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 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...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 13… were medieval Jews money lenders?

MERCHANTS from ancient times, to the present, have carried products from places where they...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 12…capitalism under threat

THE entry of so many Germans into the Greek Empire resulted in an amalgamation...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 11 …a form of capitalism

ONE of the great innovations of the Hellenistic Age was the creation of State...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 10…trade promotion during wars and revolts

WITH the rise of Macedon and Alexander the Great’s conquests ‘Classical’ Greece entered the...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part Nine…hazards of moneylending

WHEN most people struggled to simply survive on a daily basis, a handful of...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part Eight…during poleis, Greek banks never weren’t large concerns

IN the age of agriculture, when most people struggled simply to survive day-to-day, a...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part Seven …the birth of ‘tenderpreneureship’

GREEK civilisation was different from that of Mesopotamia or Egypt.  Located in south-eastern Europe, the...

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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...