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South Africa taxis to hike fare amid spiralling fuel hikes
South Africans who make use of minibus taxis as a means of transportation will have to brace for another cost of living increase, after a Santaco representative revealed that the organisation is set o...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 14:03hrs | 11 | 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
'Cartels controlling Zimbabwe fuel sector'
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has alleged that the country's fuel sector is run by cartels that are manipulating fuel prices.In its weekly review on socio-economic d...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zera's continued excessive fuel price increases worry Zimcodd
The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has expressed worry over the continued excessive increase of fuel price by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera).The worry ca...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:06hrs | 12 | by Stephen Jakes
Fuel hikes to worsen economic woes
GOVERNMENT yesterday increased prices of petrol and diesel by 23.78% and 18.23% respectively, a move that economists said will result in a hike in prices of basic goods and services and further erode ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blocks another fuel price increase
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has directed the Government to enforce domestic remedies, including a reduction of duty on petroleum products, to control the price of fuel which went up last week on account of ge...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:01hrs | 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 price hikes will increase price of goods and services, economists say
The recent hikes in fuel prices are likely to have an adverse impact on the economy as prices of basic commodities are likely to increase, the business community has said.The Zimbabwe Energy R...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 17:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warned over continued fuel hikes
AN economist Prosper Chitambara has warned the government against continued fuel price increases highlighting that such acts are a thorn in the flesh of current efforts to stabilise the economy....Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
US decries economic deterioration in sanction ravaged Zimbabwe
THE United States has described Zimbabwe as a deteriorating country which is worse shape compared to its heyday in the 1990s, amid concerns of an economic crisis and human rights violations that conti...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cost of living jumps to $32 540
THE average cost of living for a family of five increased to $28 853 this month, from $28 362 in April, as reports emerged that supermarkets had been computing prices based on parallel market rates....Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Supermarkets feel heat as consumers spend on fuel
ZIMBABWE'S retailers have said the government must take action against high fuel prices that have been blamed for pushing production costs up, making the environment "unpredictable and difficult" for ...Published: 28 May 2021 at 08:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zupco fares hike riles commuters
THE hiking of bus fares by the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) from $16 to $30 and $24 to $50 for kombis has riled the commuting public, with transport associations and residents saying tha...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube scoffs at poverty reports
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has dismissed reports of high poverty levels in the country arguing that the cushion extended by government to vulnerable groups had made "instant impact" and thus elimin...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Council in shock parking fees hike
Gweru City Council has increased parking fees in the central business district by 300% with motorists now expected to pay as much as $6 for one hour.According to a memorandum sent to the counc...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers Union leader issued with warrant of arrest
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president Obert Masaraure, who is accused of trying to subvert a constitutionally-elected government by urging people to protests against the fuel ...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 10:48hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
ARTUZ leader issued with warrant of arrest
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president Obert Masaraure, who is accused of trying to subvert a constitutionally-elected government by urging people to protests against the fuel ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco cops petition govt
Police officers who man the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) urban buses have petitioned government and the bus company over unpaid overtime.In the petition, seen by Southern Eye, the...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blames Mnangagwa for fuel hikes
Government failure and inaction has become an increasingly common aspect of our political system, whether it is due to political polarisation or through poor planning, which characterised the slow imp...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF rivals call for dialogue
Opposition political parties have renewed their appeal for inclusive national dialogue in the wake of the worsening economic crisis, with Nelson Chamisa's MDC party warning of calamitous demonstration...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fresh protests loom in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is now at risk of fresh protests after the cash-strapped government on Monday night unexpectedly announced that it had cancelled fuel subsidies for imports.Caught in a debilitating en...Published: 21 May 2019 at 18:10hrs | 1 | by ANA
1893 MHRRM condemns Ndiweni's harrassment by Zanu PF government
We strongly condemn, unresevedly, the attempts made on Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni's life by Zanu PF Hoodlums and rascals today.Ndiweni has a sacrosant democratic right to air his opinions without ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Journalists recall January internet shutdown
JOURNALISTS in Bulawayo on Sunday recalled the events of January 14 to 16 in which the government disconnected the internet, crippling their operations during nationwide shutdown protests over fuel hi...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's abuse of Ndebele leaders condemned
1893 MHRRM condemns Mnangagwa's use of instrumental power over some of Matebeleland's Civic OrganizationsThe 1893 MHRRM issues a statement of grave concerning regarding Mnangagwa's meeting wit...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 12:32hrs | | by 1893 MHRRM
Warrant of arrest for Youth Alliance president
President of the Zimbabwe Youth Alliance Kumbirai Learnmore Magorimbo, who is believed to be one of the ring leaders of the of the MDC-T Alliance-instigated violence that rocked the country in January...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown alarms Amnesty
A new briefing by Amnesty International documents how the Zimbabwean authorities have mounted a brutal crackdown and violence against protesters, using killings and torture, among other serious human ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Amnesty International
'We are to blame,' Chamisa admits
MDC–Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday tacitly confessed to causing the suffering of the people in the country at present, during a prayer meeting in Harare. Mr Chamisa was part of ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
No pay for striking doctors
Government has said it will not pay doctors for the days they were absent at their work stations during the 40-day long industrial action which started early in December and ended at the start of last...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 13:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa told to swallow their pride
THE Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (ZCA) says President Emmerson Mnangagwa and main opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa need to swallow their pride and engage to resolve economic, political and social p...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara calls for a United States of Africa
FORMER deputy prime minister Professor Arthur Mutambara has told a British audience that the mooted "ever-closer African Union" was "despicable" and instead suggested that a "United States of Africa" ...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 18:58hrs | 3 | by African News Agency
1893 MHRRM condemns Human Rights violations in Zimbabwe
The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), after receiving an avalanche of credible information and hard evidence of mass and indiscriminate human rights violations by the army...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 21:38hrs | 1 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Majority MDC supporters hope Mnangagwa intervention continues; fares dramatically slashed
An ecstatic Zimbabwean passenger Shylot Sibanda screams with joy as he boards a bus from downtown Harare to the township of Budiriro. The fare has been slashed to a third of what he paid last week....Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:58hrs | | by AFP
Chamisa's MDC-Alliance fingered
Civic Society and Churches Joint Forum (CSCJF) - a human rights organisation - yesterday said MDC-Alliance and its affiliate non-governmental organisations were to blame for last week's violent demons...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
ANC raises concerns over Zimbabwe instability
The ANC has said that it has noted with concern the political situations in both Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).In a statement on Thursday, the ANC said it understood that...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 16:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Retention of Mnangagwa in power has yielded nothing'
THE Sadc Lawyers Association has expressed concern over President Emmerson Mnangagwa government's failure to tackle the country's economic meltdown.In a statement yesterday, the association sa...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:20hrs | | 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
Khaya Moyo challenges authorities to sort fuel coupons mess
ZANU PF national spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo yesterday implored authorities to address the recent rebasing of fuel coupons after massive fuel hikes announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, adding ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs flee govt terror
Dozens of MDC officials and civic society leaders have gone into hiding as there is no let up by government against pro-democracy and political activists it accuses of being part of last week's crippl...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 12:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Price hikes fail to end fuel crisis
There is no immediate relief for motorists and transport operators despite government's shocking fuel hikes as long and winding queues continue to stalk several garages which are struggling to stock t...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Chamisa has nothing to do with last week's massive protests
The MDC says it has nothing to do with last week's massive protests which brought the country to a standstill for at least three days. Thousands of Zimbabweans took to the streets across the country i...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's terrorist acts won't work
THE criminal and terrorist activities instigated by the opposition and its surrogate organisations is an attempt, albeit futile, to plunge the country into civil disobedience in a sinister agenda to o...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:14hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mnangagwa calls for 'calm, peace'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for "calm and peace" as the southern African country entered its third day of protests over the recent fuel hikes.Writing on his Facebook page, the pres...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers continue to patrol streets
SOLDIERS patrolled city streets in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, as clashes between protesters and security forces resulted in the deaths of at least five people, including a police officer.Dozens of p...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 09:31hrs | | by aljazeera.com
PHOTOS: Mnangagwa, Mthuli Ncube meet Putin as #ZimbabweShutDown
The Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa and himself are reengaging and strengthening economic ties with Russia.Ncube tweeted: "Reengaging and strengthening eco...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa banking on Putin loan
President Emmerson Mnangagwa whose country is facing its worst economic crisis in a decade, is visiting Russia in hopes of securing long-term loans.Mnangagwa is meeting Russian President Vladi...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spends US$25m on luxury jet
ANALYSTS yesterday ridiculed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's five-nation tour of Eurasia at a time the country was imploding due to severe economic difficulties, as well as his penchant for luxury as h...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa deploys soldiers
A woman with a wounded leg during clashes between protestors and police, is transported in a wheelbarrow to hospitalHARARE: Soldiers deployed Monday to some areas of the capital where police w...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 21:23hrs | | by Associated Press
Use Bicyles, says Mnangagwa ally
Outspoken Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi has told Zimbabweans reeling under the burden of fuel hikes to ‘use bicycles.'Commenting on his twitter handle on Sunday following threats...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Price of diesel 50 to drop
THE price of diesel 50 will drop from $1,36 per litre to $1,24 per litre when government phases out diesel 500, Energy minister Simon Khaya Moyo said on Wednesday.Responding to a question by G...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
SA fuel hikes to affect Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean import costs from South Africa (SA) - its biggest trading partner - are expected to sharply increase, as a result of incessant fuel price hikes in that country, economic analysts say....Published: 07 Jul 2013 at 13:52hrs | | by Business reporter
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