BY 1989, the South African mines produced more than 40 percent of all the gold that had ever been mined.
But, the logistics of gold mining on the Rand are formidable.
At a depth of 3000m, rocks are at 50° C and huge quantities...
ZIMBABWE is acknowledged for its vast mineral wealth which overshadows its other resources.
In fact, beneath the surface of Southern Africa’s diverse landscape lies the richest mineral treasure trove.
Almost every precious metal, mineral and stone known to man has been found in deposits...
THE operating environment in Zimbabwe, particularly for agriculture, since the first half of 2019, was characterised by a number of significant macro-economic changes that re-defined the operating environment for the agro-sector.
These included the introduction of a local currency denoted as ZWL dollar or...
IN mathematics, the Lebombo bone found in the mountains of Eswatini, bordered all round by South Africa, dating from 35 000 BCE, consisting of 29 distinct notches that were deliberately cut into a baboon’s fibula, is thought to be the oldest known mathematical artefact...
IN the late 19th Century, European imperial powers engaged in a major territorial scramble and, through various incursions, occupied most of Africa, creating many colonial territories; leaving only two fully autonomous states – Ethiopia (known as ‘Abyssinia’) and Liberia.
Although Egypt and Sudan were never...
AFRICA’s generic existence is a reproach to the violence, cruelty, colonialism, imperialism and selfishness of Western bondage and underdevelopment of the continent.
In Zimbabwe, traditional ways were governed by the tenets of hunhu/ubuntu and unwritten divine laws of retribution.
Ancient people were accommodating, diplomatic...
THE recent protracted lockdown in 2020 due to COVID-19, and the renewed lockdown earlier this year (2021), which coincided with the peak period for tick-borne diseases (TBDs) in Zimbabwe did not auger well for most livestock or domestic animals and pets since the hot,...
AS the world battles a third wave of COVID-19, the animal health care systems, particularly in developing countries such as Zimbabwe, are highly compromised due to animal owners’ negligence, lockdowns and reduced economic activities.
Livestock and domestic pets are also vulnerable due to the...
THE decision by the US to impose sanctions on Russia on Thursday last week was yet another confirmation that Uncle Sam will stop at nothing in his futile bid to control the world while masking his own deficiencies which are being brutally exposed by...
HISTORICALLY, Zimbabwe has been regarded as the ‘bread basket’ of Africa.
More recently, millions of people have been dependent on local and international aid programmes for their access to food. Following two decades of food insecurity as a result of low-productivity, can we rebutt...
WATER is defined as a clear, colourless, tasteless and odourless liquid that is essential for the survival of human, animal and plant life and constitutes, in its impure form, rain, oceans, seas rivers and lakes.
It is chemically defined by the symbol H20. Water is...
THE US, at the turn of the 20th Century, was the ‘American Dream’ for many, especially after the devastation that followed the end of the First World War.
The war destroyed empires, created fractious new nation-states, gave a sense of identity to British dominions, led...
