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Zimbabwe-Zambia energy summit excites Zera
The upcoming Zimbabwe-Zambia Energy Projects Summit, set to take place in Victoria Falls from November 18 to 21, 2024, will serve as a pivotal platform for advancing sustainable energy solutions and e...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:49hrs | 145 | 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 unauthori...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:19hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Zera urges motorists to sue contaminated fuel retailers
Motorists whose vehicles were damaged by contaminated fuel from blacklisted service stations may have legal grounds for compensation, according to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera)....Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 14:40hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
Liquefied petroleum gas use rises 14-fold
The consumption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Zimbabwe has surged nearly 14-fold since 2012, rising from around five million kilograms per year to the current 70 million kilograms. This dramatic...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:16hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Newly promoted senior cops to be reshuffled
The 86 senior officers recently promoted within the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) are expected to be reassigned shortly. President Mnangagwa elevated these officers to ranks ranging from Chief Superi...Published: 24 May 2024 at 08:26hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 86 senior police officers
President Mnangagwa has promptly promoted 86 senior officers of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to various ranks, spanning from Chief Superintendent to Commissioner.Among these promotions, ...Published: 23 May 2024 at 10:46hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube summoned over ZiG
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been summoned to Parliament to explain how the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency introduced on Friday will work.Legislators also want Ncube to amend the Finance Ac...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zera, police raid illegal gas dealers
AT LEAST 250 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers were last year arrested for illegally selling the fuel in a joint operation involving the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera), police and the...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Overpopulation dogs Cowdray Park schools
THE public and private sector have been urged to invest in education infrastructure in the fast growing suburb of Cowdray Park in Bulawayo which has seen the limited number of schools forced to create...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe electricity production forecast to jump 17%
ZIMBABWE anticipates a 17,4 percent surge in electricity production this year, as the country seeks to reduce expensive imports and load shedding that negatively affected businesses and households in ...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Parents take Mpopoma High School to task over examinations
PARENTS of Mpopoma High School pupils in Bulawayo are accusing teachers of abandoning their duties resulting in the school recording a low pass rate in local examinations.Parents who spoke to ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 23:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's fuel cartels under fire
Fuel is then offloaded in Zimbabwe before trucks are filled with water and dispatched to cross the borders again.Treasury has launched a series of investigations aimed at fishing out fuel indu...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 18:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs told to stay away from politics
CHIEFS have been urged to uphold constitutionalism, stay away from politics and focus on their mandate of fostering development and resolving disputes among their subjects.The remarks were mad...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa to bill in local, US dollars
WITH official and black market foreign currency exchange rates moving towards convergence, the Government is considering allowing customers to settle their electricity bills using either local currenc...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:07hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Zesa doubles power charges
NATIONAL power utility, Zesa Holdings almost doubled power tariffs on Monday as it battles to offset a drop in imports from South Africa and internal problems at its power plants.Tariffs for o...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fuel prices up, again after govt pledged to lower the pump price
FUEL prices have gone up, hardly a week after government pledged to lower the pump price after increasing ethanol blending from E10 to E20.The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) said ...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:02hrs | | 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 | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
More Zimdollar fuel on the way
Government is setting up a separate foreign currency allocation platform for petroleum companies that sell fuel using the Zimbabwe dollar to increase the number of outlets doing so.Finance and...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pays $300k compensation for police brutality
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have "hastily"paid $300 000 as compensation to two victims of police brutality to avoid imprisonment for contempt o...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matanga, Kazembe escape jail
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have paid ZW$300 000 as compensation to two victims of police brutality to avoid imprisonment for contempt of court...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt pays $300,000 compensation for police brutality
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have "hastily"paid $300 000 as compensation to two victims of police brutality to avoid imprisonment for contempt o...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zera arrest 12 illegal fuel and gas dealers
Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority Chief Executive Officer, Edington Mazambani recently said there are two service stations that contravened the law and...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 15:01hrs | 7 | by Stephen Jakes
Forex shortage hampers Zimbabwe power imports
ZESA says it has not started planned power imports from the region to plug a yawning domestic supply gap due to shortage of foreign currency required to pay suppliers.Executive chairman Dr Syd...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex constraints impact on fuel supply in local currency
FOREIGN currency constraints are hindering the supply of fuel sold in local currency, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has said.This week, Zera announced an increase in the pric...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel prices go up
THE price of fuel in Zimbabwe, like in most parts of the world, has shot up due to tensions in Eastern Europe, resulting is some garages selling petrol as much as US$1.60 per litre.The Zimbabw...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
No need to panic over fuel: ZERA
Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) chief executive Edington Mazambani said that people should not panic over fuel crisis that has been experienced in the nation because everything is under co...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 21:30hrs | 6 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Fuel availability normalises
FUEL availability across the country is set to improve beginning today, following the completion of scheduled maintenance work on a fuel pumping terminal at the port of Beira in Mozambique, allowing f...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
57 service stations offer Zimdollar fuel
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has identified 57 service stations across the country that will sell fuel in local currency and eight of them are in Bulawayo.The move will brin...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe fuel the most expensive in Sadc'
ZIMBABWE'S high fuel costs have been cited as fuelling inflation and price hikes in the country.A statement by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) published yesterday has ...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zera dismisses Zimdollar fuel hoax
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (zera) has not designated any service station to sell fuel exclusively in Zimbabwe dollars, contrary to reports circulating on social media.In a statem...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zera probe unearths fuel scam
AN investigation by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has unearthed "massive abuse" of the Zimbabwean dollar fuel facility by oil marketers that insist on US dollar payments despite acce...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zera releases new retail price for LPG
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has set retail prices for Liquid Petroleum (LP) Gas following complaints of overpricing. Most residents in suburbs where there is no electricity use gas...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
36 vie for High Court judges vacancies
Thirty-six candidates, among them regional magistrates and lawyers are jostling to fill the nine vacant positions of judges of the High Court bench, according to the list of nominated candidates short...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt delays bungle US$150m solar deal
A US$150 million solar power plant deal is facing collapse after prolonged bureaucratic delays frustrated the investor, who top government officials say is now considering pulling out and suing for lo...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reduces fuel pump price
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has with effect from today reduced the pump price for petrol in foreign currency by 0,75 percent to US$1,33 per litre from US$1,34.In its latest...Published: 05 May 2021 at 15:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zera culls fuel suppliers
ZIMBABWE Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has effectively shut the door on numerous companies that have been shipping fuel into the country after licensing a measly 34 companies from a record 130 en...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa seeks new tariff
Zesa is in the process of applying for a new tariff in a bid to boost its operations, Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) chief executive officer Mr Eddington Mazambani has said.Mr Maz...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 18:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zera opens fuel import licence applications
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) is now accepting applications for fuel importation licences for 2021, outlawing 2019 fuel procurement licences that were still in use.In a state...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 16:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zera sets new licensing terms
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has announced a new licensing regime for oil importers, a year after a deadlock erupted in 2020 when indigenous firms rejected the regulator's "outrageo...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Oil barons take Zera boss to task
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has asked oil firms to continue using petroleum importation licences issued in 2019, while the two sides negotiate new licensing requirements.To...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$150,000 assault damages for teen
A MUTARE magistrate has ordered a detective and the police to pay $151 000 compensation to a 15-year-old Sakubva teenager who was brutally assaulted by the former in 2019 during investigations over a ...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel imports decline 20% in 10 months to October, says ZERA
A slow down in economic activity due to the coronavirus-induced lockdowns saw fuel (diesel and petrol) imports decline in the ten months to October. Figures from the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authori...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 18:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop sets dogs on minor
A MANICALAND provincial magistrate has ordered the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to pay $151, 191 to a 15-year-old Mutare minor, Ernest Jamela, who was injured after a police officer unleashed dogs o...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 18:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police officer convicted of assaulting minor
A MUTARE-BASED police officer, Jefinias Mazambani was yesterday convicted of assaulting a 15-year old boy and will spend the next six months in jail.Muzambani was convicted by Magistrate Tenda...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
IPPs now producing 135MW as ZERA cancels 8 licences
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) says only 19 independent power producers (IPPs) are operational from the 88, which have been licenced to date while eight licences were cancelled for fa...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 14:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa reduces tariffs, introduces new band
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has reduced its tariffs for domestic consumption following a public outcry by customers after the tariffs were increased by more ...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe imports 600MW to cover power supply gap
THE country is importing up to 600MW of electricity from regional producers so as to cover the supply gap, which is created by subdued energy generation capacity mainly by ageing thermal power station...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 23:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fuel prices reduced by 5%
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has announced new fuel prices which have seen diesel slightly going down by five percent, while petrol slightly increased by four percent, the Daily New...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
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