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Wednesday, 08 May 2013 12:32
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s fuel prices have gone down by an average of $0,08 after surging at least $0,10 following the hike of excise duty on the commodity. Petrol’s price, which had increased to as much as $1,60 per litre, has gone...Read More
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Wednesday, 13 March 2013 11:20
HARARE - Zimbabweans have reacted angrily to government’s decision to hike excise duty on fuel to raise cash for the forthcoming referendum on Saturday and general elections thereafter. Finance minister Tendai Biti on Monday announced the hike on excise duty for...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 12 March 2013 10:22
HARARE - Government has hiked fuel prices to raise cash for elections, in a move that could result in a spiral of price increases of basic commodities. Finance minister Tendai Biti announced the hike yesterday, saying motorists have actually been paying...Read More
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Monday, 18 February 2013 10:02
HARARE - New regulations making it mandatory for oil companies to sell blended petrol will help ease the country’s fuel import bill, the Zimbabwe Energy Council (Zec) says. According to Statutory Instrument (SI) 17 of 2013 published this week, fuel dealers...Read More
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News » Ndakaziva Majaka, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 12 February 2013 11:43
HARARE - A five percent fuel hike has irked motorists who have been enjoying price stability for the past year. The Daily News yesterday took to the streets and motorists expressed their displeasure at the hike, while economic analysts warned them...Read More
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Friday, 18 January 2013 12:10
HARARE - For many motorists, Zimbabwean police are getting tougher with each passing day, with roadblocks mounted at almost every street corner. But statistics from their headquarters suggest otherwise, showing that officers issued relatively less tickets to offending motorists during the...Read More
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Thursday, 11 October 2012 12:48
HARARE - A manager at a petroleum firm has appeared before a Harare magistrate on allegations of swindling another company of fuel worth over $37 000. Bernard Kizito Mvere, 54, the Downtown Petroleum general manager yesterday appeared before magistrate Anita Tshuma...Read More
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Features »
Monday, 08 October 2012 12:05
MUTARE - The real-life story of juveniles who hopped into a forest plantation in search of food and ended causing a massive veld fire has, once again, highlighted how poverty is encroaching into conservationists’ efforts. Hunger biting hard, 13-year-old Tineyi...Read More
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Monday, 08 October 2012 11:12
HARARE - Zimbabwe has delivered two million litres of fuel to Malawi in part payment of a $24 million loan Harare owes Lilongwe for maize supplies. National Oil Company of Malawi chief executive, Robert Mdeza, confirmed the development on Saturday saying:...Read More
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Africa »
Wednesday, 15 August 2012 14:28
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's prime minister is "recovering well," a spokesman said Wednesday, amid frenzied speculation about the health of the usually visible leader, who has not appeared in public for two months. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, 57, came to power...Read More
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