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Fort Umlugulu (previously Fort Nsezi, or Sugar-bush Camp) and the Cemetery

AmaNdebele tacticsThere is every reason to believe that the Matabele uprising or First Umvukela was...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Danangombe Monument (formerly Dhlo-Dhlo Ruins)

DescriptionThe main building is made up of two large platforms, the western one covering 900 square...

Category:

Ruins, Cultural, Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Fort Rixon Rebellion Memorial (Matabele Uprising, or First Umvukela, 1896)

The memorial names the following civilians on the north face:To the memory of James Cunningham, his...

Category:

Cultural, Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Francisco Barreto’s military expedition up the Zambesi river in 1569 to conquer the gold mines of Mwenemutapa (Monomotapa)

The background to the military expedition J. Boxer writes that there was no doubt that in seeking...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland Central

The story of a nurse and authoress travelling on the Selous Road through Mashonaland in 1896 during the Mashona Rebellion or First Chimurenga

BackgroundThe title of the book relates to two of the most dramatic events in Southern Africa. The...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland East

What are the origins of the current coronavirus pandemic?

What are the origins of the current coronavirus pandemic?A team of international and Chinese...

Category:

Other

Province:

Harare

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.