Harare
Much of the information below was originally included in the article The Rhodesia Air Training...
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Places are referred to by their names in 1940: Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Northern Rhodesia (...
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What’s the issue?Robert Mugabe’s 33 year-old daughter Bona Mugabe filed for divorce in...
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The recent Al Jazeera documentary called Gold Mafia, a four-part investigation by their...
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AcknowledgementsThis article uses as its primary source - Power Imbalance in Africa-China...
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BackgroundIn this report we look at the results of the ENACT report Africa Organised Crime Index...
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BackgroundIn a recent survey by Afrobarometer[i] which examined Zimbabwean citizens’...
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By Dominic M. MandazaThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were amongst...
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By Lydia JanhiThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were amongst the best...
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By Fidelis Bere-Chikara These stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were...
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SourcesI have used mainly Robert Cary’s book The Pioneer Corps and Colonel A.S. Hickman...
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Patrick Campbell, husband of Mrs Patrick Campbell who went to Mashonaland and was killed in the...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has given the go-ahead for the launch of an effective malaria...
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Harold Walmsley who died on 4 April 2021 aged 98 years has an obituary that is note-worthy for at...
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Kenneth Kaunda, first president of Zambia following Zambia’s independence in 1964 and the...
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How a ZANU-PF politician amassed wealth through corruptionHow did we learn about all this wealth...
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The organisation ranks 180 countries by how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. ...
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Our government through its inept economic policies and widespread corruption is unable to provide...
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An improving wildlife situation prior to COVID-19In the last few years there have been lots of...
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The precise origin of the COVID-19 virus that has wreaked such health problems and high death rates...
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This question of how the virus managed to make the transition from animals to humans still leaves...
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What are the origins of the current coronavirus pandemic?A team of international and Chinese...
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Background The article Edward Carey Tyndale-Biscoe who raised the flag at Salisbury, now Harare on...
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A summary of his remarkable careerOn 10 December 2014 an important set of medals awarded to...
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Of the men who made up the Pioneer Column Adrian Darter writes: “The Pioneers were men who...
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Pangolins are the most endangered mammal that you have never heard of. There are eight species of...
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This article is intended to provide an overview of the route and the men who made the journey in...
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Some backgroundThomas Leask (1839 – 1912) was born at Aglath, Stenness in the Orkney Islands...
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The article Were Lobengula and the amaNdebele tricked by the Rudd Concession? under Bulawayo on the...
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IntroductionThis article is largely based on Eleanor Mabin’s thesis for an MA at Simon Fraser...
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IntroductionThis article explores the preliminary manoeuvres prior to the formation of the British...
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Reality is described as the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or...
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Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Graham Pennefather (1850 – 1828) first commander of what became...
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In the five years of writing articles for my website, I have come across a few of the remaining...
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AvondaleEdward O’Connell Farrell (1850 – 1910)Edward O’Connell Farrell, a pioneer...
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AcknowledgementsA number of authors have used Henry Borrow’s letters in the past with...
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This eight horsepower single cylinder Engine No. 2554 was built by Charles Burrell and Sons of...
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HistoryChief Mbari lived on the site of Harare kopje before the occupation in 1890, his brother...
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No women were included amongst the Pioneers, but it soon became clear they would be needed for...
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The large stand of over 5 hectares on the western side of the kopje given to Johnson, Heany and...
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The Queen’s Hotel was opened on 31 December 1899 on the eve of the twentieth century and...
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This is one of the very oldest buildings still standing. Although the building looks...
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Meikles BuildingsThe Meikle Brothers came to Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1892. Stewart opened a...
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Cecil House (1901)GPS Reference: 17⁰49′29.08″S 31⁰03′01.28″E2 Central...
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Glen Norah East – “Bridge paintings”Elizabeth Goodall calls this frieze “...
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ActivitiesThere were about twelve adult lions at the time of our visit; they are kept in...
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Makumbe CavePeter Garlake thinks that the immense Makumbe cave, 100 metres wide by 30 metres deep...
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Visits to the Harare Toposcope are best avoided. Skipper Hoste Drive that visitors use to drive up...
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The displays in the Upstairs Gallery cover a number of topics relevant to Zimbabwe’s history...
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Originally opened in 1903 and called the Queen Victoria Museum, it mainly focuses on archaeology...
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Over 900 trees and shrubs of Zimbabwe are carefully grouped in sections to show the...
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Although the Chiremba / Epworth balancing rocks are not as extensive as Domboshava, or Ngomakurira...
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A game-viewing platform (bring binoculars) and a bird hide overlook a small dam. Food is placed in...
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The grandiose obelisk of National heroes Acre or simply Heroes' Acre, overlooking the town, was...
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Crocodile RockTo the left of the of the two large crocodiles are a line of ten hunters drawn in...
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The stiff hike up the adjoining mountain, which is much more arduous than Domboshawa, is well...
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The Monument came under the custodianship of National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe in 1936....
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Lake Chivero (previously Lake Mcllwaine) Recreational Park is about 6,100 hectares in extent,...
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The bird sanctuary was founded as a non-profit organization by owner and falconer, Gary Stafford,...
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Gallery Delta’s formative years were at Strachan’s building in Manica Road from 1975,...
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Zimbabwean stone sculpture emerged in the 1950’s under the active guidance of Frank McEwan,...
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The Avondale flea market is open seven days a week unlike its main rival the market at Sam Levy...
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