Shamaine ChirimujiriZIMBABWE tourism sector needs major financial backing from banks and investors to sustain its rapid growth, the government has said.The appeal comes as tourism now contributes more than 10 percent to Zimbabwe’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), placing it among the country’s leading economic sectors alongside agriculture and mining.Speaking at the Tourism and Hospitality Investment…

Yvonne Ncubein Bulawayo A BULAWAYO woman has been jailed for five years for fatally stabbing her partner over a US$1 dispute.Ntombikayise Ndlovu, 47, of Njube suburb, was initially charged with murder, but was convicted of the lesser offence of culpable homicide after the Bulawayo High Court found that the State had failed to prove that…

Yvonne Ncube A BULAWAYO man has been jailed for nine years after admitting possessing protected pangolin scales worth five thousand dollars.Thandolwenkosi Ndlovu, 28, of Entumbane suburb, was convicted of unlawfully possessing a specially protected animal trophy, an offence under the Parks and Wildlife Act.He was convicted and sentenced by Bulawayo magistrate Jeconia Prince Ncube.His co-accused,…

Shamaine ChirimujiriSTAFF WRITER AT LEAST 35 cases of mining-related violence have been recorded across four districts over the past year.The findings have prompted authorities to crack down on illegal mining, intervene in land disputes, and strengthen oversight of the extractive sector, a Zimbabwe Environmental Law Organisation (ZELO) report revealed.The report says community monitors documented the…