Dr Michelina Andreucci

Plot to derail debt restructuring talks

THE US has been caught in yet another embarrassing plot to grab the limelight from the country’s 44th Independence celebrations by derailing Harare’s ongoing Zimbabwe Structured Dialogue Platform on Debt Clearance by tasking its officials to bring into the fray issues to do with governance...

US onslaught on Zim continues

By Elizabeth Sitotombe THERE was nothing surprising about Tendai Biti’s decision to abandon the opposition's turbulent  politics by taking a ‘sabbatical’. The CCC has become nothing more than a playground for clueless political nonentities. Indeed, the CCC has not only been drowning in a sea of confusion,...

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Rhodes’ wild ambitions

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White settlers dislodge locals…formation of crowded African reserves

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When Western powers changed Africa…gold rush, land occupation took centrestage

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Zim did not begin with Dzimbahwe

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Emergence of the Ndebele State

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Draconian colonial Acts impoverish Africans

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History of land and agriculture in Zim: Part 22…World War increases white immigration

AS part of its drive to maximise the potential of new white-owned farms, especially...

History of land and agriculture in Zimbabwe: Part 21…political, economic and technology development

FOR centuries, the southern part of Central Africa remained virtually untouched by Europeans. The...

History of land and agriculture in Zimbabwe: Part 20…racism entrenched in land division

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History of land and agriculture in Zimbabwe: Part 18…indegenes moved to unproductive land

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Plot to derail debt restructuring talks

THE US has been caught in yet another embarrassing plot to grab the limelight...

US onslaught on Zim continues

By Elizabeth Sitotombe THERE was nothing surprising about Tendai Biti’s decision to abandon the opposition's...

Mineral wealth a definition of Independence

ZIMBABWE’S independence and freedom cannot be fully explained without mentioning one of the key...

Let the Uhuru celebrations begin

By Kundai Marunya The Independence Flame has departed Harare’s Kopje area for a tour of...