Dr Michelina Andreucci

Answering the call for beds in rehab centres

WE, in the village, have an unstated but deeply entrenched principle of ubuntu — “I am because we are.” It is a concept that underscores the interconnectedness of our humanity and the belief that collective well-being is a shared responsibility. When the Government recently...

How Rhodesia turned Mutinhiri into a hothead … ‘I learnt to make petrol bombs in Highfield’

Below is Ambrose Mutunhiri’s story as told to Evans Mushawevato: “I was born in Marondera, under the domain of Chief Nyandoro. My earliest memories are of the land — the red soil beneath my feet, the scent of rain-soaked earth. But it didn’t take...

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Man and money: Part 10 …the thievery of Ohio Company

THE Articles of Confederation, the first Constitution under which the new nation of America...

Man and money: Part Eight …re-evaluating the worth of colonies

THE colonists responded to all legislations by accepting the bounties and other encouragements to...

Man and money: Part Seven …rise of the colonial enterprise

SOME merchants ran factories, from which came metals, glass and candles, among many other...

Man and money: Part Six …rise of tobacco as a currency

IN the 1700s, the colonial economy in America was dominated by two types of...

Man and money: Part Four …the rise of slavery

IN 1672, the Royal African Company was organised to take over all of England’s...

Water use by farmers in Zim: Part Four …the birth of ZINWA

THE Plymouth Company sent its first vessels to North America in 1607.  Two ships landed...

Man and money  …the birth of tobacco growing

IN May of 1607, Smythe’s ships arrived in Chesapeake Bay, but not with the...

Animals and fish in the rock art of Zim

ROCK paintings in Zimbabwe are found wherever suitable surfaces exist.   Granite and sandstone outcrops dotted...

Climate smart agriculture for Zim

ZIMBABWE’s  diverse, rich ecosystems are under threat today from climate change. This is reality that...

Biodiversity conservation in Zimbabwe

ZIMBABWE has a programme for promoting the recovery of threatened species from the list...

Jewellery through the ages

BODY ornamentation made of feathers, bones, shells and coloured pebbles has been a part...

From myth to fairy tale …and to a new deadly variant

AFTER more than three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO officially ended the global...

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Answering the call for beds in rehab centres

WE, in the village, have an unstated but deeply entrenched principle of ubuntu —...

How Rhodesia turned Mutinhiri into a hothead … ‘I learnt to make petrol bombs in Highfield’

Below is Ambrose Mutunhiri’s story as told to Evans Mushawevato: “I was born in...

Freedom is worth everything: Cde Ambrose Mutinhiri

By Evans Mushawevato RHODESIA in 1964 was a smouldering powder keg, a nation on...

Our education, our pride.

By Fungai B Mutizwa ZIMBABWE’S Vision 2030, the drive to transition into an upper-middle-income...
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