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Fuel dealer in US$45,000 theft storm
A Harare-based fuel dealer, Michael Dzimiri (36), has appeared in court on charges of stealing fuel valued at US$45,000 from a fellow trader, Precious Mahosho (48), who operates under Smart Petroleum ...Published: 21 Jan 2025 at 13:42hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's fuel black market returns
Illegal fuel dealers have re-emerged on the streets of Bulawayo, selling smuggled petrol and diesel in defiance of government regulations mandating ethanol blending. The illicit traders claim their fu...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 12:57hrs | 6266 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's dumbest criminals arrested
In a crime that could easily top the list of Zimbabwe's "Dumbest Criminals," three Bulawayo men have been convicted for stealing 2,900 litres of diesel from Econet Wireless base stations and then sett...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 14:20hrs | 2996 | by Staff reporter
Tragedy Strikes in Chikangwe: Illegal fuel storage claims 3 lives in devastating fire
In a grim incident that unfolded on February 24, 2024, the Zimbabwe Republic Police has officially confirmed the death of three individuals following a fire outbreak at a residence in Chikangwe, Karoi...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 21:34hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
ZERA goes after unlicensed LPG, fuel dealers
Zimbabwe's Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) is set to crack down on unauthorized fuel dealers, a move that is expected to impact informal traders significantly. The surge in informality has led to n...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 petrol tankers, bus reduced to shells
FOUR petrol tankers and a bus were reduced to shells at a garage in the Willowvale area of Harare after they caught fire while suspected fuel dealers were siphoning fuel from one of the tankers....Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:51hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Gas shortage looms in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE may face shortages of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) after wholesalers were ordered to have 48kg cylinders branded at short notice or have their licences cancelled.In a notice, the Zim...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 08:42hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Fuel explosion claims one life
A Karoi fuel dealer was yesterday afternoon killed when containers of diesels exploded at a house in the farming town. The man, identified as Adam Kaponda, who was in company of two friends died on th...Published: 15 May 2023 at 18:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zera penalises 12 fuel dealers
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has prosecuted and withdrawn licences to errant petroleum dealers while some service stations were fined for mixing fuel with water, the regulator's 202...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zera slashes fuel dealership licence renewal fees
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has reduced fuel dealership licence renewal fees for 2023 by 13%.In a circular to the petroleum sector, Zera said the wholesale licence fee woul...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal fuel dealer robbed at gun point
A 33-YEAR-OLD female fuel dealer from Madlambuzi in Bulilima District, Matabeleland South Province was robbed at gunpoint by three men who had posed as clients.The dealer lost 110 litres of pe...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe announces another fuel price increase
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has increased fuel prices by at least 2,3% as economists raised fears of price hikes.According to ZERA's latest update, ZERA said traders can se...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree: A fuel smugglers paradise
FUEL smuggling is rampant along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border, with illicit traders resorting to paying bribes to evade arrest, a practice that has seen the country losing millions of dollars in potent...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimra seizes trucks, fuel over duty
A fuel dealer in Chiredzi was recently busted by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA), which impounded two trucks laden with over 46 000 litres of petrol believed to have been smuggled through Beitb...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 21:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel imports drop sharply
Zimbabweans have been forced to cut on fuel spending owing to the rolling increases of the product after global petroleum prices spiked because of the Russia-Ukraine war.Statistics from the Zi...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:18hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
NOIC in US$20m upgrade of Feruka pipeline
THE National Oil Infrastructure Company (NOIC) has partnered Mozambican fuel company Companhia do Pipeline Moçambique Zimbabwe (CPMZ) in a US$20 million Feruka pipeline upgrade project to...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1 | 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
Showdown looms at Zanu-PF youth conference
DAGGERS have been drawn ahead of the Zanu-PF national youth congress slated for tomorrow in Harare amid allegations of vote-buying and jostling for leadership positions.Over 2 000 delegates fr...Published: 03 May 2022 at 06:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to address issues fuelling inflation
TRADE unions have urged Government to promote dialogue among social partners to address issues revolving around the welfare of workers and whip into line cartels which are fuelling inflation.T...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:59hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Dealer's body dumped at suspected killer's house
The body of a Beatrice fuel dealer who recently died a few hours after he was involved in a fierce fight with his business partner over fuel dealings, was dumped at the same partner's house by his agg...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli warns fuel dealers against rejecting Zimdollar
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has warned fuel operators getting foreign currency through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) auction system that they risk losing their licenses if they continue rejecti...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:53hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Glow Petroleum opens US$1,5m facility in Vic Falls
GLOW Petroleum has opened a US$1,5 million state-of-art fuel service station in Victoria Falls and has committed to ensuring quality supplies and enhancing the tourism business growth.The gara...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:20hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Fuel to be sold in Z$
THE Government is set to roll out a local currency fuel supply programme which will see a number of garages selling the commodity in local currency.At the moment more than 90 percent of garage...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
RBZ calls for Zimdollar pricing
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya has implored public entities including local authorities to price their services in local currency. Speaking at the ongoing 2022 pre-bu...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Evidence piles against forex saboteurs
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will lea...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robber waylays gold dealer
A 36-year-old Bulawayo man lost 65 grammes of gold and a cellphone to an armed robber who had lured him to Chegutu. The man had been lured to Shamva by the robber only identified as Anyway Mun...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cash-only businesses dodging taxes
Harare's downtown businesses and other informal sector players have found a way of avoiding taxes by demanding cash transactions only, and strictly in US dollars, forcing customers to buy the greenbac...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zera defers announcement of new fuel prices to later date
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has deferred to a later date the announcement of new fuel prices.The parastatal is expected to announce new fuel prices by the fifth of every mo...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 19:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Govt closes in on 'unscrupulous' fuel dealers
GOVERNMENT has threatened stern measures, including cancelling operating licences for fuel companies importing fuel with cash sourced from the foreign currency auction system, but selling the commodit...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outcry as RTGS fuel is sold in forex
HALF of the fuel on the market is procured through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) financial facility and should be sold in local currency, but some unscrupulous garage owners who are benefitting f...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Errant fuel dealers face arrest
Petroleum companies buying fuel in local currency and then selling it in United States dollars will face prosecution and other legal action, Energy and Power Development Minister Zhemu Soda has warned...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police launch crime curbing initiatives
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a number of crime-curbing initiatives that have started to bear fruit, with community engagement strategies paying off.After a rise in criminal activities in t...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fuel dealers warned over forex pricing for 'auction fuel'
Fuel companies importing fuel and cooking gas using foreign currency they bought on the auctions have been warned that they must accept local currency from customers and cannot demand foreign currency...Published: 20 May 2021 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top cop accused of demanding kick-back
A SUSPECTED illegal fuel dealer operating in Harare has accused the officer-in-charge at Mabelreign Police Station of asking for part of the 1 000 litres of diesel confiscated from him during a raid, ...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staf reporter
90% of Zimbabwe's forex in formal market
ABOUT 90 percent of the country's foreign currency is now circulating in the formal market thereby stabilising the exchange rate and stimulating economic growth, Finance and Economic Development Minis...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Govt probes fuel companies
THE government has ordered a probe into oil companies accused of abusing a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) foreign currency facility that allows them to secure fuel - but which they are now allegedly s...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang leader arrested
A suspected machete gang leader has been arrested in Kwekwe for committing a spate of armed robberies in and around the area. Police impounded his getaway vehicle a Toyota Mark X and recovered an axe ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lumumba swindlers denied bail
TWO Platinum Fuel employees accused of stealing nearly US$200 000 in transactions they entered with other fuel dealers between November last year and January this year, have been denied bail by a Hara...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 18:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Lumumba loses US$200 000
A LOCAL fuel company lost nearly US$200 000 to its two employees during transactions they entered with other fuel dealers that occurred between November last year and January this year.Platinu...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel dealer 'killers' in court
THREE suspects, who allegedly killed an illegal fuel dealer from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo for intervening in a street fight, have appeared in court. Clifford Sibanda (24) of New Lobengu...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Fake Zacc official to appeal against sentence
THE High Court has allowed an application to appeal against sentence by a man who was charged and convicted of impersonating a Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) official.Aaron Muzungu...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Highway robbers on the prowl along Victoria Falls-Bulawayo highway
MOTORISTS using the Victoria Falls-Bulawayo highway have been urged to be vigilant amid reports of suspected highway robbers who are allegedly smashing windscreens of moving cars. This is repo...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
One person injured as refueling car catches fire
A two- tonne truck was reduced to a shell after it caught fire at a service station in Zvishavane on Monday night.The driver Mr John Mhike sustained minor burns and was discharged from hospita...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 16:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
House gutted by fire
PROPERTY worth thousands of dollars was gutted after a thatched house was caught in a veld fire on Sunday evening.Muzarabani rural dist...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Fuel prices hiked
Fuel prices have been adjusted slightly upwards to $97,93c for petrol and $83,36 for diesel, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) announced last night, while US dollar maximum prices have b...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:30hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to pounce on rowdy fuel dealers
GOVERNMENT is investigating errant fuel dealers who are blending fuel above the recommended ratios of ethanol and gasoline, short-changing consumers in the process.The southern African nation ...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Currency reforms expected to stabilise fuel sector
THE re-introduction of the Zimbabwean dollar is expected to bring stability to the fuel sector as Government tightens fiscal and monetary policies to ease pressure on foreign currency demand, National...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Dealers diverting fuel to black market'
UNSCRUPULOUS fuel dealers are allegedly diverting large volumes of the commodity to the underground markets, causing shortages on the market, the National Oil Infrastructure Company (NOIC) chairman Da...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zera raids 2 000+ illegal fuel dealers
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has raided over 2 000 illegal fuel dealers countrywide in the last seven months as part of an ongoing operation to bring sanity to the sector. C...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:32hrs | | 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
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