Zimbabwe: More Fuel Deregulation as Shortages Bite

Standing for hours by the roadside waiting for a bus, or stranded in a queue outside a petrol station that snakes for several blocks, Zimbabweans are increasingly used to a fuel crisis that has defied the government’s efforts to resolve.

The latest stab at the problem was an announcement last week further deregulating procurement and distribution, and throwing the doors open to private business to import and sell fuel at a gazetted price – an admission that the forex-starved authorities have been unable to keep the pumps supplied.
Reuters