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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

It has been over 40 years since households were settled in the post-Independence Model A resettlement of Chavarove in Gutu district. Much has happened in the intervening years, and our research has aimed at finding out how different households have fared over time, and indeed across generations.

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