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Diesel prices fall slightly
Local motorists and businesses are enjoying a modest but welcome reprieve as diesel prices steadily declined over the first half of 2025.From January to June, the price of diesel dropped by ab...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:40hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube hikes fuel levy
The Government of Zimbabwe has increased the Strategic Fuel Reserve Levy on petrol and diesel as part of a broader effort to safeguard national fuel supplies and price stability amid rising global mar...Published: 14 May 2025 at 08:33hrs | 1228 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ranks 3rd African country highest diesel prices
Unlike last month, when diesel prices in Africa were reported to have been fluctuating, diesel prices in the continent for the current month seems stable.While this may appear as a positive, i...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:19hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Fuel price hike expected this month
In March 2025, Zimbabwean consumers will see a slight increase in petrol prices, with the price per litre rising to US$1.54 from US$1.53 in February. On the other hand, diesel prices have experienced ...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 10:38hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Fuel price decrease brings welcome relief to SA consumers
Consumers in South Africa will be able to stretch their rands a little further this month after the fuel price decreases were announced this past week.The Department of Mineral Resources and E...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:39hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel prices hiked as regional fuel prices drop
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has raised fuel prices with effect from 4 January 2024. South Africa's Mineral Resources and Energy Department published the official fuel price...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:58hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel most expensive in Sadc
According to the latest report by the social justice watchdog, Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd), fuel prices in Zimbabwe are among the highest in the Southern African Development C...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zera cuts US-dollar diesel price
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has announced a drop in the price of diesel in forex terms for this month while blend petrol remains at the same price in line with the trends on the in...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telcos in another staggered price review
ZIMBABWE'S main telecommunication companies are set for another price adjustment on April 1, 2023, as operator battle to offset rising operational costs.The telecoms industry will review tarif...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 20:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZERA Raises Fuel Prices
Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has raised fuel prices in its latest review, which is effective January 26, 2023.In a statement seen by Bulawayo24.com, the regulator said petrol wo...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 10:36hrs | 44 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Petrol price drops to $1.48 USD
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has announced new fuel prices as of today the 21st of December 2022.The price of Petrol has since dropped from US $1.50 per litre to US $1.48 pe...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 13:00hrs | 1 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
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 | 2 | 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 | 2 | by Staff Reporter
South Africa becoming another Zimbabwe, unions plan national shutdown
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is planning a national shutdown to protest the rising costs of living in the country and the ongoing energy crisis.SAFTU is the country's s...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:42hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
TelOne groans under sub-economic tariffs
STATE-OWNED telecommunications company TelOne is reeling under high inflation which has impeded profitability while sub-economic tariffs are threatening to sink the firm.TelOne's last tariff r...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 10:04hrs | 10 | 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
Ramaphosa hikes petrol, diesel prices
The price of 95-octane unleaded petrol will rise by R2,33 a litre from today, while 93-octane unleaded petrol will go up by R2,43 a litre, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy announced yest...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:28hrs | | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's economic projections unrealistic
ECONOMIC analysts have dismissed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's inflation and economic growth forecasts as unrealistic as they did not factor in the rising global oil crisis and the country's gallopi...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ditches fuel blending
Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has announced that the petrol blending ratio has been reduced to zero. In a statement, ZERA advised that the blending ratio has been reviewed from E...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zera defers fuel price adjustment
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) yesterday advised fuel operators to continue using the December 2021 fuel prices as it monitors developments on the international market and awaits fina...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 19:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
High inflation drives cost of living
USAID food security arm, FEWS NET, says the cost of living in rural and urban areas continues to increase mainly driven by high inflation. In FEWS NET's December 2020 report, the food security organis...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash to hike transaction charges in January
THE country's largest mobile money platform, Ecocash, says it would adjust its transaction charges by up to 20 percent starting next month citing the need to cover rising operating costs.The c...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 17:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farmers protest diesel price hike
THE recent increase in the price of diesel by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulation Authority (Zera) looks set to negatively affect farmers in the ongoing 2020/21 cropping season, the Daily News can report....Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zera hikes diesel price
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) yesterday announced a 19 percent price hike for diesel, which took immediate effect.In a new fuel price notice, diesel is now $97,24 and US$1,19...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 20:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in new wave of price increases
ZIMBABWE is witnessing another wave of massive price increases, following the presentation of the 2019 mid-term fiscal policy review, which are further decimating citizens' incomes.In the mid-...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economic crisis has shifted to another level
THE ascendency to power of the incumbent President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on November 24, 2017 was a genesis to the generality of Zimbabweans; a genesis – or so it seemed, ...Published: 28 May 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Fuel price hike a step in some direction
With the unending queues and the bond crashing against the dollar, the Energy ministry has once again raised fuel prices to stem the so-called 'under-recoveries' of oil companies. According to the lat...Published: 26 May 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Fuel prices go up again
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority has announced new fuel prices which will take effect on 08 April.ZERA said in a statement, "The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority advises that in te...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 09:36hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
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
ZERA rules out fuel price hike
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (ZERA) has said the country has enough fuel stocks for the market and Government will not increase its prices in the near future. As such, there is...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel price hike rumour trashed
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Joram Gumbo has assured motorists not to panic as Government is not planning to increase fuel prices again. His assurance comes after reports on social media indi...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe crisis: What you need to know
Zimbabwe's anti-government protest strike has entered day three with streets, particularly in Harare, said to be deserted.Here is what you need to know....Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'South Africa has turned a blind eye on Zimbabwe'
Brandishing a poster reading: "The untold suffering of Zimbabweans", a group of around 100 protesters demonstrated outside Zimbabwe's embassy in Pretoria on Wednesday morning.The demonstrators...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
After the demonstrations ED will not put the fuel prices down
The hike in fuel prices, especially diesel, is likely to have a spiralling effect on the surging inflation over the medium-term horizon. The government's step to hike fuel prices would further aggrava...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:27hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Stiff penalties for errant fuel firms
Owners of oil companies and service stations that cheat in buying or selling fuel face heavy penalties under new regulations gazetted at the weekend which also show that almost all the fuel price incr...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Petrol, diesel prices go up
THE price of fuel has gone up, but the supply of the resource remained subdued yesterday as most service stations were without both petrol and diesel.Chaos has become the order of the day at f...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has adequate fuel stocks, claims Gumbo
ENERGY minister Joram Gumbo says Zimbabwe has adequate fuel stocks, despite the reemergence of queues, and blamed social media for causing panic among motorists.Fuel queues, which had disappea...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now has the cheapest fuel prices in Southern Africa
The unofficial three-tier forex pricing system now prevalent in the Zimbabwean market space, comprising of the USD/Bond Note pricing, the USD/RTGS deposit pricing and the Bond Note/RTGS pricing, has i...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 18:38hrs | 3 | by Martin Majaji
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Diesel price slashed
Government has reduced the price of Diesel 50 from US$1,30 to US$1,22 per litre with effect from tomorrow as part of efforts to peg a realistic price of the eco-friendly fuel.The new price com...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 17:37hrs | 1 | by Staffr eporter
Bakers selling under-weight bread
Investigations by Standardbusiness have revealed that bread makers in Zimbabwe are short-changing consumers by making and selling bread weighing less than the government stipulated mass of 700g per lo...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 08:12hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Fuel prices go up
THE price of fuel went up this week by about three percent, on average, precipitated by poor sugarcane production in the Lowveld.At most filling stations, petrol prices have gone up by an aver...Published: 11 May 2017 at 21:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drop in fuel price revives cross border trade
A recent decrease in the price of petrol, diesel and paraffin has resuscitated the cross border petroleum trade between Botswana and Zimbabwe, The Voice reported.For the past year or s...Published: 24 Sep 2015 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe slashes fuel prices
Government has reduced petrol and diesel prices by seven and five US cents respectively, as it continues working on economic variables that directly affect competitiveness.A Statutory Instrume...Published: 13 Sep 2015 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel to go down to $1,32 petrol, $1,20 diesel
Zimbabwe fuel prices should be significantly lower than they currently are even when costs are added, the Ministry of Energy and Power Development said today.Government has directed all fuel ...Published: 09 Jan 2015 at 16:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Zimbabwe fuel prices
There is outrage over Zimbabwe's refusal to slash fuel prices after a 50 percent price markdown in global oil prices.The price of Brent crude oil fell below $50 a barrel for the first time on...Published: 09 Jan 2015 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fraudulent Filling Station - workers face uncertain future
Indigenous fuel importing company Glow Petroleum faces a bleak future as investigations into allegations of massive customs duty fraud intensify.Reports from company sources in Harare clai...Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 22:44hrs | 40 | by Staff Reporter
Gwanda fuel price exposes fuel import scam
The ridiculously low fuel price charged at a Gwanda filling station first exposed by Bulawayo24 news has led to an exposure of a massive fuel smuggling fraud reaching millions of dollars.A...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 08:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Sudanese police fire tear gas at protestors
Khartoum - Sudanese police fired tear gas on Monday into a university campus where female students were protesting, the university head said on the eighth day of demonstrations sparked by rising fuel ...Published: 30 Sep 2013 at 10:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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