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South Africa's fuel price honey moon is over
Bad news for South African motorists as the Automobile Association expects the fuel price to increase next month -- the first since May.The pending increase is a result of higher international...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 10:39hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tackles transit fuel fraud head-on
The Zimbabwean government has implemented new regulations requiring all fuel transported by road through Zimbabwe to pay duty and levies at the border. This applies to all types of fuel, including pet...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 08:12hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Court orders Zimra to return seized truck & reimburse sold cargo
The High Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to release a truck it had impounded, which was allegedly used to import an undeclared chemical. The truck and its cargo belonged to Si...Published: 01 Aug 2024 at 09:11hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man got top job using fake SA permit
Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has called on the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe irregularities at the department.This comes after an illegal foreign national from Zimbabw...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 13:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Daft Charumbira in Gukurahundi storm
CHIEF Fortune Charumbira touched off a storm yesterday after saying the disturbances that rocked the Midlands and Matebeleland provinces in the 1980s in which thousands were killed by North Korea-trai...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
King Lobhengula: The Statesman Par Excellence
The man who is credited to have expanded Buthwakazi until it covered virtually the whole of Budlanondo (present day Zimbabwe and parts of present day Botswana) is King Lobhengula (named after Prince N...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 17:31hrs | 20 | by George Mkhwanazi
Zimbabwe fuel prices hiked as regional fuel prices drop
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has raised fuel prices with effect from 4 January 2024. South Africa's Mineral Resources and Energy Department published the official fuel price...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:58hrs | 8 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
More painful petrol, diesel hikes in South Africa
Motorists can expect hikes of over R1 for all grades of fuel from Wednesday.The unleaded petrol price (95) will be hiked by R1.14 a litre, while 93 will be increased by R1.08. Diesel (0.05% su...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 14:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Maimane blames Zimbabwe Exemption Permit debacle on ANC and Zanu-PF relationship
"The courts have no choice but to uphold refugee laws and the constitution. If we want to solve the immigration crisis we have to go directly to the root of the problem, namely the dictatorship in Zim...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Fuel smuggling hampers growth
FUEL smuggling into Zimbabwe is hampering the Government's revenue collection, and has become a threat to economic growth, despite tax and law enforcement authorities' efforts to curb the scourge....Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe retailers ban in-store pictures
RETAIL giants in Harare have reportedly resorted to banning customers from taking pictures of commodity prices and some shoppers have been forced to delete photos of prices.The retailers' stan...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar rescue mission too late
THE surprise move by Zimbabwe's fiscal and monetary authorities to liberalise the foreign exchange policy after months of shillyshallying amid a fixed rate could be a case of closing the stable door a...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
This and that with Mal'phosa: Zan'arcissists
We are in a forced relationship with a narcissistic government. They think they are the best. They think they are great and important. They think we can never survive without them. And they think we d...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 16:05hrs | 3 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Rolling power blackouts hit Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has announced a nationwide load shedding regime, which began Monday and will last up until Friday.ZETDC, a subsidiary of ...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 21:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
60% of population owns houses
Almost 60 percent of Zimbabwean households own their home and more than 83 percent of Zimbabweans now live in modern houses and flats, showing both the high levels of home ownership and the rapid impr...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Load shedding worsens in SA
Unable to switch on lights or heaters, cook dinner or charge their phones, South Africans are spending their mid-winter evenings plunged in darkness and low-tech living.Power outages, known he...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa diesel mixed with paraffin, says Mantashe
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe warned of a growing trend of diesel-paraffin mixtures being sold as diesel at petrol stations.In a parliamentary debate on Wednesday, he sa...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Petrol expected to increase by R2 in South Africa
Mid-month data from the Central Energy Fund points to further fuel price pain for diesel and petrol vehicle owners in July.The data, which serves as a snapshot of market conditions as of 14 Ju...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa hikes petrol, diesel prices
The price of 95-octane unleaded petrol will rise by R2,33 a litre from today, while 93-octane unleaded petrol will go up by R2,43 a litre, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy announced yest...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cargo tracking improves Zimra tax compliance
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has seen improved tax compliance due to its new electronic cargo tracking system (ECTS), which has enhanced monitoring of taxpayers and transit freight in the co...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'I killed my abusive husband in self-defence'
A woman from Bulawayo who was jailed 18 years for stabbing to death her husband, keeping the body for two days before dousing it with paraffin and burning it to conceal evidence in 2016 still insists ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Record fuel price hikes on the horizon for SA
South Africans should brace themselves for record fuel price increases in April given the ongoing market volatility emanating from the Ukraine-Russian conflict.According to the Automobile Asso...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Petrol getting too expensive in SA
Oil running to nearly US$90 per barrel has pushed fuel prices sharply higher, and the trajectory looks set to continue.The increase in the petrol price of 53 cents a litre and that of diesel o...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Electrification has potential to improve quality of rural life'
RURAL communities such as Umzingwane district in Matabeleland South province are set to be empowered courtesy of an electrification exercise, which is expected to create employment and provide interne...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:06hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's govt allows big fuel price hikes
The petrol price will be hiked by 81c a litre on Wednesday, while diesel will go up by between 72.5c a litre (0.05% sulphur) and 74.5c (0.005% sulphur), the department of mineral resources and energy ...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 07:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF issues new e-cards
Zanu-PF has started issuing new electronic membership cards with Harare province getting the first batch, but the programme will soon be rolled out to other provinces.The electronic system is ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
SA petrol to hit new record under Ramaphosa
South Africa's fuel prices are set to rise to a record today, adding to inflationary pressures in an economy that imports almost all of its fuel.The retail cost of 95-octane petrol will climb ...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mosquitoes give Bulawayo residents sleepless nights
HOVERING seamlessly at ear level with a persistent and incommodious whine, mosquitoes leave you with bites that subsequently lead to itchy and puffy welts.With their slender segmented body, a ...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Rwanda Airways in Chinhoyi Caves' promo
THE Chinhoyi Caves National Park has received a boost from Rwanda Airways following the international air carriage's recent Tweet promoting the resort area.In the Tweet, RwandAir posted, "You ...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 16:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets long time friend
WHEN he used to share a bed with President Mnangagwa back in time, Sylas Takawira Mashupiko Masawi never dreamt that one day he would be a guest at State House meeting his old pal, who is now the coun...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Go to Harare and arrest Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
For someone who studied chemistry, I know that a chain of reactions has a lot to do with the heat that produces those reactions. Chain reactions can be a sequence of reactions where a reactive product...Published: 24 May 2021 at 15:51hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Open Letter to Guduza Churchill, President of MLF
Dear Comrade, I hope I find you well dear comrade. How I wish you could remove the name Churchill from the birth certificate and remain with Mpiyesizwe Guduza. Proper revolution will take plac...Published: 18 May 2021 at 17:33hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
Independent Matabeleland presages the worst to come: South Sudan war will be nowhere near
We have been saying time and again that these numerous Mthwakazi parties are a group of young boys who do not have the slightest idea about the past liberation war. Reading the daily news in social me...Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
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
Lupane villagers produce organic face, hair oils
A GROUP of villagers in ward 18, Lupane district, is producing organic face and hair oils as part of a community empowerment initiative.The villagers, who have registered a company Madojwa Ent...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 Zimra officials in court for 'smuggling' fuel
THREE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials stationed at Beitbridge Border post have been arrested for allegedly facilitating the smuggling of 176 000 litres of unleaded petrol from South Afric...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 tankers intercepted smuggling fuel worth R3 million
AUTHORITIES at Beitbridge Border Post are tightening screws on the movement of commercial cargo following the interception of nine tankers last week carrying fuel worth nearly R3 million that was bein...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teen boy sentenced to 18 years for murder
A TEENAGE boy from Nyamandlovu who strangled his 13-year-old cousin to death and set the body alight using paraffin before burying it in a shallow grave has been sentenced to 18 years in jail....Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 13:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Which era had the best dramas?
So brilliant were their exploits such that long after the closing credits, their action on the small screen lingered, never to be forgotten.Their delivery was so sublime. Decades later, snippe...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:23hrs | 3 | by Prince Mushawevato
Ndebele 'King' addresses the nation
I would like to make it known that I, as King of Matabeleland alias Mthwakazi, am very much committed to the Restoration of my Kingdom. I also want the whole world to know that the whole Inter-cultura...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 13:19hrs | 1 | by Stanley Khumalo
Mnangagwa's govt an enemy of its own people
The failure of Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to fix the wayward economy is spelling disaster to the whole nation.We do not need a rocket scientist or Prophet T B Joshua to tell us that our e...Published: 29 May 2019 at 17:25hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Ex-ZANU PF Youth leader tells Mnangagwa to resign
Former ZANU PF Bulawayo Youth leader and Zimbabwe Congress of Students Union official Farai Mteliso has called upon President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign because he has failed to provide solutions fo...Published: 14 May 2019 at 20:48hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA registered fuel smuggling tankers intercepted at Beitbridge border
Authorities at Beitbridge Border Post have heightened their anti-smuggling drive following the recent interception of three South Africa registered tankers smuggling a combined 116 000 litres of petro...Published: 09 May 2019 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo's fuel crisis bites hard
The government is running out of time to ensure that Bulawayo has enough fuel stocks to cover the forthcoming Independence and Easter holidays, as well as the annual Zimbabwe International Trade fair ...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Glut of fuel during ZITF
THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) is now known for bringing good news to the second city.In previous editions, the authorities would go out of their way to ensure that the city's ro...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman burnt by husband
A 32-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman suffered serious facial burns when she was allegedly doused with paraffin and methylated spirit before being set alight by her husband when he discovered that she wa...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Car duty still in forex: Zimra
DUTY on imported cars will not be affected by the recent devaluing and renaming of the surrogate currency, because all imports are cleared in hard currency, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe govt is cash positive,' says Mthuli Ncube
Government is currently operating on a positive cash basis as revenue enhancement and austerity measures announced in the 2019 National Budget continue to yield dividends, Finance and Economic Develop...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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