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Zera sues 13 dealers over fuel contamination
Thirteen out of 155 fuel samples collected from retail sites across Zimbabwe were found to be contaminated or adulterated, falling below acceptable quality standards, according to a report by the Zimb...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:05hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Fintechs fly planes of cash into Zimbabwe
At least once a month - and sometimes as often as three times a week - a private plane lands in a secure part of Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on the outskirts of the Zimbabwean capital,...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 17:11hrs | 6713 | by Staff reporter
Another gas discovery excites Zimbabwe govt
AUSTRALIAN firm Invictus Energy has made further gas discovery at its Mukuyu-2 exploration well in Muzarabani-Mbire districts of Mashonaland Central province, in northern Zimbabwe, confirming the coun...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes further gas discovery
AUSTRALIAN firm Invictus Energy has made further gas discovery at its Mukuyu-2 exploration well in Muzarabani-Mbire districts of Mashonaland Central province, in northern Zimbabwe, confirming the coun...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Angry South Africans burn 4 Zimbabweans to death in Alexandra
Four Zimbabwean men accused of terrorising the community met their untimely demise in Setjwetla, Alexandra township South Africa when they were doused with gasoline and burnt to death on Tuesday night...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 19:00hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe discovers oil, gas and helium
AUSTRALIAN firm, Invictus Energy has confirmed the presence of "light oil, gas-condensate and helium" from its drilling samples at its Mukuyu-1 rig site in Muzarabani.Analysts, however, were q...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Semi-hybrid vehicles launched in Zimbabwe
CAR dealership, CFAO Motors Zimbabwe has launched 20 semi-hybrids Suzuki Grand Vitara sport utility vehicles that use both a combustion petrol engine and electric system, as the firm strives to help r...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
From Trump to Biden, it is getting 'more worse!'
In black English, former president Donald Trump was a lunatic, a loud-mouthed New Yorker, whose mouth was unfiltered, a thoroughly "worse guy". If that is so, US president Joe Biden (lovin...Published: 07 May 2023 at 19:35hrs | 2 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Petrol, diesel US$ prices drop slightly
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) yesterday reduced the United States dollar prices of petrol and diesel by one and three cents, respectively.In a statement, Zera said petrol wil...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwe's fuel price now compares to other African countries
Zimbabwe's fuel price is painfully high and unlikely to drop significantly anytime soon.The average price of gasoline around the world is 1.30 U.S. dollars per litre. However, there is a subst...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 09:36hrs | 10 | 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 | 10 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Biden 's approval rating sinks - poll
US President Joe Biden's approval rating sank to 38% in a CNBC poll released on Thursday, down from 46% in December. Respondents rated Biden poorly on his handling of the economy and the conflict in U...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 20:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Russia optimistic on Zimbabwe investments despite war
RUSSIA is bullish about its investment prospects in Zimbabwe despite the current economic restrictions triggered by the ongoing special military operation in Ukraine by Russia. The Zimbabwe Independen...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 17:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The end of the Petrodollar and the rise of the Petroyuan
A "Petrodollar" is a U.S. Dollar obtained through the sale of crude oil, i.e. it's a term created particularly to describe the situation of the OPEC countries, where the sale of this commodity allows ...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 07:17hrs | 10 | by Hugo Martins | Analyst
World policeman cause oil to soar above US$130
Oil prices soared to their highest since 2008 due to delays in the potential return of Iranian crude to global markets and as the United States and European allies consider banning imports of Russian ...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Are electric cars more expensive to insure?
The simple answer to this question is "yes". An electric car, when compared side by side to its gasoline powered equivalent, will cost more to insure. There are numerous reasons for this. Some make se...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 14:34hrs | 16 | by Staff Writer
Are electric cars more expensive to insure?
The simple answer to this question is "yes". An electric car, when compared side by side to its gasoline powered equivalent, will cost more to insure. There are numerous reasons for this. Some make se...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 16:51hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
A look into the incentives for exports and investment growth 'Exporting retention changes'
On the 10th of May 18, 2021, Hon Prof Mthuli Ncube published a statement on incentives for exports and investment growth, which changed the exporting companies’ retention threshold. Prima facie, the...Published: 18 May 2021 at 11:20hrs | 1 | by Tryson G Dube
South African Rand trades near 2021 highs after US inflation data
The South African Rand continues to be one of the most-watched emerging markets currencies by retail FX CFD traders, as the new COVID-19 cases seem to have plateaued at low levels and economic prospec...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:10hrs | 6 | by Staff writer
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 3 | by Samantha Power
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 | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans use cellphone transfers in desperate attempt to get cash
After protests brought Zimbabwe's capital to a standstill earlier this month, Harare has returned to its normal bustle and Tedius Marara is back to his daily business: selling cash at a busy market....Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by AP
Zimbabwe's import bill shows efforts to stock pumps and shelves
Fuel and food dominate Zimbabwe's import bill, showing the government's efforts to keep the economy running and store shelves stocked.Zimbabwe imported almost $80 million's worth of diesel las...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 08:09hrs | | by Bloomberg
Deadly xenophobic attacks against truck drivers in South Africa
Human Rights Watch has urged the South African government to take urgent measures to protect foreign national truck drivers from violence, intimidation, and harassment in the country's cycle of xenoph...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:03hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans say their economy is worse than ever: 'This is hell'
Dadirai Tsvakai and her family have taken to combining dinner and breakfast — a meal they now eat just after midnight, if they are lucky to have a few hours of electricity. Then, in the dead of the ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 21:14hrs | | by Farai Mutsaka
Huge Zimbabwe oil, gas potential for Invictus, findings show
INVICTUS Energy Limited (IEL) says findings by a United Kingdom-based firm show a potential of 1,3 billion barrels of oil-equivalent, which consists of 200 million barrels of condensate.Natura...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Back to 2008 as Zimdollar returns
FOR President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, the re-introduction of the national currency a decade after its demise is a return to "normalcy".For most of the country's citizens, it's a bitte...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:47hrs | 1 | by Bloomberg
Mthuli Ncube's RTGS $ under siege
ZIMBABWE's local currency, the RTGS dollar, has shed more than 20 percent of its value since its introduction as the availability of foreign currency on the formal market remains subdued.By Fr...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangudya's attempt to throttle USD black market falls flat
Zimbabwe's attempt to ease a dollar shortage and stop its currency from plunging in the black market is showing little sign of working.The southern African nation's currency, known as the RTGS...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 20:28hrs | | by Bloomberg
What's driving the crisis in Zimbabwe?
OVER the course of his nearly 40 years in power, former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe demonstrated again and again how disconnected his rule was from the needs of his people.The violent pogro...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 21:02hrs | | by Stephen Chan
Zimbabwean businessman to assemble, sell cars locally
A ZIMBABWEAN professional and businessman based in the United States of America has partnered an Indian and Italian car maker to set up a car assembling plant in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, focusing mainly on a...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:27hrs | 3 | by Elijah Chihota
Mawarire says hundreds in jail need aid
A pastor and activist charged with subversion was released on bail after more than a week on Wednesday and said he needs a doctor - as do hundreds of people still in jail with wounds from beatings by ...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 21:38hrs | | by AP
Zimbabwe's central bank to allow US dollar trading
Zimbabwe's central bank says it has upgraded its RTGS platform to allow the settlement of transactions in dollars and trading will go live on February 1.Trading is currently in test mode, it s...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:23hrs | | by Bloomberg news
'Mnangagwa promised change; nothing has changed'
THE Zimbabwean military's move to end Robert Mugabe's almost four-decade reign in 2017 sent jubilant crowds pouring into the streets of the capital hoping for better times after years of economic stag...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | | by Bloomberg
Mnangagwa promised change; nothing has changed'
The Zimbabwean military's move to end Robert Mugabe's almost four-decade reign in 2017 sent jubilant crowds pouring into the streets of the capital hoping for better times after years of economic stag...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCTU boss charged with subversion
Zimbabwe police have charged the leader of the country's largest labor union with subverting the constitutional government.The lawyer for Japhet Moyo, the secretary general of the Zimbabwe Con...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 09:24hrs | 4 | by AP
Zimbabwe returning to normal after week of turmoil, violence
Zimbabwe's capital is returning to normal Monday, after a week of turmoil in which Zimbabweans protested dramatic fuel price hikes and government security forces launched a crackdown in which 12 peopl...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 12:53hrs | | by AP
Mnangagwa to be impeached?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on Sunday that he will return home and skip the World Economic Forum in Switzerland after a week of turmoil in which activists have said at least a dozen people ...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:50hrs | | by newzimbabwe.com
Zimbabwean family robbed by Mnangagwa's govt
Before the family of Kelvin Tinashe Choto knew he had been killed last week, social media in the country was circulating a photo of his battered body lying on the reception counter of a local police s...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | | by AFP
Mnangagwa skips Davos, returns to get Zimbabwe calm, stable and working again
Zimbabwe's president he will return home and skip the World Economic Forum after a week of turmoil in which activists have said at least a dozen people have been killed in a government crackdown....Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 21:38hrs | 1 | by AFP
Zimbabwe doctor group reports 68 gunshot wounds
In a grim recounting, the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights says it has treated 68 cases of gunshot wounds amid a government crackdown on protests over a fuel price hike.Its sta...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by AFP
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
South Africa 'confident' Mnangagwa govt will 'resolve situation'
The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) is "confident that the measures being taken by the Zimbabwean government will resolve the situation" as protests over fu...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 21:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
8 people shot dead in Zimbabwe protests, claims Amnesty International
Zimbabwe's police and military patrolled the streets of the capital, Harare, Tuesday as a helicopter fired tear gas at demonstrators blocking a road and burning tires on a second day of deadly protest...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:27hrs | | by AP
Zimbabwean military chopper fires tear gas at demonstrators
A Zimbabwean military helicopter on Tuesday fired tear gas at demonstrators blocking a road and burning tires in the capital on a second day of deadly protests after the government more than doubled t...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:43hrs | | by AP
Zimbabwe businesses and schools remain shut down
Businesses and schools are shut down and public transport vehicles are grounded in most of the country despite government assurances that security would be provided.The government over the wee...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:40hrs | 1 | by AP
Zimbabwe now has the world's highest petrol price
Police clashed with protesters in the Zimbabwean capital as the main labor-union confederation began a three-day national strike after the government more than doubled fuel prices to the highest in th...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:26hrs | | by Bloomberg
+13 people injured during Zimbabwe fuel rise protests
Police fired teargas as angry protesters barricaded roads with burning tyres and rocks in Zimbabwe on Monday, after the government more than doubled the price of fuel over the weekend.At least...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:06hrs | 4 | by AFP
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
Mnangagwa's sugarcandy mountain
The decision by the Zimbabwe government to increase fuel price is insane and unrelated to the underlying causes of fuel shortages but everything to do with benefiting the ruling gang of vampire elites...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 15:17hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
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