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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Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 33…emergency of rules and laws of commerce

THE nobles of Europe were able to tax both of the rising classes, but...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 32…scandalous corruption in the Church

THE 14th Century was a period of turmoil during which time many of the...

Africa, the last agriculture frontier

IN ‘The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World’ report in 2017,...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 25…armies rise to defend commerce

WHILE merchants and mariners in southern Europe —the Italian city-States in particular, were profiting...

Biltong: Zimbabwe’s heirloom delicacy

IN times of economic austerity, as is being experienced in Zimbabwe currently, young, astute...

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...

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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...