Dr Michelina Andreucci

Old guard indispensable

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso PRESIDENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA last week expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of a sector which has been my pre-occupation and occupation for half my career, the sector of internal public communication, meaning the way in which the people communicate with their popularly...

US takes Chinese war to Zimbabwe

THE US plan to counter Chinese investments in Zimbabwe has been inadvertently laid bare by its Ambassador Designate to Harare, Pamela Tremont. Her shameless lies that China’s trade with the country is benefitting the elite at the expense of the majority sets the stage for...
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Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 24…the rise of Florence in commerce

LIKE the Munhumutapas in Southern Africa, Venice became the leading naval power of the...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 23…Venetians throw caution to the wind

ALL the while, Venice’s wealth expanded.  In political structures, Venice was beginning to resemble a...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 22…bills of exchange, tally sticks and the Treasury

WHILST the Mwenemutapas in Southern Africa traded with Arabs, Portuguese and other traders, in...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 21…the Venetian money changers

ITALIAN cities became the major money centres for 13th and 14th Century Europe.  Those established family firms...

Money, Money, money: Part 20….Mwenemutapa and Changamire rivalry

RUINS of the Great Zimbabwe, situated on the edge of the Zimbabwe plateau just...

 Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 19…disintergration of the Mutapa Empire  

THE Portuguese enjoyed active commercial and political control with the Mwenemutapa Kingdom by the...

Money and pursuit of wealth: Part 18…Munhumutapa as central bank of the empire

PRIOR to the start of the 15th Century, a group from the Korekore royal...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 17…the rise of the ‘Mambo’ institution

THE Kingdom of Mapungubwe (a colonial corruption of its original Korekore name Mapungu Ebwe...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 17 …the rise of Mapungubwe 

IN sub-Saharan Africa, concurrently with the early-to- late Middle Ages in Europe and elsewhere,...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 16…the rise of currency in Africa

THE concept of accumulating wealth is not new, nor is it a Western concept. The...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 15 …from landholding to commerce

FAIRS were bound by rules and regulations.   At the time of the Paris Fair,...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 14

BY the middle of the 13th Century, bankers who remained sedentary became common and...

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Old guard indispensable

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso PRESIDENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA last week expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of...

US takes Chinese war to Zimbabwe

THE US plan to counter Chinese investments in Zimbabwe has been inadvertently laid bare...

Visitors spare us …we are capable of running our own affairs

By Tawanda Chenana WE, in the village, are very particular about our identity. In the village,...

Standing in solidarity with Malawi

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