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Gweru, Kwekwe flagged as hotspots for fuel adulteration
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has raised alarm over rampant fuel fraud in Gweru and Kwekwe, identifying the two Midlands cities as high-risk zones where unscrupulous traders are adul...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:30hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Zambia seal deal on new refined petroleum pipeline
The Government of Zimbabwe has approved a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zambia to pave the way for the development of a new pipeline aimed at transporting refined petroleum between t...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 09:06hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
12 dead in Zimbabwe fuel tanker horror crash
Twelve people died instantly yesterday morning when a fuel tanker collided with two other vehicles near the Sebakwe River on the Harare–Bulawayo Highway in Kwekwe, Midlands Province. The tragic acci...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:55hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reserves haulage and logistics industry for citizens
Zimbabwe's Finance Act 2024, published under General Notice I 345A of 2024, has introduced an amendment to the Indigenization and Economic Empowerment Act [Chapter 14:33], designating the Haulage and ...Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 10:40hrs | 8984 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe treasury defends transit fuel tax
THE new import duty for fuel tankers in transit, paid on entry and refunded on exit, was necessary to curb the abuse of the electronic cargo tracking system, the Permanent Secretary for Finance, Econo...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 06:28hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fuel storage depot explodes
A petrol storage tank exploded resulting in a raging fire that reduced several vehicles to shells at a fuel storage depot in Kelvin West industrial area in Bulawayo yesterday.With a sudden who...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra ordered to surrender 100 000 litres of seized fuel
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has been ordered to surrender over 100 000 litres of petrol and trucks seized from a local trucking company after it emerged this was unlawfully done.Thi...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Cargo tracking improves Zimra tax compliance
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has seen improved tax compliance due to its new electronic cargo tracking system (ECTS), which has enhanced monitoring of taxpayers and transit freight in the co...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NRZ in US$3,5m rolling stock revamp
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has embarked on a programme to refurbish its rolling stock at a cost of US$3,5 million, in a move expected to improve efficiencies.The project, which in...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NRZ to cut on hired wagons, locomotives
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is working on a framework to reduce wagons and locomotives hired from third parties as part of a broader scope to save the organisation millions of dollars in f...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:21hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Driver vanishes, fuel tanker impounded
Police and other security agents have impounded a foreign registered fuel tanker at Chirundu One-Stop Border Post which was loaded with about 25 000 litres of water after the driver had attempted to d...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Fuel Tanker filled with water impounded
Police and other security agents have impounded a foreign registered fuel tanker at Chirundu One-Stop Border Post which was loaded with about 25 000 litres of water after the driver had attempted to d...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 17:42hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Meet Zimbabwe's female rand millionaires
WHAT initially started as a social networking group to keep Zimbabwean women in touch while in foreign lands, has since blossomed into a huge multi-million dollar investment.The women involved...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Security taskforce intercepts 2 fuel tankers
The national security taskforce has intercepted two fuel tankers carrying 43 000 litres of fuel that was being smuggled from South Africa to Zimbabwe via the Beitbridge Border Post. Each truck...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police red-flags family murder cases
POLICE have raised alarm over increasing murder cases involving family members countrywide.In the past week, police reported cases of three people who were allegedly killed by their relatives ...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra busts fuel/ water scam
ZIMRA intercepts three transit fuel trucks in Chirundu that are accused of smuggling fuel into the country which was meant to be transported to Zambia potentially prejudicing the country of potential ...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 18:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling cartels control Mutare
CARTELS smuggling fuel and second-hand clothes into the country have become powerful and daring to an extent of hiring earth-moving equipment to clear and periodically repair gravel roads connecting i...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC bosses divert 3 000 litres diesel
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) senior executives allegedly helped themselves to 3 000 litres of diesel originally allocated for refuse collection, road maintenance and other crucial services, it has emer...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC mum on UK based supporter's terrorism charges
MDC Alliance activist based in the United Kingdom, Martin William Chinyanga, will next year be tried by a British court on four charges of terrorism.Chinyanga was arrested by the British polic...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK exposes MDC Alliance violent streak
MDC-Alliance's violence and terror tendencies that have now found space on social media platforms have yet again hogged the limelight after a party activist with close links to the party leader Mr Nel...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
British science teacher charged for terrorism threats against Zimbabwe
A Zimbabwean-born British science teacher and opposition political activist has been indicted on four charges of inciting terrorism after allegedly urging his Facebook followers to stage a violent upr...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 07:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean based in the UK charged with Facebook terror offences
A science supply teacher has been charged with terror offences over speeches shared on his Facebook page.William Chinyanga, 50, who was born in Zimbabwe, was charged with four counts of encour...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two Zimbabweans severely burnt while stealing fuel in SA
Two Zimbabwean men were last Thursday evening severely burnt while stealing fuel from a pipeline in Kendal area near Phola, South Africa.Ngoni Nyamuruma (25) and Vimbai Magorosi (35) have sinc...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 17:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi left no registered will lawyer
THE late socialite and businessman, Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure, did not register a will to determine how his estate will be distributed, his lawyers said yesterday.According to Mr Brighton Pab...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Fuel dealers cornered
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has cornered fuel dealers who used to divert the product to the black market by adopting the Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) which tracks fuel tankers to their i...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA registered fuel smuggling tankers intercepted at Beitbridge border
Authorities at Beitbridge Border Post have heightened their anti-smuggling drive following the recent interception of three South Africa registered tankers smuggling a combined 116 000 litres of petro...Published: 09 May 2019 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The dynamics of smuggling in Zimbabwe
Catch me if you can, is a phrase that may describe the goings on at Zimbabwe's ports of entry as the Treasury continues to lose millions of dollars in revenue due to smuggling and other criminal activ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:39hrs | | 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
Road to Beira now open
OPERATIONS have normalised at Forbes Border Post in Mutare as the road to the port of Beira is now open. Haulage trucks were failing to reach the port after bridges were destroyed in Mozambique due to...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Work starts on Rutenga- Sango Xai-Xai Highway
GOVERNMENT has started preparatory work to construct the Rutenga-Sango Border Post Highway, with tenders expected to be flighted "soon", a top official has disclosed.The 150km stretch from Rut...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:21hrs | | 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
ZANU PF Youths confiscate jerrycans at fuel stations
Bulawayo ZANU PF Youths on Thursday stormed fuel service stations and confiscated all jerrycans from people who were on the queue to purchase fuel.Fuel stations are allowed to sell fuel to buy...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 11:42hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
101 fuel tankers arrive in Zimbabwe
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe Raymond Majongwe has reported that 101 fuel tankers have arrived in the country. Majongwe said he counted the tankers on his way to Harare."On my way bac...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 09:23hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe has enough fuel, claims Govt
Fuel service stations are getting the normal supplies of a combined eight million litres daily, but panic buying by motorists in anticipation of a price increase and the festive season have meant that...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt releases $60m for fuel
Government has released US$60 million towards procurement of fuel to mitigate current shortages, a situation that had seen the emergence of unscrupulous fuel dealers charging more than double the gaze...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies in nasty fight
The fight between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies Kudakwashe Tagwirei and Justice Mayor Wadyajena got nasty last week after the business mogul accused the youthful Zanu-PF legislator of being an...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt blames fuel crisis on foreign currency shortages
ENERGY minister Simon Khaya Moyo yesterday blamed the crippling fuel shortages being faced by the nation on late foreign currency allocation and ethanol shortage.Khaya Moyo told journalists in...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwe loses millions to smuggling syndicates
THE government could be losing millions of dollars in revenue via its north-eastern port of entry at Forbes Border Post due to under-declaration and false classification of goods by importers to evade...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel tankers used for drugs, ivory, arms smuggling operations across Zimbabwe - South Africa
Modified tanker trucks are at the center of a new wave of drug smuggling into and through South Africa as well as movement of illegal arms and ivory from and out of Zimbabwe, a ...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 08:49hrs | 8 | by Tapiwa Vhurundiya (Khuluma Reporter)
Concerns over road fuel transportation
PRESSURE is mounting on government to ban the transportation of imported fuel by road to allow maximum and consistent usage of the Feruka Oil Pipeline which links Mutare and Harare.The Feruka ...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 13:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Workers confront Mugabe
HARD-PRESSED Zimbabwean workers yesterday called on President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF government to immediately step down and pave way for a new transitional authority to avert a total collapse ...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel smuggling scandal exposed
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has smashed a massive fuel smuggling scandal at Beitbridge Border Post after it intercepted two tankers carrying over 40 000 litres of petrol worth more than R233 000....Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabwean entrepreneurs make Forbes '30 under 30' list
Two Zimbabwean entrepreneurs, Shaleen Manhire Nullens and Knight Ganje, are among the top 30 successful African entrepreneurs under the age of 30, according to the latest Forbes Africa 2017.Th...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 13:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
How Mugabe is breeding endemic corruption
President Robert Mugabe often presents himself as a clean politician who abhors corruption, but latest developments in his government have once again stoked accusations that the veteran ruler does...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:26hrs | 1 | by Veranda Langa
Zimra slaps hoteliers with $3,8m tax bill
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has slapped hoteliers with a US$3,8 million tax bill from outstanding obligations that accrued from the 15 percent value added tax (VAT) on food sold to fore...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP fingered in fuel tankers scam
Zanu-PF legislator for Harare East Terrence Mukupe has been mentioned in the fuel scam involving four tankers that entered the country with 140 000 litres of diesel purportedly in transit to the D...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimra revenue increases 10.8%
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority says revenue collection in the second quarter to June 2016 increased by 10,8 percent to $867 million, but was three percent below the targeted figure of $893 million...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe blasts war vets
THE First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday candidly declared that she is content with her position as secretary for Women Affairs in Zanu-PF and does not harbour any ambitions to take up a top post in the ...Published: 20 Nov 2015 at 05:25hrs | | by Felex Share
Mugabe commissions ZRP fleet of vehicles
President Mugabe yesterday officially commissioned a fleet of 97 Zimbabwe Republic Police vehicles at a ceremony held at Morris Depot.The fleet is made up of 77 new trucks and 20 buses. The Pr...Published: 15 May 2015 at 09:19hrs | 5 | by Simiso Mlevu
NRZ requires $2bn for rehabilitation of railway lines
The National Railways of Zimbabwe requires $2 billion for the full rehabilitation of railway lines over a period of 10 years, the parastatal's public relations officer has said.Speaking at th...Published: 27 Aug 2013 at 04:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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