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Ivan Zhakata
Herald Correspondent
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has warned fuel retailers against selling contaminated fuel to motorists.
This comes as 12 fuel stations were convicted and fined while one had its operating licence cancelled for selling contaminated fuel.
In a statement, ZERA said it has intensified fuel quality monitoring and testing at fuel retail sites countrywide in terms of the Petroleum Act (Chapter 13:22 and Petroleum (Fuel Quality) Regulations, 2013 to curb fuel quality violations.
“Selling fuel which does not meet the quality specifications is an offence,” ZERA said.
“The net is closing in on operators involved in the supply and retail of fuel that does not meet fuel quality specifications and the operators listed below have been sanctioned for the fuel quality offences committed during the first half of 2024.
“Information on fuel retail sites convicted of selling contaminated fuel is already in the public domain and ZERA shall be publishing it on its website www.zera.co.zw on a regular basis. Motorists experiencing vehicle performance problems after fuelling or refuelling at any filling station are urged to quickly contact ZERA to enable the Authority to take relevant samples from the concerned site for testing.”
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Bongani Ndlovu