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Zimbabwe in the sights of China’s debt-trap diplomacy
AcknowledgementsThis article uses as its primary source - Power Imbalance in Africa-China...
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Harare
Group Captain Harold Walmsley, Spitfire ace who destroyed at least 11 enemy aircraft; trained at Belvedere and Cranborne air stations during WWII and was an instructor at Heany air station afterwards – Obituary
Harold Walmsley who died on 4 April 2021 aged 98 years has an obituary that is note-worthy for at...
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Location:
Harare
Africa’s National Parks in the midst of a pandemic-induced conservation crisis
An improving wildlife situation prior to COVID-19In the last few years there have been lots of...
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Harare
Bats are not to blame for COVID-19; Chinese wildlife farms are and what the next pandemic might look like
The precise origin of the COVID-19 virus that has wreaked such health problems and high death rates...
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Harare
How did COVID-19 happen?
This question of how the virus managed to make the transition from animals to humans still leaves...
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Harare
What are the origins of the current coronavirus pandemic?
What are the origins of the current coronavirus pandemic?A team of international and Chinese...
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Harare
Rushwaya gold-smuggling case exposes a microcosm of the corruption that exists in Zimbabwe today
The irony of the arrest of Ms Henrietta RushwayaIn June this year the then President of the...
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Midlands
Zimbabwe has wonderful birdlife – take a guided tour with an expert
Text by Stuart Beverley.There are over 685 species of birds that have been recorded in Zimbabwe,...
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Mashonaland Central
Bulawayo rejects proposal for abattoir to export donkey-skins to China
IntroductionProposed plans for a donkey abattoir in Bulawayo have been turned down to the relief of...
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Bulawayo
The Restaurant that never took off
Viscount C/N 436 V.816 seriesDateNo.  Sep-59VH-TVSfirst flight from Hurn Airport, Bournemouth...
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Mashonaland West
Arcturus Mine murders and payroll robbery in 1978
It was 30th April 1978 and Mr. Fadness, the Arcturus mine manager and Mr. Baker, the mine secretary...
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Mashonaland East
Blackwater Fever
In his amusing and evocative book Percy M. Clark provides an insight into life at the Old Drift...
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Mashonaland West
Memorial to Bertrand and Aleth de Guitaut
On the 14th April 1955 a honeymoon couple flew into the mountain at this spot due east of Bulawayo...
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Location:
Matabeleland South
The Traveller’s Tree
Lyn Mullin in his Historic Trees of Zimbabwe describes this large hollow baobab tree, Adansonia...
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Location:
Manicaland
La Rochelle Country House and Spa, a National Trust of Zimbabwe property
During World War I Stephen Courtauld was twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the...
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Location:
Manicaland
Halfway House
 Driving from Harare to Inyanga is 264 Kilometres, so you may feel the need to stop for a cup...
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Manicaland
Leopard Rock Hotel
Situated thirty kilometres from Mutare by tar road along a spectacular road through the Bvumba...
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Location:
Manicaland
Antelope Park
The 1,200 hectare private game park offers a wide variety of activities suitable for all ages and...
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Location:
Midlands
John Bradburne – the former warden at Mutemwa Leprosy and Care Centre, a candidate for Sainthood?
Born on 14 June 1921 in Cumbria, England, his father was an Anglican clergyman. When World War...
Category: Cultural, Other
Location:
Mashonaland East