Bulawayo
This article written by Benjamin ‘Matabele’ Wilson appeared in the publication of the...
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This article is about the perils of maintaining the Telegraph line in 1893 with the incident...
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The railway reached Bulawayo at about 3pm on the afternoon of Tuesday 22 October 1897. On that day...
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Mrs RA Fletcher of Umvutcha Farm[1] near Bulawayo with two children, one aged 2 years and the other...
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This article comprises items in brief from early newspapers included in the Occupation of...
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Much of the material included in this article is taken from a presentation copy of Occupation of...
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This short article, chiefly useful for the photographs, appeared in the publication of the...
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The fortieth anniversary of the occupation of Matabeleland was commemorated by an official...
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This was commemorated with the publication of the Occupation of Matabeleland: A Souvenir and...
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Much of the material included in this article is taken from a presentation copy of Occupation of...
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This interview with Fenella Redrup was included in the souvenir brochure Occupation of Matabeleland...
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Much of the material included in this article is taken from a presentation copy of Occupation of...
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IntroductionThompson’s parents[1] came to South Africa in 1850, Francis Robert ‘...
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Terence Ranger Obituary (29 Nov 1929 – 3 Jan 2015)In The Guardian Professor Terence ‘...
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IntroductionMarshall Hole, the B.S.A. Company employee for over twenty-five years wrote, “...
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IntroductionThis article has been written from a white perspective because the references used were...
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How did this oppressive piece of legislation come about?At the same time as President Mnangagwa...
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Photographs and descriptions of all the principal individuals involved in this article are given in...
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Dr Jameson may have decided on 18 July 1893 that the only solution was a military one, [i...
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Background to the Great DanceThe Inxwala, or Great Ceremony, usually called the Great Dance, in the...
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A map of the approximate positions of the amaNdebele royal kraals of Kings Mzilikazi and Lobengula...
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IntroductionLieut-Col. H. Vaughn-Williams’ book A Visit to Lobengula in 1889 was published 57...
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This article is a tribute to William Thomson and celebrates his connection and all those who served...
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IntroductionThe Jameson Raid caused enormous interest and controversy at the time and arguably was...
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IntroductionProposed plans for a donkey abattoir in Bulawayo have been turned down to the relief of...
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E.E. Burke in the Foreword to Bethell’s Notes on South African Hunting says the story...
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For background on the life of Thomas Leask visit the article Thomas Leask’s Life and Diaries...
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Why is this article relevant?Recently the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo managed to...
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Field Marshall Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE and his...
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Frewen’s journal was copied from the original into a manuscript volume along with many of his...
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The narrative is taken from the book Zambezia and Matabeleland in the Seventies published in 1960...
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IntroductionRobert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (22 February 1857 – 1941) (he pronounced his...
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The Wood-Chapman-Francis syndicate appealed to Lobengula, King of the amaNdebele for a mineral...
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Many concession-seekers had petitioned Mzilikazi and Lobengula over the years for the right to mine...
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Neil Parsons in an essay entitled “No longer rare birds in London” explored the...
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The earliest mail service was by runner through Bechuanaland (modern-day Botswana) between Mafeking...
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Most of the following article is abbreviated from Frank W. Sykes' book: With Plumer in...
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Stanley Portal Hyatt came to Rhodesia on the Great northern Road when railhead was at Palapye...
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Lyn Mullin writes that the hanging tree is an average-sized specimen of a false Marula, or Lannea...
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Doel Zeederberg used passenger coaches built by the Abbot Downing Company based in Concord, the...
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William Finaughty, “Old Bill” knew Mzilikazi well. Born in Grahamstown in 1843 he left...
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The word Chipangali comes from the Chinyanja language in eastern Zambia where Viv Wilson began his...
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In the current economic climate where the Government’s priorities are elsewhere, disabled men...
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Below is a time line of the sequence of events, particularly in relation to the sites of the king...
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In 1879 the Jesuits made arrangements to establish missions to the north of the Limpopo River and...
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By 1918, British aircraft were capable of carrying a fair load in addition to their crew and the...
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In the 1880’s the area was known as Matsheumhlope, or White Stones, the site of one of King...
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The Museum office was the station building for Shamva from 1931 until moved and re-erected in...
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The Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe came into being in 1901 as the Rhodesian Museum before being...
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BackgroundGreat Zimbabwe between 1300 to 1500AD was the largest settlement in sub-Saharan Africa,...
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