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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has launched an academic study into the impact of colonialism on the African country that will culminate in the demand for reparations from former colonial power, Britain. 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This has become endemic, despite being contrary to the presidential policy to promote good governance as pathways towards economic emergence by 2035. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20241117112607277_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="background:#f2f2df;padding:10px" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">ESWATINI</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241120101710605" style="color:#000;" class="">University falls apart amid struggles to pay staff, providers</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Zachariah Mushawatu</div> The monetary crisis at the University of Eswatini is coming to a head after the institution recently failed to pay service providers, resulting in its water supply being cut off. 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