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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

Man douses mother-in-law with petrol, sets her ablaze

A 43-year-old man from Chiduku Village in Rusape, Manicaland Province, has been arrested after he allegedly poured petrol on his estranged wife's mother and set her alight in a brutal act of domestic violence.The suspect, identified as Lov…

Published: 02 May 2025 at 08:07hrs | 1317 | by Staff reporter

2 more die from Karoi fuel explosion

TWO other victims who were seriously burnt last Saturday from a petrol explosion have died. One person died on the spot while the other two, who were rushed to hospital after containers of petrol exploded at a house in Chikangwe suburb whe…

Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 11:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

CCC activist family survives petrol-bombing

A CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Lloyd Mkwara, and his family are lucky to be alive and that no valuable property was damaged after an unknown assailant threw a suspected petrol bomb in Chikonohono high density suburb.The i…

Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:36hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

EU to ban petrol, diesel cars by 2035

The European Parliament on Tuesday formally approved a law to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the European Union from 2035, aiming to speed up the switch to electric vehicles and combat climate change.The landmark…

Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean dad and daughter (5) among victims of petrol station blast

A ZIMBABWEAN dad and his five-year-old daughter were among the 10 people killed by an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.The victims of Friday's disaster include five-year-old Shauna Flanagan Garwe a…

Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 19:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt secures 100 million litres of petrol

GOVERNMENT claims it has secured 100 million litres of petrol, enough to last the entire festive season.This was revealed in a confidential update circulated among cabinet ministers Sunday, as fuel queues, mainly in Harare, lengthened whil…

Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Petrol supplies return to normal

Heavy pumping from Beira to Feruka and on to Msasa has already seen 28 million litres of petrol arrive in Zimbabwe and being distributed rapidly ensuring most service stations were able to resume petrol sales, with another 37 million litre…

Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 06:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Petrol bombed pastor succumbs to burns

A PASTOR from Enaleni Village in Bubi District, Matabeleland North, who was petrol bombed and suffered burns to 97 percent of body has died. Bishop Ephraim Ndlovu (51) of Alive in Christ Pentecostal Church died on Saturday at Mpilo Central…

Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Petrol attendant shot as violent crime wave sweeps Bulawayo

A petrol attendant was shot in the chest on Friday after armed robbers targeted a Flo garage in Bulawayo's Tshabalala suburb â€“ the latest in a series of violent robberies in Zimbabwe's second city.Witnesses said three men on foot approac…

Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

What caused the 50% plunge in Zimbabwe's fuel import bill?

ZIMBABWE'S fuel import bill fell by more than 50% in 2020, from US$1,2 billion the previous year.Figures recently released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat), capturing data up to November, show that fuel imports amounted…

Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Vivo Energy completes regional expansion

Africa's largest independent fuels and lubricants retailer, Vivo Energy, says it has completed the purchase of a network of filling stations owned by Engen Holdings.The transaction adds operations in eight new countries and 230 Engen-brand…

Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:03hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Petrol, diesel prices go up

THE price of fuel has gone up, but the supply of the resource remained subdued yesterday as most service stations were without both petrol and diesel.Chaos has become the order of the day at fuel stations countrywide as motorists swarm ser…

Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fuel prices skyrocket

THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has blamed skyrocketing fuel prices on the surge in crude oil prices in recent weeks.Petrol prices have gone up from $1,33 to between $1,39 and $1,40 a litre while that of diesel has shot up …

Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:53hrs | 1 | by staff reporter

Man's throat slit in revenge

TWO years ago, Joseph Rikhotsoâ€™s jealous wife petrol bombed the family home of his alleged girl friend.And last Tuesday, he had more bad luck when his sonâ€™s throat was slit by an unknown man!Daily Sun reported that the grieving father …

Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 12:46hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

Biti in court challenging petrol blending

The mandatory blending of petrol with ethanol to levels beyond E10 is being challenged in court, NewsDay reported on Friday.A Zimbabwean citizen Tabani Mpofu has taken the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera), Energy and Power Devel…

Published: 27 Dec 2013 at 02:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwean petrol attendant beaten to death in South Africa

Cape Town - A man will appear in the Mitchells Plain Magistrate's Court soon in connection with the death of a petrol attendant who was beaten with a wooden plank, the Cape Argus reported on Friday.Mandipazano, a father of two who had been…

Published: 07 Jun 2013 at 11:17hrs | 2 | by Sapa

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