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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In pursuit of wealth: Part 50… the rise of the Ponzi scheme in France and BritainIn pursuit of wealth: Part 50

IN 1717, John Law gained an important friend in the French court, Philip, Duke...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 46…the rise of the dutch industry

THE triangular slave trade did not last long.   Few ships followed the pattern in...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 45…entire armies hired to fight for their country

JUST as the 16th Century saw the rise of Portugal and Spain, the 17th...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 44… crime waves caused by hunger

AS the price revolution picked up steam in Europe, business was stimulated.   As is...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 40…of precious metals, legal acts and African wealth

THE mercantilists held that a nation's wealth could be measured by the amounts of...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 39

LIKE their Portuguese counterparts, the Spanish monarchs initially attempted to achieve a monopoly on...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 38 …Da Gama’s military matrix

VASCO DA GAMA’s voyage, in 1497, was not a voyage of discovery or even of commerce.  Guided by...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 37…mercantilism, land grants and slave trade

THE first empires in the New World and the Pacific were formed by Spain,...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 36…Columbus’ looting journeys

BY the time the Portuguese were solidifying their grip on Indian Ocean commerce, Christopher...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 36…Columbus’ looting journeys

BY the time the Portuguese were solidifying their grip on Indian Ocean commerce, Christopher...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 35… of Africans as a commodity

THE arrival of the slave trade altered the structure of tribal life in Africa.  Warfare...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 34 … Admiral Cheng Ho’s journeys

THE opening of the Americas to Western civilisation is considered one of the most...

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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...