Dr Michelina Andreucci

EU in fresh regime change putsch

THERE was nothing surprising about the EU Election Observer Mission’s ‘final’ report released on Friday last week.  It was a regurgitation of the bloc’s initial foiled attempt to sway the August 23 harmonised elections in favour of the embattled opposition CCC or at the very...

McKinney: The unsung heroine …unanswered questions of November 28

IT is now slightly more than a decade since the US slapped Zimbabwe with illegal economic sanctions, but there remains an unsung heroine who stood up to the US Congress in protest against Uncle Sam’s actions. Her name is Cynthia McKinney who was then a...

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

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Man and money: Part Four …the rise of slavery

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

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Man and money  …the birth of tobacco growing

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Animals and fish in the rock art of Zim

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Climate smart agriculture for Zim

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Biodiversity conservation in Zimbabwe

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Jewellery through the ages

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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...

Africa: the last frontier: Part Four …good water governance critical

IN sub-Saharan Africa, water is present but scarce, without the capital to access it. Besides...

Energy for life: Part Two …is sustainable energy development feasible?

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Threskiornis aethiopicus ….a longtime resident in Borrowdale

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EU in fresh regime change putsch

THERE was nothing surprising about the EU Election Observer Mission’s ‘final’ report released on...

McKinney: The unsung heroine …unanswered questions of November 28

IT is now slightly more than a decade since the US slapped Zimbabwe with...

Chimoio genocide: How many remember?

I AM a bit disturbed as I pen this note.  I keep thinking of how...

Warriors could stand a chance

THE opening results of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers give the Zimbabwe Warriors...