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The death of Frederick Courteney Selous (31 December 1851 – 4 January 1917)

IntroductionThis article concentrates on the end of Selous’ life. Two names on the Great War...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

When THIEVES fall out, honest men come by their own

How a ZANU-PF politician amassed wealth through corruptionHow did we learn about all this wealth...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

Our Covered Wagon Heroines

This article is taken from the Rhodes Centenary Supplement published by the Chronicle in Bulawayo...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

Chizarira National Park

The name Chizarira comes from the Batonga “chijalila,” or “sijalila”...

Category:

Game Park

Province:

Matabeleland North

Francisco Barreto’s military expedition up the Zambesi river in 1569 to conquer the gold mines of Mwenemutapa (Monomotapa)

The background to the military expedition J. Boxer writes that there was no doubt that in seeking...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Development of the Rhodesia Railways

This article is taken from the Rhodes Centenary Supplement published by the Chronicle in Bulawayo...

Category:

Other

Province:

Midlands

Welcome

One of the purposes of this website is to reassure visitors that the whole of Zimbabwe, including those remotest corners, are safe to travel.

The only way that today’s visitors and residents of Zimbabwe can appreciate the jigsaw puzzle of Zimbabwe’s history is by visiting and by walking through these silent sites and examining them and reading the excellent site descriptions and brochures that are available which I would encourage NMMZ to keep expanding. If this guide helps those visitors a little in understanding the background information then the effort in preparing it will have been repaid.

Each article gives a breakdown of sites by area and by category on what there is to see, and each location has detailed directions on how to get there and the reasons to make a visit. This is being added to all the time, but if you know of a site that you cannot find here, please let me know through the contact form.

Although I have included the details of game lodges and tented camps, that does not mean I endorse them as this is a non-commercial site. I simply want visitors and residents to know what is available and, in any case, these places are an essential part of the typical visitor's wildlife experience of Zimbabwe.