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Mnangagwa duped by form 2 dropout?
In an embarrassing turn of events that echoes the infamous 2007 Rotina Mavhunga Chinhoyi diesel scam, Zimbabwean inventor Maxwell Chikumbutso has been caught misleading President Emmerson Mnangagwa wi...Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:47hrs | 3689 | by Staff reporter
SA court hears how diesel consignment from British oil company to Zimbabwe 'disappeared'
British oil company BP claimed to have exported a consignment of diesel to Zimbabwe in 2019 - but the fuel never arrived.A case brought by the South African Revenue Service (Sars) in a South A...Published: 17 Jan 2024 at 05:09hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims Zanu-PF fulfilled 2018 election promises
AS Zimbabweans continue to suffocate under the hyperinflation environment and many other challenges, President Emmerson Mnangagwa says much has been achieved by the Second Republic in last five years....Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
South Africa diesel mixed with paraffin, says Mantashe
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe warned of a growing trend of diesel-paraffin mixtures being sold as diesel at petrol stations.In a parliamentary debate on Wednesday, he sa...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Panic as fuel shortages loom in Zimbabwe
A FUEL crisis is looming as major dealers say they are struggling to stock up because of foreign currency shortages, which they say are threatening their viability.Fuel dealers say they may be...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ally lifts lid on Tagwirei's business exploits
SOUTH AFRICA-BASED Zimbabwean anti-sanctions campaigner, Rutendo Matinyarare, has lifted the lid on how controversial Kudakwashe Tagwirei took risks to build his business empire from his retrenchment ...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russia-Ukraine war: Zimbabwe braces for severe crisis
ZIMBABWE should brace for more price hikes of basic commodities and debilitating fuel hikes in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war with observers this week warning the situation in the country may get ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fuel crisis spark fare hikes
THE fuel crisis that has affected the country in the past week has sparked increases in transport costs, with transporters hiking their fares ahead of the festive season.Since last week, trans...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:10hrs | 9 | 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 | 9 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Courts grind to a halt
COURT processes at the Beitbridge magistrates courts were stalled and many cases had to be postponed last week after officials from the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) failed to tran...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:22hrs | | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA car dealers close shop at border
SEVERAL car dealerships on the South African side of the border at Beitbridge have started closing shop or relocating to either Mozambique or Botswana due to low business. It has emerged that ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Vaya proposes fix to fuel & forex problem
CASSAVA Smartech's logistics unit, Vaya, has accelerated the introduction of its new services - Vaya Carpool and Vaya Shuttle - in a bid to help alleviate the fuel crisis in Zimbabwe. Ch...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
An economy cannot be managed by propaganda
AN economy cannot be managed through propaganda. Back in high school, the term "propaganda"used to tickle us as students of history.The famed Oxford Dictionary defines propaganda as informatio...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Learnmore Zuze
4 'mysteries' of Zim'babwe's economic crisis
Zimbabwe continues to groan under the crushing weight of an economic disaster rapidly manifesting through hyper-inflation, capital flight and a crippling energy crisis, among other symptoms of economi...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:12hrs | 2 | by Learnmore Zuze
Fortune Chasi is not the right Minister for Energy Docket
I want to take this opportunity to blame President ED Mnangagwa for appointing a wrong person to the Ministry of Energy. If the appointment was not a 'political trap', the President should have consid...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 16:24hrs | | by Don Chigumba
'Fuel prices to cause civil unrest'
The ever increasing price of fuel is bound to cause civil unrest in the country gender activist Lina Masarira-Kaingidza has warned.Linda's warning comes after the Zimbabwe Energy Regulat...Published: 21 May 2019 at 14:53hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti wants Zimbabwe to redollarise
THE crippling fuel and power shortages facing Zimbabwe are likely to get worse if government fails to deal with price distortions on the market, former Finance minister Tendai Biti has said.Sp...Published: 20 May 2019 at 16:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel crisis has nothing to do with MDC unconstitutionalism
Some of the problems Zimbabwe is facing today are clearly due to faulty thinking resulting in people mixing issues —and not knowing what the idiom "fair game" means.For starters, if Presiden...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:32hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Joram Gumbo's tenure littered with allegations of corruption
FORMER Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo was this week unceremoniously demoted to a junior ministerial post due to a string of corruption allegations, gross incompetence and fuel short...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chasi strikes Mthuli with fuel fortune
A fuel crisis is any significant bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. it often refers to one of the energy sources used at a certain time and place, in particular those used as ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 09:25hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa sacks Gumbo, NOIC boss
Amid a deepening electricity and fuel crisis, President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday reshuffled Energy and Power Development Minister Jorum Gumbo and appointed Zanu-PF's rising star Fortune Chasi, fo...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:19hrs | 13 | by ZimLive
How Mnangagwa's government is perpetuating fuel crisis
When the fuel crisis escalated last January, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was forced to announce a 150% price increase.Amid the outrage and riots which followed, one important detail went larg...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:11hrs | 15 | by newZWire
Zimbabwe fuel crisis could get worse, warns Mnangagwa ally
Long fuel queues formed around Zimbabwe on Monday, on the same day that the Energy Minister Joram Gumbo warned it might get worse.Zimbabwe's problem is simple: Trafigura and Glencore have mil...Published: 07 May 2019 at 06:12hrs | 6 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa in a fix
With only less than a month gone after their pay cheques were reviewed upwards, government workers are pushing for another cost of listing adjustment to cushion them from inflation, which is edging cl...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel supplies improve for ZITF
Fuel situation has improved in Bulawayo ahead of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), which started yesterday.A survey by the Southern Eye shows that fuel supplies have started to nor...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants demand fresh wage negotiations
CIVIL servants have demanded fresh negotiations with government over salary increments as the cost of living continues to rise.Early this month, government announced a salary increment ranging...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe marks 39th Independence Day amid economic crises
Thousands of people will gather today to watch a military-civilian parade in the capital, Harare, as Zimbabwe marks the 39th anniversary of its independence from Britain.Thousands of people ar...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's fuel crisis bites hard
The government is running out of time to ensure that Bulawayo has enough fuel stocks to cover the forthcoming Independence and Easter holidays, as well as the annual Zimbabwe International Trade fair ...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drama as service station pumps 400ltrs diesel into Honda Fit
There was drama at a service station in Marondera on Monday afternoon after officials there allegedly sold 400 litres of diesel to a motorist who was driving a Honda Fit, while other motorists were be...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Long fuel queues resurface...frustrate citizens
Long fuel queues have resurfaced all over the country and have irked citizens who have to stop their productive lives and spend the time queuing for the precious liquid. Zimbabweans have taken...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 17:57hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kombi crisis hits Harare
COMMUTERS were left stranded on Monday night as transport blues hit the capital due to fuel shortages.Commuters had to part with at least $3 to $5 for a one way trip in the wake of fuel shorta...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 15:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel crisis hurts business: Mudenda
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda on Friday said the resurfacing of fuel queues and electricity outages were symptomatic of challenges in the energy sector, which must be urgently resolve...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | 2 | 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 | 5 | by Staff reporter
Situation in Zimbabwe hospitals a damning indictment on government
A signature characteristic of former President Robert Mugabe (pictured)'s administration was silence in the face of crippling crises. Zimbabweans, at the height of Mugabe's rule, had become resigned t...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Learnmore Zuze
Fuel prices up by 8 cents
Retailers have hiked petrol and diesel prices by up to 8 cents per litre, adding to the burden of consumers dealing with record prices and amid rising political pressure on the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gono's jatropha project too small to ease fuel crisis, says Mangudya
FORMER RBZ Governor Gideon Gono's $3 million jatropha project's contribution to the country's fuel demands was too insignificant and cannot be considered as a viable solution to current fuel shortages...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:42hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe fuel crisis: Can someone please say the truth?
Here is a folklore allegory: imagine a man with a huge rural family of 10 children and a wife to take care of.The family knows that the man, as the breadwinner, goes on several hunting expedit...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Fuel crisis grounds road projects
THE on-going fuel crisis has crippled road construction projects, as contractors say they are failing to complete works within the required time frame.Briefing journalists during a tour of roa...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel crisis deepens
Hundreds of people were left stranded late Monday after a sudden shortage of fuel with public transport operators hiking fares.Reports of people walking on foot to areas like Glen Norah and Ma...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:43hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe's fuel crisis: The role of policy errors
Dear Mr President,I write this letter to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe who has been a lifetime student of policymaking, with a particular interest on using policy to achieve equity and social j...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Zii Masiye
Mnanagwa's mega projects stall
AFTER earning the uncanny title of "Mr Groundbreaking" for his vast portfolio of much-publicised investment "mega deals" which are taking rather too long to be implemented, President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Expected to Correct Mistakes in Mini-Cabinet Reshuffle
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has hinted that he will name the new resident minister for Harare Province, almost 6 months after appointing his cabinet.The ZANU PF First Secretary is also ex...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 20:41hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans be wary of Chamisa and Mnangagwa the two lawyers
I write this article with great sadness aiming to draw to your attention some alarming political posturing behavioural trends that I have deduced from analysing the rise, sustenance of political power...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 12:49hrs | 2 | by Terence Simbi
Zimbabwe's ingenious intelligence services and a liability Head of State
That shocking erroneous diagnosis grossly lacking real intelligence! Deliberate or otherwise! The inability to see and act on that daily shimmering hot potato pot since the first of August 2018! ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:36hrs | | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Zimbabwe has become a lawless state?
Zimbabwe has been skirting a constitutional crisis since November 2017, and, despite the optimism of the international and regional community, in our view the government has finally plunged the countr...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:34hrs | 1 | by Ibbo Mandaza & Tony Reeler
Mnangagwa warn plotters
Serious fresh ructions have emerged in Zanu-PF, resulting in two prominent members of the former liberation movement revealing explosive details over the past few days of an apparent plot to topple Pr...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 16:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's education minister pleads with teachers
Education minister Paul Mavhima has implored teachers to give the on-going national joint negotiations a chance, cautioning that industrial action will disadvantage the students. This came after Zimta...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Call for Sadc special summit on Zimbabwe
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) under the banner of Southern African People's Solidarity Network (Sapsn) have pleaded with the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to call for an extraordi...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers deployed to guard ZUPCO buses
GOVERNMENT has deployed armed soldiers and details from the police para-military Support Unit to man buses carrying passengers after last week's fierce rioting saw cars torched by angry protesters dur...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:40hrs | | by newzimbabwe
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