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FINANCIAL services institution, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe, says it is ready to launch contactless debit cards and POS machines as it forges ahead with its highly innovative technology advancement approach accelerated by the Covid-19 new normal. The bank’s head of personal and business banking, Mr Patson Mahatchi, said the “Tap and …

Exiled former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has confirmed MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa had strong fears of being poisoned at the time the opposition leader served as minister during the now-defunct inclusive government. The inclusive government lived from 2009 to 2013 following the signing of the shaky Global Political Agreement …

The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) has written to the Ministry of Higher Education registering its disapproval over a government directive for all tertiary students to write their examinations online due to Covid-19. The government has informed state-run tertiary institutions to resort to online examinations in a bid to stop …

Pyramid scheme bosses Bevern Dzinoenda and Ambrose Chikukwa are wanted by the police in connection with contravening the Banking Act after allegedly operating their money laundering business in Harare and Kwekwe. Dzinoenda and Chikukwa ran a company called Bevern Capital (Pvt) Limited in Harare and Kwekwe, where they were taking …

Prolific urban grooves musician, Collen Banda, also known as ShowBoy in arts circles, is set to release three single tracks. The singles are titled Shungu, Nguva Yareba and Wakandibaya. ShowBoy told NewZimbabwe.com that he was taking advantage of the Covid-19 induced lockdown period to pen more songs while striving to …

WARRIORS defender, Jordan Zemura, has set his sights on breaking into English Championship side Bournemouth’s first team this coming season. The Cherries were relegated from the top-flight on the last day of the season. The 20-year-old had a dream season with the team’s Under-21 side before Covid-19 forced a premature …

The 4 000 white commercial farmers who lost their farms during land reform will now be getting US$3.5 billion compensation for improvements after Government and the farmers’ representatives yesterday signed a series of agreements in a ceremony presided over by President Mnangagwa at State House. The President described the agreements, …

Popular rapper, Desmond “Stunner” Chideme who was hospitalised for an undisclosed ailment is back in the studio and says he is tailoring a few tracks to whip a few individuals into line. Speaking to socialite, Tatelicious, the Godo hitmaker said he is working on a project to address a few …

TWO Chinese nationals have appeared in court on allegations of duping their compatriot of US$240 000 in a botched property deal. Zhiqiang Gao and Guibiao Zhang were charged with fraud when they appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Sheunesu Matora. They were remanded out of custody to August 2 on $5 …

Zimbabwe should continue to take anticipatory measures and preparatory steps to fight swarms of locusts in case fresh outbreaks in the coming 20/21 cropping season, a senior plant crop disease expert has said. Shingirai Nyamutukwa, head of the Plant Quarantine & Plant Protection Research Services Institute of the Ministry of …