HISTORY OF ZIMBABWE

Tribal hostilities become a noticeable feature of Zimbabwe's political life after Mugabe dismisses Nkomo from his cabinet in 1982 just two years after independence In 1987 the two leaders make a new attempt to resolve the nation's divisions by merging their parties as ZANU-PF making Zimbabwe POST-INDEPENDENCE LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE Controversies and Impact on the Economy Edited by Medicine Masiiwa Total 16 years 3 385 291 Source Zimbabwe Government 1998 In an effort to speed up land acquisition The Land Acquisition Act came into force in 1990 The Act stipulated that a!! land for sale should be offered to the government

Major problems facing Zimbabwe today

Rampant deforestation poaching air and water pollution (especially from agricultural and industrial runoffs) soil erosion and land degradation (poor mining practices have led to toxic waste and heavy metal pollution) etc remain some of the major environmental issues facing Zimbabwe today Health in Zimbabwe diarrhoeal diseases and health issues affecting pregnant women and neonates Every year one in every 11 children in Zimbabwe dies before his or her fifth birthday In other words 35 500 Zimbabwean children under the age of five die every year (3) In the period since the formation of the Government of National

ZIMBABWE'S GOLD POTENTIAL

14/02/2008Zimbabwe is perhaps the only country whose colonisation by Europeans was a direct result of its perceived rich and wide variety of gold deposits The Portuguese occupied parts of the country in the 17th century and traded in gold with local miners Following the accounts of the Portuguese and information gathered by 19th century explorers and hunters a lot of interest on Zimbabwe's gold in 2005 Indonesia's resource potential is ranked above Zimbabwe South Africa Bolivia Mongolia Western Australia Chile Nevada Russian and Congo (Table 1) Yet the Wall Street Journal in February this year reported that mining companies "haven't broken ground on a single mine here since Asia's