Dr Michelina Andreucci

Uhuru celebrations bring telemedicine to Gokwe

By Kundai Marunya ONCE ridiculed on social media as the epitome of backwardness, Gokwe is on the verge of a dramatic transformation that defies the stereotypes long associated with it.  For years, jokes like “Are you from Gokwe?” were weaponised to question someone’s awareness. But this...

Zim@45: Shared responsibility key to development…iwe neni tine basa/mina lawe silomsebenzi

AS Zimbabweans across the nation celebrate the country’s 45th Independence Anniversary today (Friday, 18th April), one message rings clear: “Iwe neni tine basa  — “you and I have work to do”. This mantra, rooted in the country’s war of liberation, is a call to shared responsibility...

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Man and money: Part 10 …the thievery of Ohio Company

THE Articles of Confederation, the first Constitution under which the new nation of America...

Man and money: Part Eight …re-evaluating the worth of colonies

THE colonists responded to all legislations by accepting the bounties and other encouragements to...

Man and money: Part Seven …rise of the colonial enterprise

SOME merchants ran factories, from which came metals, glass and candles, among many other...

Man and money: Part Six …rise of tobacco as a currency

IN the 1700s, the colonial economy in America was dominated by two types of...

Man and money: Part Four …the rise of slavery

IN 1672, the Royal African Company was organised to take over all of England’s...

Water use by farmers in Zim: Part Four …the birth of ZINWA

THE Plymouth Company sent its first vessels to North America in 1607.  Two ships landed...

Man and money  …the birth of tobacco growing

IN May of 1607, Smythe’s ships arrived in Chesapeake Bay, but not with the...

Animals and fish in the rock art of Zim

ROCK paintings in Zimbabwe are found wherever suitable surfaces exist.   Granite and sandstone outcrops dotted...

Climate smart agriculture for Zim

ZIMBABWE’s  diverse, rich ecosystems are under threat today from climate change. This is reality that...

Biodiversity conservation in Zimbabwe

ZIMBABWE has a programme for promoting the recovery of threatened species from the list...

Jewellery through the ages

BODY ornamentation made of feathers, bones, shells and coloured pebbles has been a part...

From myth to fairy tale …and to a new deadly variant

AFTER more than three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO officially ended the global...

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Uhuru celebrations bring telemedicine to Gokwe

By Kundai Marunya ONCE ridiculed on social media as the epitome of backwardness, Gokwe is...

Zim@45: Shared responsibility key to development…iwe neni tine basa/mina lawe silomsebenzi

AS Zimbabweans across the nation celebrate the country’s 45th Independence Anniversary today (Friday, 18th...

Ropa regwayana kanakuti regamba? Part 1

THIS year Easter coincides with Zimbabwe's independence celebrations. April 18 is both Good Friday and...

Zim@45: A journey of pride, progress and self-determination

TODAY we celebrate our Independence Day in Nembudziya, Gokwe.  What was once a tradition confined to the capital...
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