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Zimbabwe Mining Company Linked to Shady Deals With Belarusians

BackgroundAn independent journalism organization, Journalism Development Network Inc trading as the...

Category:

Geological

Province:

Manicaland

The arrival of the AmaNdebele in Matabeleland and the succession of King Lobengula

Migration of the amaNdebele to MatabelelandWhen Mzilikazi left the Transvaal[1] they all came...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

The Wood-Chapman-Francis syndicate of concession seekers

The Wood-Chapman-Francis syndicate appealed to Lobengula, King of the amaNdebele for a mineral...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

When is the sickening trade in Lions going to be banned?

IntroductionMost of the information for this article comes from four articles in the Daily Maverick...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

Henry Hallam Dam (also called Harava Dam)

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Harare

Frederick “Freddy” Hugh Barber, hunter, trader, artist – visited the Victoria Falls in 1875 and Matabeleland in 1877

The narrative is taken from the book Zambezia and Matabeleland in the Seventies published in 1960...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

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.