Dr Michelina Andreucci

Benchmarking: A vital tool for sustainable progress

…no need to re-invent the wheel BENCHMARKING  is a transformative strategy, a guiding light for nations, organisations and individuals aiming to improve and innovate. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, during his address to the delegation visiting his farm, captured its essence when he emphasised the critical importance of...

Meet the afro-jazz artiste who has seen it all

By Fidelis Manyange IN the early 2000s, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation’s ZTV dedicated considerable airplay to two of Nkosana Mthunzi’s videos, ‘Mama kaSibongile’ and ‘Kura Mwanangu’.  It was ‘Mama kaSibongile’ that catapulted Mthunzi to instant fame. On the track, Mthunzi sounds very much like popular South African...

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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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Benchmarking: A vital tool for sustainable progress

…no need to re-invent the wheel BENCHMARKING  is a transformative strategy, a guiding light for...

Meet the afro-jazz artiste who has seen it all

By Fidelis Manyange IN the early 2000s, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation’s ZTV dedicated considerable airplay to...

Time to rethink how we live, learn and work

THE education of remembering, as eloquently critiqued by a gentleman I recently watched in a powerful...

We cannot afford to let corruption derail our progress

WE, in the village, hate corruption with a passion, for it is the one...
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