Tag: Rhodesia

The Moniness of Money in Zimbabwe: Political but not economic independence Tinashe Nyamunda Equity, production and currency At Lancaster, the burning issue had been that of land....

Money is Politics: The Lancaster independence compromise and its implications for monetary and economic development, 1979-1980 Tinashe Nyamunda Introduction I usually focus on 10 year intervals when...

Money and the winds of change in the 1960s. Federal collapse, the Rhodesian rebellion, sanctions UN sanctions and the turn towards a post-sterling currency. Tinashe...

The US-UN multilateralism and global monetary order: Implications for Southern Rhodesia’s monetary developments, 1950 – 1960 Tinashe Nyamunda June 26, 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of...

The Second World War and its global monetary aftermath: The gradual shift from imperial – colonial links towards US-led liberalism, the 1940 - 1950 Tinashe...

The imperial makings of a local/national currency in colonial Zimbabwe: Money as a product of imperial and colonial politics and law; 1930-1940 Tinashe Nyamunda The Brookings...

Jonathan Waters Tomorrow, June 11, marks the centenary of the arrival of the first aircraft in Harare carrying two passengers from Kadoma, and it...

Early State-making and the historical foundations of Zimbabwe’s colonial monetary system: 1890-1900 Tinashe Nyamunda What is money in Zimbabwe? Given the contentious and dynamic experiences in...

Jonathan Waters SUNDAY May 17 marks the 60th anniversary since Kariba Dam was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. At 10:57am...

Jonathan Waters BRITAIN had introduced daylight saving during World War I ostensibly to save coal. While this has been found to be a fallacious argument...