Zimbabwe: Short-Term Fuel Structures Responsible for Current Shortages

12 February 2020

Zimbabwe is facing fuel shortages which have been attributed to the short nature of structured agreements between government and oil companies while other firms are offering conditions which are beyond government's reach considering a number of priority areas that require foreign exchange.

It has emerged that Trafigura is the only company taking risks within the economy as they are now familiar with the operating economic environment opening a window of attack by other oil companies while also attracting anger from the opposition political party, MDC.

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