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Zimbabwe scraps fuel transit duty

The government has scrapped a contentious policy that required fuel tankers transiting through Zimbabwe to pay duty upon entry and reclaim it on exit, a measure transporters said was crippling the industry.The regulation, introduced last y…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zera warns against doorstep fuel delivery services

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has cautioned individuals and companies against launching doorstep fuel delivery services, saying such operations are not licensed in Zimbabwe and pose serious safety risks.In a statement, ZE…

Published: 09 Sep 2025 at 15:34hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe fuel prices remain among Africa's highest

Zimbabwe's fuel prices remain among the highest in Africa despite a minor adjustment announced this month.Data from the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) shows petrol prices dropped slightly from US$1.56 in August to US$1.55 in S…

Published: 06 Sep 2025 at 20:21hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe suspends new urban fuel station licences

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has announced a suspension on issuing new licences for fuel stations in urban centres, citing concerns over uncontrolled growth and clustering.The regulator said some suburbs now have filling…

Published: 02 Sep 2025 at 06:40hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Zimra officer loses GD6 to thieves while refueling

A senior investigations officer with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) was left counting heavy losses after his Toyota GD6 double cab was stolen at a Bulawayo service station on Saturday.The officer, who cannot be named for security r…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 21:19hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Graduate dies in road accident hours after graduation

A Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) graduate tragically died in a road traffic accident just hours after being capped at the institution's 2025 graduation ceremony.The deceased, Panashe Mwinga, had completed a Bachelor's degree in Vi…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zinara disburses ZiG3,8bn for roadworks

The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has released ZiG3,8 billion (about US$140 million) and 746 000 litres of fuel to local and road authorities across the country between January and June this year, resulting in more than 18…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 10:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Municipality audit exposes 92 000 litres fuel scandal

A damning internal audit at Chitungwiza Municipality has revealed shocking levels of fraud, mismanagement and possible collusion among officials, with more than 92 000 litres of diesel worth US$138 000 unaccounted for.The audit, which cove…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 10:30hrs | 177 | by Styaff reporter

Zera reviews ZiG fuel prices downwards

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has announced a downward revision of fuel prices in local currency, effective from August 8 until September 4, 2025. The move follows the authority's routine monthly review of fuel costs base…

Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 19:20hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe parliament fuel allocations under spotlight

A recent audit report by the Auditor General (AG) has exposed troubling irregularities within Parliament's administration, revealing that senior staff may have been allocating themselves over 1,000 litres of fuel each without proper author…

Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 10:09hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter

Govt unveils low-cost fuel retail outlets for rural areas

In a major step towards improving fuel accessibility in underserved communities, the Zimbabwean government has announced plans to roll out containerised, portable, and low-cost fuel retail outlets in rural and remote areas.The new initiati…

Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fuel tanker overturns in Zimbabwe, driver injured

A fuel tanker overturned early Monday morning along the Gweru-Mvuma Road in Chirumanzu District, Midlands Province, leaving the driver injured and prompting a swift response from law enforcement.Preliminary reports suggest that the driver …

Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 12:30hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter

Flo Petroleum fined for selling contaminated fuel

Ibhalabhala Private Limited, trading as Flo Petroleum, has been fined US$350 by Harare magistrate Mr. Gamuchirai Gore after being found guilty of selling contaminated fuel.Magistrate Gore ordered the company to pay the fine by July 25, 202…

Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 20:50hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter

Zinara moves to equip, fuel road authorities

The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) has announced a bold new initiative to directly equip road authorities with essential resources to fast-track road maintenance and eliminate the costly reliance on hired machinery.The anno…

Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 14:56hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter

Fuel tanker leaks thousands of litres near Umguza river

A potentially devastating catastrophe was narrowly avoided on Saturday when a fuel tanker carrying 37,000 litres of petrol and diesel was involved in a road accident along the Bulawayo-Harare Highway, just after the Umguza River.The tanker…

Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

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 adulterating fuel with paraffin, posing ser…

Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:30hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter

Chinhoyi fails to account for 6 700 litres of fuel

The Municipality of Chinhoyi is under scrutiny after failing to account for 6,700 litres of fuel intended for road rehabilitation projects in the city, the National Assembly heard recently.The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara…

Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:29hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter

Scott Sakupwanya's company controversially paid US$4.2m for fuel

Zimbabweans reacted with anger and disbelief after it emerged that the Ministry of Finance authorised a US$4.2 million payment to Betterbrands Petroleum, a company owned by Zanu PF legislator Scott Sakupwanya.The controversy erupted on Mon…

Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zacc arrests BCC official over diesel scam

A senior official in the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) Fire and Ambulance Services Department has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on 107 counts of fraud, involving the alleged theft of nearly 7 000 litres of d…

Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:19hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo leads in sale of contaminated fuel, says ZERA

Bulawayo has been identified as the city with the highest number of garages selling contaminated fuel in Zimbabwe, according to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA).ZERA CEO Edington Mazambani revealed that the regulatory body h…

Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:49hrs | 2245 | 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 fuel, sourced from South Africa and Botsw…

Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 12:57hrs | | by Staff reporter

Substandard solar installations fuel infernos

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has identified substandard solar panel products and improper installations as the leading causes of fatal electrical accidents in the country, which have resulted in multiple deaths from infe…

Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:57hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter

Zinara disburses funds, fuel for maintenance

The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has disbursed nearly 1.5 million liters of fuel and over Z$2.7 billion to support road maintenance and rehabilitation projects across the country. This substantial allocation, aimed at emp…

Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zera shuts down 73 unlicensed fuel stations

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has taken decisive action against unlicensed fuel stations, shutting down more than 70 facilities suspected of selling petroleum products from unauthorized suppliers and failing to comply wit…

Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:19hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter

Selling fuel in Zimbabwe's local currency will stabilising the ZiG

In a pivotal announcement, Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube declared that all taxes and fees should now be paid in the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency. This move is part of a broader strategy to bolster the local economy and reduce re…

Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 16:44hrs | 3254 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

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 Energy (DMRE) dropped the prices of both grades …

Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:39hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter

African countries stand firm on fossil fuels

The African Group of Negotiators is calling for an outcome that allows Africa to exploit its fossil fuels including coal, oil and gas to eradicate poverty while also funding renewable energy projects.This comes amid demands to end fossil f…

Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Employee stages fuel station robbery

IN a daring robbery, an employee of Trek in Gwabalanda suburb put together a team of would-be fuel thieves to steal thousands of litres of diesel and petrol and when the plan failed, stole US$4 500 before vanishing into thin air.Davison Si…

Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 12:03hrs | 18 | 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 whoosh, flames (pictured) flared up as passersby b…

Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:28hrs | | 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 the way to Karoi Hospital. Adam Kaponda P…

Published: 15 May 2023 at 18:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Scottish MP wears Mnangagwa scarf

A Scottish MP photographed wearing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's signature scarf with Zimbabwean colours says she "deplores" the Zanu-PF government.Zimbabwe-born Maggie Chapman said she was deceived by Zanu-PF supporters who approached he…

Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 17:14hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

ZANU-PF MP Donates fuel towards immunisation

Mazowe North legislator Campion Mugweni (ZANU PF) has donated 60 litres of fuel to Mvurwi hospital towards September immunization program.Mvurwi councillors Alderman Shereni Mazhambe and Fanuel Chigonero hailed Mugweni's gesture saying it …

Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 07:20hrs | 2 | 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 been reduced to US1,18 for petrol and US…

Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

'Chasi a victim of state capture'

FORMER energy minister Fortune Chasi (pictured)'s dramatic sacking from cabinet two weeks ago was a culmination of an intriguing plot of state capture by powerful fuel cartels, notably his spirited but futile efforts to trim the overbearin…

Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

RBZ liberalises fuel imports

Foreign currency-starved Zimbabwe has liberalised fuel imports by allowing authorised dealers to pay directly to foreign fuel suppliers  upon exchange control approval in a move meant to ease pressure on government and improve supply …

Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 14:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mthuli Ncube, spare us those hikes

While ordinary Zimbabweans are bearing the brunt of the high cost of living following the recent fuel price hikes, the situation could get tougher if indications by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube are anything to go by.This comes after the F…

Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday

8 truck drivers fined for fuel theft

EIGHT truck drivers and two security guards employed by Sinohydro in Hwange have been fined for stealing fuel that they drained from the company's trucks for sell. The eight drivers bribed the two security guards with RTGS$5 each for them …

Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF intolerance fuels tension

THREATS by Zanu-PF youth leaders to counter the opposition and civic groups' planned anti-government protests are a clear indication of the ruling party's intolerance of multi-party democracy and human rights as enshrined in the country's …

Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Editorial - Newsday

Fuel crisis has nothing to do with MDC unconstitutionalism

Some of the problems Zimbabwe is facing today are clearly due to faulty thinking resulting in people mixing issues â€”and not knowing what the idiom "fair game" means.For starters, if President Emmerson Mnangagwa is fair game for criticism…

Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:32hrs | | by Conway Tutani

Jerry-cans at fuel pumps must be banned

If what I witnessed at Puma Chadcombe Service Station is how the scarce fuel is being sold and dispensed, then bona fide motorists will never have adequate fuel, neither will fuel be ever enough. The queue for cars waiting for fuel was har…

Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:21hrs | 7 | by Gabarinocheka

Fuel prices go down

THE price of fuel has slightly gone down after the Government announced an increase in the blending ratio of petrol from five percent to 10 percent last week.In a notice, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority said starting tomorrow the …

Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

More fuel supplies for Bulawayo

BULAWAYO will during the internationally-acclaimed exhibition, the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) receive adequate fuel supplies to ensure the smooth running of the show, officials have said.ZITF Company chairperson Ms Ruth Ncube…

Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

No fuel price hikes, says Jorum Gumbo

Government has no intention of adjusting current fuel prices, a Cabinet Minister has said, dismissing claims on social media that fuel prices will go up next week.Energy and Power Development Minister Jorum Gumbo said Government had no int…

Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 17:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Cyclone did not affect fuel pipeline, says Gumbo

Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Jorum Gumbo says the Cyclone Idai devastating effects did not affect the feruka pipeline which pumps fuel from Beira to Zimbabwe as being reported.Dr Gumbo made the remarks this morning at the prese…

Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe faces fuel shortages as Cyclone Idai destroys Beira

FEARS abound of possible crippling fuel and wheat shortages in Zimbabwe after cyclone Idai destroyed some "90 percent" of the Mozambican Port city of Beira.Beira is a key route for delivery of goods into Zimbabwe and central Africa.CYCLONE…

Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe fuel crisis: Can someone please say the truth?

Here is a folklore allegory: imagine a man with a huge rural family of 10 children and a wife to take care of.The family knows that the man, as the breadwinner, goes on several hunting expeditions time and again to fend for his highly-expe…

Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:26hrs | 3 | by Learnmore Zuze

Minister dismisses fuel hike reports

THE Minister of Energy and Power Development Joram Gumbo yesterday dismissed reports circulating on social media that fuel prices will increase. The reports claimed that fuel industry stakeholders and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) met…

Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's fuel crisis: The role of policy errors

Dear Mr President,I write this letter to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe who has been a lifetime student of policymaking, with a particular interest on using policy to achieve equity and social justice outcomes. I see that the country has bee…

Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Zii Masiye

Zimbabwe fuel marking will deter smuggling

Energy and Power Development Minister Joram Gumbo says his ministry has requested funding, potentially several millions of dollars from Treasury, to start fuel marking to curtail  illegal activities such as adulteration and diversion …

Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe fuel consumption rises 650%?

Daily consumption of both diesel and petrol in Zimbabwe rose by 342 percent and 650 percent respectively between April and October 2018, putting Government under huge pressure to provide adequate foreign currency to pay for the commodity. …

Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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