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The part played by religious factors in the 1896-7 Matabele Rebellion (Umvukela) as told by Terence Ranger in Revolt in Southern Rhodesia 1896-7 and the shooting of the Mlimo

Terence Ranger Obituary (29 Nov 1929 – 3 Jan 2015)In The Guardian Professor Terence ‘...

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Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Hubert John Antony Hervey (1859 – 1896)

Eton and Cambridge (1859 – 1881)Hubert Hervey was born on 19 May 1859 at Eaton Place, London...

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Historic

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Matabeleland South

A description of the old Meikles Hotel, the Mill and Coach House and Coaching Stables and Strickland’s Store on Marshbrook Farm (now Charter Estates) in Charter District (PART 3)

Strickland’s Store; subsequently the Police Station and then Charter Post Office AgencyJohn...

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Building

Province:

Midlands

Sebakwe Recreational Park

Sebakwe Recreational Park is situated in the Midlands of Zimbabwe and is easily accessed by...

Category:

Scenic, Game Park

Province:

Midlands

Chief Tendai Mutasa's Indaba Tree, Penhalonga

Under this tree on what is called Sabi Ophir Hill, Machera we Hondo [Cloth of War] Chief of...

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Historic

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Manicaland

Lord Randolph Churchill’s visit to Rhodesia in 1891

Lord Randolph’s party journeyed by sea to Cape Town and then by rail to Kimberley where they...

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Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

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.