BUSINESS NEWS

Energy ministry secretary grilled over Zesa rebundling, tariffs

MINISTRY of Energy secretary Gloria Magombo was yesterday grilled by Parliament over issues of rebundling of Zesa with MPs questioning why an institution that was recently unbundled was now being rebu...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 October 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe drafting new coal tariffs

GOVERNMENT has paid tribute to Makomo Resources for keeping the nation's lights on by continuously supplying coal to the Zimbabwe Power Company at a time the country's economy and coal mining sector a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 October 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zesa to review power tariffs monthly

Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) holdings acting group chief executive officer, Engineer Patrick Chivaura says electricity tariffs will be now reviewed monthly at inter-bank market rates a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zesa announces shock tariffs hike

HARD-PRESSED Zimbabweans will have to pay more for their power after Zesa Holdings hiked tariffs by a staggering 583 percent in a move set to trigger further rises in prices of goods and services in t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 October 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Another Zesa tariff hike looms

THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has applied to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) seeking another adjustment of electricity tariffs, saying the curr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Electricity tariffs hike looms

Government says it will soon review electricity tariffs to reflect costs because current charges are no longer sustainable.Zimbabwe is currently facing its worst power shortages in years after low wat...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Data tariffs soar as Zimbabwe crisis bites

Mobile network operators became the latest sector to increase prices for their products with an upward adjustment of tariffs for broadband services following the floating of the country's local curren...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

'Zimbabwe mobile data tariffs lowest'

Zimbabwe has some of the lowest mobile data tariffs in the region, figures from the Communication Regulators Association of Southern Africa (CRASA) country report for 2018 show. According to the CRASA...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Mobile phone network operators slash data tariffs

MOBILE Network Operators (MNOs) have slashed mobile data tariffs from 12,5 cents to five cents per megabyte in compliance with a Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe directiv...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 July 2018

AMERICAS

EU to launch tariffs against US on Friday

The EU will target emblematic US exports such as blue jeansThe European Union will launch a raft of retaliatory tariffs against US exports on Friday, a top official has said.The move comes after US Pr...

By BBC | Published: 20 June 2018

AMERICAS

Trump puts 25% tariff on $50bn Chinese goods

US President Donald Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on $50bn worth of Chinese goods, accusing Beijing of intellectual copyright theft.Tariffs that affect more than 800 products worth $34bn in annual tra...

By BBC | Published: 15 June 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

New tariffs for mobile sector on the cards

Government will soon announce new tariffs for the mobile telecommunications sector, and plans are underway to begin imposing hefty fines on industry players that offer substandard services such as dro...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

High Court slashes water tariffs

THE High Court has quashed the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Raw Water Tariffs) Statutory Instrument 48 of 2016, which hiked raw water charges for commercial agriculture from $9,45 to $12 per meg...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Supa Mandiwanzira moots lowering tariffs

Minister of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security, Supa Mandiwanzira, has said government is undertaking research to ascertain the real cost of data in the country following an outcr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt shoots down Zesa tariff proposal

ENERGY and Power Development minister Simon Khaya Moyo has shot down a recent application by energy utility Zesa to increase electricity tariffs.Moyo says increasing the cost of power would scuttle ef...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 March 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

ZESA blames wage dispute on low tariffs

DEBT-RIDDEN Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority Holdings (ZESA) says it has not had a tariff increase in the past seven years, a situation it says has affected its capacity to adjust workers' salari...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 February 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zesa files for tariff increase, again

THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) is currently reviewing a tariff increase application filed by the country's power utility, Zesa. This came out during a Zimbabwe Energy Council (ZEC) br...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 February 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Tariff war continues

RECENT remarks by Energy and Power Development Minister Simon Khaya Moyo that efforts are underway to reduce the electricity tariff to about USc7,50 per kilowatt hour (kWh) have excited industry and m...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 February 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Govt to reduce electricity tariffs

Government plans to reduce power tariffs to below what is charged by its regional counterparts in a bid to improve the country's competitiveness.The average regional price stands at 7.50c/kWh compared...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 February 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

High electricity tariffs crippling Zim industry

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) is pleading with the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) to slash power tariffs in order to ensure viability of its members' businesses.In its pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 January 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zesa tariff review

Gold miners - who have been clamouring for an electricity tariff reduction from the current USc12,8 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to USc7 per kWh - are set for a major reprieve amid indications that a break...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 January 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

CZI pushes for power tariff cut

THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) is lobbying government to lower power tariffs which it cites as one of the factors triggering recent commodity price increases.This comes amid a proposal...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 January 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Debt-ridden Zesa seeks tariff hike

THE debt-ridden Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has written to government lobbying for a tariff hike with effect from next month amid reports the national power utility is technically ins...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 December 2017

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

NetOne reduces tariffs

State-owned mobile telecommunications firm, NetOne, has reduced tariffs for its OneFusion package as a response to the growing calls by subscribers for affordable data tariffs in line with regional tr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 November 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Zesa gold tariff reduced by 34%

Zimbabwe's power utility Zesa has reduced its tariff for gold miners by 34% to USc7,87/energy unit following calls from the miners who argued that the charges were hurting their operations.Gold produc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 September 2017
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