Zimbabwe wants digital payments to build trust in its newest currency. Why technology alone won’t be enough to save the ZiG

Zimbabwe wants digital payments to build trust in its newest currency. Why technology alone won’t be enough to save the ZiG

Zimbabwe’s central bank wants people to use the ZiG

Hundreds in Zim recruited for war, as Russia also targets DRC, Madagascar

Hundreds in Zim recruited for war, as Russia also targets DRC, Madagascar

Great Zimbabwe’s residents stored rain and groundwater in big hollows called dhaka pits. Those reservoirs could have held at least 4.9 million gallons (18,400 cubic meters), according to a team led by archaeologist Innocent Pikirayi of the University of Pretoria. The medieval stone city in southeastern Zimbabwe sits in a region that is short of water today.

Great Zimbabwe’s residents turned old clay quarries below the Hill Complex into reservoirs that could hold at least 4.9 million gallons of water, and nearby clans still manage springs around the old stone city

Great Zimbabwe’s residents turned old clay quarries below the Hill Complex into reservoirs that could hold at least 4.9 million gallons of water, and nearby clans still manage springs around the old stone city

Great Zimbabwe’s residents stored rain and groundwater in big hollows called dhaka pits. Those reservoirs could have held at least 4.9 million gallons (18,400 cubic meters), according to a team led by archaeologist Innocent Pikirayi of the University of Pretoria. The medieval stone city in southeastern Zimbabwe sits in a region that is short of water today.

Changing patterns of livelihood success in Zimbabwe’s old resettlement areas since the 1980s

Changing patterns of livelihood success in Zimbabwe’s old resettlement areas since the 1980s

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How come Smith constructed and maintained good roads yet we’re failing even with toll fees?

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This is quite embarrassing.

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