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Long fuel queues resurface
Long fuel queues resurfaced in Harare and other parts of the country yesterday as most service stations went dry, with many motorists resorting to panic buying.Motorists queue for fuel at a se...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
Poly student burns 'wizard' granddad
A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo allegedly doused his maternal grandfather with petrol and set him alight leading to his death, after accusing him of bewitching him. Kudzai Munemo, a Bulawayo P...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:48hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
$6m ethanol project takes shape
The National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) is targeting to complete the construction of two ethanol storage tanks with capacity of 6 million litres at its Mabvuku Depot in Harare by en...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:39hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Govt speaks on fuel situation
Erratic fuel supplies being experienced throughout the country have now been addressed, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday.Zera chief execu...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:28hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Fuel shortage hits Mvurwi
Fuel shortage has hit Mvurwi in Mashonaland Central. In the photo below people are seen queuing, holding empty fuel containers at Glow Petroleum service station.Apparently six service stations hav...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 14:38hrs | 1086 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man crush ex-wife car with haulage truck
A MUTARE man has been hauled before the courts on malicious damage to property charges after he allegedly drove a haulage truck into his ex-wife Toyota Raum in an apparent fit of rage.Fungai K...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:01hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Fuel shortage rocks Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S economic challenges continue to mount with key towns, Beitbridge and Victoria Falls, running out of fuel.The fuel shortage comes at a time the country is facing a wave of price incr...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:49hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy skids
Analysts have raised fears that the country's troubled economy could soon plunge into another full blown crisis akin to the ugly 2008 hyper-inflationary era — unless the government acts urgently to ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 15:46hrs | 1908 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF offices set on fire?
ZANU-PF offices in Caledonia, on the out-skirts of Harare, were early yesterday morning burnt down in act of suspected arson. Police confirmed the burning of the building which also housed Ton...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 12:59hrs | 3697 | by Staff reporter
No fuel crisis, says Mangudya
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya has assured the nation that there is no fuel crisis as the central bank allocated enough foreign currency to suppliers. Dr Mangudya, wh...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel consumption spikes 24%
Fuel consumption has spiked 24 percent to 752,4 million litres between January and June this year, largely in response to rising economic activity sparked by renewed investor confidence following the ...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
Man destroys wife's car
A Mutare man has been charged of destroying his wife's car in a fit of rage after finding her in the company of her lover at a filling station before they had separated.Fungai Kufakunesu, 42, ...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 15:53hrs | 3162 | by Staff reporter
Goblins dispute taken to court
A WITCHRAFT storm ravaging a Mutambara family has spilled into the courts as an aggrieved woman has hauled her husband's relatives before a Mutare magistrate seeking a protection order against her in-...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:35hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Fake CIOs 'fund-raise' for Mnangagwa inauguration
An Air Zimbabwe employee and an accomplice allegedly misrepresented to the chief executive officers of ZB Bank and NetOne that they were intelligence operatives before seeking "donations" for the inau...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:21hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Zimra collects more than budgeted
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says revenue performance remains on a positive trajectory, with gross collections for July hitting $406,13 million, which was 20,80 percent above target. Zimra's...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:36hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Mutare service station razed down
Mutare City Council's fire department is investigating the cause of a fire that razed down Glow Petroleum service station and three vehicles on Monday.A diesel tanker and two vehicles that wer...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:19hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tours controversial ARDA Antelope project
Acting President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga has arrived at ARDA Antelope Estate in Maphisa, Matobo District, to appreciate operations at the facility.He is accompanied by Lands, Agri...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 13:23hrs | 2193 | by Ndou Paul
Zimbabwe economy burns as Chamisa, Mnangagwa fight
It is a crying shame that Zimbabwe's political stalemate, in the wake of the hotly-disputed July 30 presidential poll, has pushed the urgent need for the country to fix its ailing economy on the back-...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 16:22hrs | 2003 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere challenges rates bill
FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's petroleum business, Comoil (Pvt) Ltd, has filed an appearance to defend notice at the High Court seeking to challenge the $8 543 rates bill claim ...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:51hrs | 2705 | by Staff reporter
No to power sharing with Chamisa
Richard Nixon said that one must never be satisfied with losing. He said that after losing one should get terribly angry at losing. He goes on to say that "the mark of the good loser is that he takes ...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:14hrs | 710 | by Nick Mangwana
A false new dawn for Zimbabwe
The afternoon after Zimbabwe's historic Monday July 30 elections, I was trying to assuage the fears of Jason Burke, the correspondent for the London newspaper, the Guardian, that chaos and violence wo...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 10:59hrs | 1841 | by David B. Moore
Residents condemn MDC Alliance violence
Harare residents yesterday denounced violence unleashed by MDC Alliance hooligans in the central business district saying the party had exposed its violent nature to the whole world. Most resi...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:19hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere sued over business rates
FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's petroleum distribution company, Comoil (Pvt) Ltd, has been taken to court over an $8 543 rates bill to the Gweru City Council.The local au...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 06:59hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
How Nelson Chamisa lost the elections
If you were looking for the perfect candidate to run in an elections after over three decades of undemocratic rule to replace a dictator who is 94 years, you would probably assume that someone young, ...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:37hrs | 14471 | by Jealousy Dutiro
ZimCoke revives ZiscoSteel's Coke plant
ZimCoke (Pvt) Limited plans to invest $133 million towards resuscitation of the Coke Oven Battery plant segment of the defunct steelmaker, ZiscoSteel. At full tilt the project is expected to produce 5...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 06:47hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has enough fuel stocks: Govt
GOVERNMENT has said there is no need for fuel panic buying as the country has adequate supplies and people should ignore social media claims that there will be a shutdown of petrol stations as this is...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:20hrs | 65 | 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 | 740 | by Staff reporter
The dirty truth about OIL
What does "oil" make you think of? Do "invasions" and "emissions" top your list? Why have leaders thought it worth spilling so much blood for the sake of this pungent mud? And why has it been so hard ...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 10:13hrs | 2587 | by Erick Matotoba
Pressure on petrol prices
Petrol prices are marginally increasing at some pump stations after holding steady for the better part of the month.Observers fear the increases, blamed on bottlenecks in the supply chain, cou...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's rigging allegations: A case of history repeating itself
Those who have meticulously followed developments on Zimbabwe's political landscape since President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed the date of the 2018 harmonised elections will, no doubt, concur with ...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:28hrs | 557 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Competition Commission probes NOIC's 50% acquisition of Petrozim
THE Competition and Tariffs Commission (CTC) has launched a probe into the acquisition of PetroZim's 50% stake by the National Oil infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (Noic), NewsDay reported.I...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:21hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa taken to task over mass dismissals
A workers' union has emerged pitching its narrative around the mass dismissal of workers following a Supreme Court judgment in July 2015 in which MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa was...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:31hrs | 1049 | by Staff rpeorter
Retrenched workers revisit Supreme Court ruling
A workers' representative body comprising retrenched workers from the 2015 landmark Supreme Court ruling that terminated thousands of employment contracts has revisited this ruling, hoping for a redre...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 16:35hrs | 1782 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa - The devil's advocate
Today's press conference of the Zimbabwean Workers for Justice is an important moment for all Zimbabwean workers. It is a wake up call.An organization battling the high profile Zuva Petroleum ...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 10:43hrs | 3392 | by Knowledge Moyo
Violence runs in the MDC Alliance's DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is defined as "a thread-like chain of nucleotides carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organi...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 15:55hrs | 877 | by Elijah Chihota
Sanctions poser for mega fuel project
The $5,2 billion coal-to-fuel joint venture project between Government and a Canadian investor planned for Lisulu, Hwange, is facing inordinate delays after it emerged that economic sanctions imposed ...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 12:56hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
More fuel price hikes coming
MOTORISTS should brace for more fuel price hikes as oil prices continue to move northwards while government insists on controlling the fuel industry and maintaining a myriad of taxes on the sector, a ...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 10:52hrs | 6300 | by Staff reporter
Fuel truck blaze kills 'nine' in Nigeria
A petrol tanker has caught fire in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, killing at least nine people, officials say.More than 50 vehicles, including five buses, were set ablaze after the truck ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:45hrs | 1334 | by BBC
Tips_for treating laser hair removal burns
Laser hair removal burns can be very painful. The worst part is that they don't just go away. The pain lasts for many days or even weeks. As soon as you suffer from the said problem, you have to follo...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:24hrs | 280 | by Agencies
Privacy and the voter's roll
AS the election period unfolds some interesting legal issues and questions are creeping into public conversations. One of the most topical issues this past week concerned the propriety and legality of...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 06:37hrs | 295 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Transporters forced to bus people to Mnangagwa event
Guruve South legislator Patrick Dutiro has been accused of abusing ZANU PF fuel and forcing transporters to bus people to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tour at Eureka mine on Wednesday.Transp...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 12:42hrs | 2437 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulk fuel imports increase
SHIPPING agents at Beitbridge Border Post yesterday said they had observed a sharp increase in bulk fuel imports from South Africa, as the country moves to restore normal supplies following last week'...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:04hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba loses ear
A MADZIBABA Learnmore Matambudzo had his ear cut off after being suspected to be behind the death of a Retreat Farm man.The Johanne Masowe YeChishanu Madzibaba Learny was manhandled by mourner...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 14:11hrs | 2137 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: CCTV sells out POS machine suspected thieves
FOUR suspected thieves who were last week captured on camera stealing a Point of Sale (POS) machine at a Zuva Petroleum pump station appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterday facing theft ch...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:12hrs | 889 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu to lose Umguza plots
HOME Affairs minister and Zanu-PF administration secretary, Obert Mpofu, faces eviction from his rented plots at Umguza Farm after Parliament ordered the property owner - Agricultural and Rural Develo...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:49hrs | 2759 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to get $15m gas plant
A LEADING Chinese gas manufacturer, Chingases Company Limited, plans to set up a $15 million plant in Bulawayo under the Special Economic Zones (SEZs).The company, which is presently operating...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:25hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Campaign trail turns bloody
THE July 30 election campaign trail has claimed the life of a two-year-old who was reportedly abducted and brutally killed by suspected Zanu-PF activists at the weekend after his father Rambai Lumbe d...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1417 | by Staff reporter
Musakwa wins big at business awards
THE owner of Oakleigh House School in Beitbridge, Mrs Sikathele Musakwa, was the toast of the day at the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) Matabeleland Annual Business Awards ceremony held ...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:27hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Khupe supporters acquitted
Six MDC-T activists believed to be linked to Thokozani Khupe's breakaway faction were acquitted on charges of burning a bus hired by their rivals at a rally held in Bulawayo last month.The act...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:25hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
RBZ calls for calmness
ZIMBABWE started drawing down from the US$150 million African-Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) facility last week as authorities continue to locate avenues of stabilising the availability of key produ...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 11:26hrs | 2760 | by Staff reporter
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