Midlands
Gold is integral to Zimbabwe’s economyArtisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)[i]...
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BackgroundFrederick Courteney Selous needs no introduction to readers interested in the history of...
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BackgroundAlmost all the information below is sourced from the Global Initiative against...
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Singapore just banned ivory product sales; so will demand reduce?In Singapore sellers of elephant...
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In most parts of Southern Africa the landowner had the sole right to prospect on their farm, but...
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Some months ago, we reported that on 26 October 2020 Henrietta Rushwaya was caught at Robert...
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The irony of the arrest of Ms Henrietta RushwayaIn June this year the then President of the...
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Zimbabwe’s artisanal miners, popularly known as makorokoza, risk their lives to make a decent living
SourcesThis article is a very abbreviated summary from the following publications which readers may...
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This article is based upon a number of articles listed in the reference section but most of the...
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This account from Tyrie Laing’s book The Matabele Rebellion, 1896 with the Belingwe Field...
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Diana Polisensky tells us that Mr R.J. Allwright was its first resident and began its extensive...
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Que Que (now Kwekwe) was originally called Sebakwe after the nearby river, but as the name was...
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Background In late March 1896 many isolated prospectors and traders were killed in the...
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In pre-colonial times Gweru may have been one of the outposts of the Rozvi Empire and was almost...
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Strickland’s Store; subsequently the Police Station and then Charter Post Office AgencyJohn...
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Meikles HotelResearch by Cormac Lloyd in the 1990’s revealed that the Meikles Hotel dated...
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IntroductionThis article relies on a survey carried out by J.K.G. Borcherds, B.Arch., RIBA in...
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List of Victims named on the Gweru MemorialNamesDate of DeathDetailsMilitary ...
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The modern Church in Zimbabwe has its beginnings in the Zambezi Mission run by the Society of Jesus...
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The chimney at Mvuma is visible from many kilometres away standing on a prominent kopje and...
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Below is a Rhodesia 1898 One Penny Duty stamp with an Orton’s Drift Post Office agency...
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The pub was a neat and tidy timber bar of English style with posts reaching up to support shelving...
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In her excellent article, Mrs Dorothy Finn says that Cripps was not related to Lionel Cripps, or...
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IntroductionThis paper is based on a survey carried out by J.K.G. Borcherds, B.Arch., RIBA in...
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A summary of events leading up to the establishment of Fort Gibbs are described by Ian Tomes....
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Situated some 58 kilometres from Gweru on the railway line to Masvingo is a remote siding called...
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Lalapanzi is a small village in the Midland province in Zimbabwe. It straddles...
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Sebakwe Recreational Park is situated in the Midlands of Zimbabwe and is easily accessed by...
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If you need a weekend’s break in the country where you can hear the hippos snorting in the...
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Within the grounds of the National Mining Museum stands a relic of the boom gold mining days called...
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Fort Ingwenya (either from Ngwena (chiShona for crocodile) or Ingwenya (isiNdebele for hippo)...
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The Zimbabwe Military Museum began with a collection of historic aircraft stored at Thornhill Air...
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As the visitor approaches the southern side of the building, the elaborate and highly...
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