By Own Correspondent| President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday evening announced that Government had decided to increase fuel prices effective midnight.
Mnangagwa announced that petrol will now cost $3.31 per litre while diesel will now cost $3.11 per litre.
We publish citizens’ reactions below:
#ThingsFallApart
To have the head of the pfee administration to announce midnight fuel price hikes under the cover of the night to benefit queen bees is a tragic joke that ain't funny. The centre is broken. It's time for visionary leadership, otherwise the people will perish! pic.twitter.com/hwmWUInipB— Prof Jonathan Moyo (@ProfJNMoyo) January 12, 2019
Fuel price increases without wage increases can only mean one thing: wages and savings have been totally eroded. Prices will rise. Everything. The first sign is workers will not be able to go to work. You solve one problem but open up another. It’s a calamity. Solve the politics!
— Alex T Magaisa ?? (@Wamagaisa) January 12, 2019
So a whole Presidium called a press conference to announce fuel increase. #Asakhe .
— Zenzele (@zenzele) January 12, 2019
Only in Africa where a president can call a press Conference to announce fuel price hikes pic.twitter.com/xxo6XC0PTp
— ApexNewsZim (@ApexNewsZim) January 12, 2019
It never rains but it pours. Some decisions that the Government of Zimbabwe are making are catastrophic. Failure to deal with the fuel crisis, labour crisis & economic crisis will cause an uprising in Zimbabwe. In USD terms our fuel is grossly over priced#FixZimbabwe #FuelCrisis pic.twitter.com/AdpMvliqea
— Linda Tsungirirai Masarira (@lilomatic) January 12, 2019
Sadly, once the fuel price goes up officially, the cost of transport, labour and other basic goods will automatically go up as well.
Let’s brace for tough times ahead.
— Fadzayi Mahere?? (@advocatemahere) January 12, 2019
So basically what ED's done,
Is to give us a fuel price,
Pegged at the black market price of the USD,
But he refuses to adjust salaries accordingly,
So he maintains the 1:1 lie.
@ new prices,
A teacher's pay,
Buys +/-120L fuel.
It's R17 in SA
So teachers earn +/- R2040/month
?— Thandekile Moyo (@Mamoxn) January 12, 2019
Fuel prices up with effect from midnight. Diesel $3.11 per litre and Petrol pegged at $3.31.
"These prices are predicated on the ruling official exchange rate of 1:1 between the Bond note and US$."
What does this last statement mean? Is it Pfeeconomics? pic.twitter.com/Jx7klYnPs4— Duduzile Nyirongo (@Dudu_Nyirongo) January 12, 2019
The Government has officially declared it's anti workers , anti poor & anti people ideological position tonight by increasing fuel prices. Workers salaries have now been reduced to nothing & our suffering elevated to another level.We must & will mobilize & fight for our survival
— ZCTU – Zimbabwe (@ZctuZimbabwe) January 12, 2019
Dambudzo said he is bringing sanity to the fuel sector by increasing the price of fuel by 300%.
Muroverei maoko president wenyu uyu. Anogona. Pfeeeeee munhamo!.
— Citizen Champion (@MpiganiaUhuru) January 12, 2019
https://twitter.com/tjchaitwa/status/1084167923353243650?s=19
So mnangagwa was announcing fuel hike for absent fuel?
— Mzilankatha (@Mzilankatha_) January 12, 2019