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The June 1896 Mazoe Patrol skirmish with detailed accounts from those besieged and their Mashona attackers

GPS LocationsAlice Mine laager 17°30´44"S 30°57´33"EFort Mazoe 17...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland Central

Dr James Johnston’s account of a journey across Africa in 1891-2 (Part 1 of 5 - Benguela, Angola to the Barotse Valley)

IntroductionJames (Jas) Johnston funded the expedition himself, he believed this was the only way...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

Rhodesian Air Training Group (RATG) – a high price was paid in young lives

Much of the information below was originally included in the article The Rhodesia Air Training...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Harare

Penhalonga Church

Penhalonga Church is aligned east – west, with the sanctuary in the east and the Church porch...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Manicaland

Some History on Chief Sileya (Shona: Chireya) and the Vashangwe community in the Sebungwe district

This article is composed from a number of articles in NADA (The Southern Rhodesia Native Affairs...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

The Bent’s archaeological expedition to Great Zimbabwe in 1891 and the prominent part played by Mabel Bent

SourceMuch of the information in this article comes from the very comprehensive website Theodore...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Masvingo

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.