There were erratic petrol supplies last week due to scheduled maintenance at
Beira from November 21 to December 2.
In central Harare, petrol was available at most service
stations with a few that did not have, expecting delivery before end of day.
There were no long queues at most filling stations and
motorists could fill up their cars without waiting for long.
In a statement yesterday, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory
Authority (ZERA) said the country has “adequate fuel supplies to meet the
current demand, as well as the coming festive season”.
A motorist Mr Casper Murombo said he was happy with the
availability of petrol as he was planning to travel to his rural village in
Masvingo for the Christmas holiday.
“I was not sure how I was going to spend the Christmas
holiday with my parents in Masvingo, but now that petrol is readily available,
I no longer have to worry.
“I can fill up my car anytime without any worries,” he
said.
Another motorist, Mr Stephen Tshuma, said he hoped that the
shortages would not return anytime soon.
“I am now happy that petrol is now available and I hope we
will not go back to last week’s situation where we had to endure long queues to
get petrol. I would like to thank the Government for making a quick decision to
have petrol delivered in the country because we thought it was going to be
another crisis in the country.”
Ms Emilia Mavondo said: “It is much better now, on Friday I
bought petrol at black market at US$1,80 per litre. Now I can go to any service
station and get petrol because it is now available at almost every service
station and there are no queues.”
About 28 million litres of petrol has already been pumped
into the country through the Feruka pipeline.
Zimbabwe is also expecting 37 million litres of petrol on
Thursday and another 35 million litres of petrol on Christmas Day.
Energy and Power Development Minister Zhemu Soda said
motorists should not panic as the country has enough petrol. Herald
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