Independence day is upon us and with it we are caused to reflect on our history. Colonization itself is viewed with universal disapproval whilst the only undisputed advantageous outcome of colonisation was the technology brought into the country as a result.The indigenous peoples had their own social and cultural systems which had hardly changed for centuries.There were no written communications; no use was made of the wheel or the plough. In fact agriculture was designed merely to provide a basic subsistence.
To this day the development of
home grown solutions still remains rather slow and marginal.For most people before the19th century farming was an arduous backbreaking task done by the hoe.
It is rather strange that the use of cattle for tillage coincides with
the arrival of the colonialists more so since the ox-drawn plough itself
is an African invention and had been in use for several millennia.
Around June 1902 the Matopos dam, the first dam in this country was
completed, the seed for Zimbabwe’s rise as an agricultural nation had
been sown. Irrigation was now practised at a large scale and towns could
now be supplied with water and ablution services. Modest technological
advancements as they were there were the foundation to our nation and
form the spine of whatever technological advancements have been made
since.Today there are over 80 dams in the country.
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