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Zimbabwe's mineral resources include, amongst others, coal, chromium ore, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, tin, platinum group metals (such as palladium) and diamonds. Globally it is a significant producer of lithium, chrysotile asbestos and vermiculite. Gold, platinum group metals and chromium are Zimbabwe's key mineral resources. The Great ...
CAMPFIRE was initiated in 1989 by the Zimbabwean government as a program to support community-led development and sustainable use of natural resources. [2] The 1975 Parks and Wildlife Act set the legal basis for CAMPFIRE by allowing communities and private landowners to use wildlife on their land, marking a substantial shift from colonial policy that made it illegal for local populations to ...
Zimbabwe's tobacco sector is the largest grower of tobacco in Africa, and the 6th largest in the world. Tobacco is Zimbabwe's leading agricultural export and one of its main sources of foreign exchange. Tobacco farming accounted for 11% of Zimbabwe's GDP in 2017, and 3 million of its 16 million people relied on tobacco for their livelihood. [6]
Kristina Rungano (1963– ), first published woman poet in Zimbabwe Joe Ruzvidzo (1979– ), journalist and short-story writer [ 10 ] Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988), historian and novelist [Gikandi] [Jahn]
The Zimbabwe International Book Fair was held for the first time in 1983 in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. It was founded by David Martin (late), Phylis Johnson and Charles Mungoshi (late). Until the opening of the Cape Town Book Fair in 2006 it was one of the main book fairs of Africa.
Weaver Press is a Zimbabwean independent publisher formed in 1998 in Harare. [1] The press was co-founded by Irene Staunton, who has been credited with "quietly shaping post-independence Zimbabwean literature", [2] with Murray McCartney, and the Press has published many notable African writers.
Production began in 1958, [3] and in 1959 the properties were sold to a Rio Tinto subsidiary Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ). [1] The mines were first worked by filling a wheelbarrow with the gem containing soil and then washing away the earth, [ 4 ] but were replaced by modern placer techniques.
Zimbabwean literature is literature produced by authors from Zimbabwe or in the Zimbabwean Diaspora.The tradition of literature starts with a long oral tradition, was influenced heavily by western literature that influenced multiple countries in the same region such as Malawi and Zambia whereby these three countries have very similar languages and a lot of words seem to be quite similar only ...