was revealed in a confidential update circulated among cabinet ministers Sunday, as...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:44hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Petrol supplies return to normal
Heavy pumping from Beira to Feruka and on to Msasa has already seen 28 million litres of petrol arrive in Zimbabwe and being distributed rapidly ensuring most service stations were able to resume petr...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 06:57hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
No need to panic over fuel: ZERA
Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) chief executive Edington Mazambani said that people should not panic over fuel crisis that has been experienced in the nation because everything is under co...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 21:30hrs | 426 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Fuel availability normalises
FUEL availability across the country is set to improve beginning today, following the completion of scheduled maintenance work on a fuel pumping terminal at the port of Beira in Mozambique, allowing f...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:07hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in another scary helicopter landing
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's two helicopters bound for Chimanimani in Manicaland province were Wednesday morning made a sudden U-turn in Mutare.According to reports the choppers later landed...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:24hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in another mid-air scare
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's two Chimanimani-bound helicopters were yesterday forced to make a U-turn after reaching Mutare only to land in a golf course in Marondera, with one of them landing awkwa...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:22hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa hits back at Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said the era of leaders who abuse State institutions to illegally stay in power was over, warning President Emmerson Mnangagwa that opposition supporters w...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now medical oxygen, industrial gas sufficient
ZIMBABWE is now medical oxygen and industrial gas sufficient following the official opening of its first Air Separation Unit (ASU) plant expected to transform the country's health and agricultural sec...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bad weather blows Mnangagwa's Mutare trip
BAD weather derailed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's trip to Mutare at the weekend where he was expected to commission a medical oxygen and industrial gas plant at Feruka, sources have said.Mna...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's helicopter was forced to return to Harare after failing to land in Mutare
PRESIDENT Emerson Mnangagwa's helicopter was forced to return to Harare after failing to land in Mutare due to thick fog which led to security personnel raise fears it could crash in the mountainous b...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:59hrs | 6 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Zimbabwe plans new US$1.3bn oil pipeline, finally ending Feruka monopoly
Zimbabwe plans to build a second US$1.3 billion oil pipeline to supply fuel into the country and the region, a deal that would end years of lobbying and rivalry between powerful oil interests....Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 21:29hrs | 50 | by newzwire
Zimbabwe firms fret over Mozambique crisis
ZIMBABWE'S industries have warned that a deadly insurgency roiling neighbouring Mozambique has emerged as the greatest threat to power and fuel imports that could further hurt Harare's fragile economy...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's vast tentacles grip Zimbabwe government
KUDAKWASHE Tagwirei's influence on government in recent years has been unmatched.The shadowy businessman has emerged one of the biggest beneficiaries of the November 2017 military coup which o...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:26hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa-Tagwirei links getting clearer
THE other day I was talking to a respected colleague who said something that got me thinking hard and long.The colleague — who, sure, has access to President Emmerson Mnangagwa now and then ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:49hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
UK company proposes US$850m fuel pipeline for Zimbabwe
A UNITED Kingdom-registered oil company with strong South African links, Coven Energy Limited, has tabled an ambitious US$850 million investment proposal to construct Zimbabwe's second fuel pipeline i...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 21:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Furore over special road fee
THE monthly Special Road Levy being charged on every property in Mutare has become a charade given potholed roads across the eastern border city which are now an eyesore.The roads are now also...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2021 National Budget: The Good & the Bad
Zimbabwe's 2021 national budget set a taxing agenda with a 126% jump in budgeted revenues from ZW$173 billion (About US$2.12 billion) anticipated in 2020 to ZW$391.8 billion (US$4.8 billion) budgeted ...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 13:54hrs | 5 | by Victor Bhoroma
RRB controversially pays off NOIC's debt to Tagwirei's Sakunda
Shocking revelations have emerged that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is servicing a US$17,2 million debt owed by the national oil and infrastructure company (NOIC) to Sakunda holdings.NOI...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt detests being held to account
GOVERNMENT'S failure to answer critical questions around the procurement of Zupco buses using public funds in a deal that involves Landela Investments is indicative of a government that is averse to s...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$5,2bn coal fuels project left to rot
PARLIAMENT yesterday grilled Finance ministry officials over a US$5,2 billion coal project spearheaded by Verify Engineering which failed to attract investors due to the poor investment climate prevai...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Journalist robbed at gunpoint
ZIMPAPERS' Mutare-based journalist Abel Zhakata was reportedly robbed of US$2 000 cash, an undisclosed amount of bond notes and cellphones at gunpoint at his Dangamvura home on Wednesday night....Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | | 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
Does Brother Mthuli Ncube live in Zimbabwe?
Hope is the expectation, against all rational considerations, that desires will be fulfilled miraculously.When the "new dispensation" was introduced in Zimbabwe, we hoped against past experien...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:51hrs | | by Kennet Mufuka
Zimbabwe should fully liberalize the petroleum industry
It has become apparent that the Zimbabwean government is failing to sustain its fuel subsidy in the economy due to foreign currency shortages. The rationale for such a subsidy has been to bring price ...Published: 18 May 2019 at 18:23hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
When will Zanu-PF admit that it has failed the people of Zimbabwe?
The narrative that economic sanctions have hurt Zimbabwe is a false notion, a fallacy .The only sanction is failure to access loans from The Bretton Woods Institutions by the government and purchase o...Published: 15 May 2019 at 05:18hrs | 1537 | by AT Kadada
NOIC to assume full ownership of Feruka-Harare fuel pipeline
THE Competition and Tariffs Commission (CTC) has approved a deal in which State-owned National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) assumes full ownership of the Feruka-Harare fuel pipeline a...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel consumption declines
The consumption of diesel and petrol plunged by almost 1,5 million litres and 1,8 million litres per day respectively between January and February this year, compared to previous months on the back of...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:42hrs | 2321 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt set to ferry fuel by road
GOVERNMENT is considering bringing in fuel by road after Cyclone Idai flattened Mozambique's port city of Beira linking the country's fuel pipeline.The port, which houses the control room whic...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beira-Harare fuel pipeline to reopen next month
THE Companhiado De Pipeline Mozambique-Zimbabwe (CPMZ) fuel pipeline, which transports fuel from Beira to Harare, will resume operations early next month after authorities closed it two weeks ago as a...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:47hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Fuel shortages worsen
MOTORISTS here have for the past week endured stock outs of fuel supplies, indicating a worsening fuel situation in the petroleum industry.So bad has been the situation that even the pump stat...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone did not affect fuel pipeline, says Gumbo
Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Jorum Gumbo says the Cyclone Idai devastating effects did not affect the feruka pipeline which pumps fuel from Beira to Zimbabwe as being reported.Dr G...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe blocks US$1bn pipeline project
THE Ministry of Energy has blocked a plan by South African-owned Mining, Oil and Gas Services Company (MOGS) to construct a US$1 billion 550-kilometre fuel pipeline from Beira to Harare, arguing that ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces fuel shortages as Cyclone Idai destroys Beira
FEARS abound of possible crippling fuel and wheat shortages in Zimbabwe after cyclone Idai destroyed some "90 percent" of the Mozambican Port city of Beira.Beira is a key route for delivery of...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:36hrs | 1887 | by Staff reporter
'Freedom that never was'
We continue chronicling the political life of Agrippa Samuriwo. The former Whawha detainee who tells our Deputy News Editor Levi Mukarati – from his farm in Chitomborwizi, Mashonaland West Province ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:48hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
'Fuel import liberalisation to ease forex demand'
BUSINESS and analysts say the move by government to liberalise fuel imports will ease pressure on forex demands and improve supply of the commodity across the country.Zimbabwe relies on fuel i...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Investor interest in 2nd Zimbabwe fuel pipeline grows'
Several companies have expressed interest in constructing a second fuel pipeline from Beira, Mozambique to Harare in line with Zimbabwe's plans to create a regional fuel distribution hub, Energy and P...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 protesters jailed 3 years each
TEN suspected MDC-Alliance supporters, who were part of a gang that went on the rampage last month destroying property and vehicles during violent protests in Mutare, have each been sentenced to three...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel consumption rises 650%?
Daily consumption of both diesel and petrol in Zimbabwe rose by 342 percent and 650 percent respectively between April and October 2018, putting Government under huge pressure to provide adequate fore...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe looking at introducing local crude oil refinery
Zimbabwe should seriously consider establishing a local crude oil refinery as a way of cutting the ballooning fuel bill, according to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera).Zimbabwe's...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:40hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel shortages worsen
FUEL queues have re-emerged around the country with government attributing the development to erratic foreign currency allocations but insisting the country has enough stocks to last the next 18 month...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 08:10hrs | 7519 | by newzimbabwe
Fuel shortages resurface again
Government assured motorists yesterday that there were no shortages of fuel and urged them not to engage in panic buying after long queues built up at filling stations.Lengthy fuel queues were...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 11:38hrs | 2821 | by STaff reporter
Zinara officials use personal bank accounts for business
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) and National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) were using personal bank accounts for employees outside Harare to administer cash transact...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Royal Bafokeng subsidiary embroiled in Zimbabwe fuel confusion?
Government insiders have alleged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special advisor Christopher Mutsvangwa, was hammering Sakunda Holdings boss Kudakwashe Tagwirei because he was keen to replace domi...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 06:13hrs | 2554 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei drives wedge between Mnangagwa, allies
Businessman Kuda Tagwirei, has triggered off fresh fissures within Zanu-PF and government, with the Sakunda Holdings founder wittingly or unwittingly driving a wedge between President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 13:30hrs | 7376 | by Staff reporter
Fuel mogul splits Mnangagwa's govt
Businessman Kuda Tagwirei, has triggered off fresh fissures within Zanu-PF and government, with the Sakunda Holdings founder wittingly or unwittingly driving a wedge between President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 07:37hrs | 9088 | by Staff reporter
Captured Joram Gumbo defends Queen Bee
GOVERNMENT has de-regulated the importation of fuel and reports of the existence of a monopoly or cartel are baseless and without foundation, Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo has s...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreign firms show interest in Zimbabwe's new fuel pipeline
Government is in discussions with two foreign companies interested in setting up a second fuel pipeline connecting Zimbabwe and Beira, the port–city of Mozambique, according to Energy and Power Deve...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deregulates fuel imports
Government has deregulated the importation of fuel and reports of the existence of a monopoly or cartel are baseless, Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo has said. He said the...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbo defends Sakunda boss AKA 'Queen B'
An explosive social media broadcast by a Zanu-PF insider last week sparked debate about an alleged cartel controlling fuel distribution in the country amid allegations of abuse of foreign currency....Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inside the fierce war for control of Zimbabwe's fuel industry
A fierce war is brewing behind the scenes for control of Zimbabwe's fuel industry pitting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's allies following a bid by a South Afric...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
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