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An explanation for the Y-shaped rock art motifs found on Nottingham Estate in the Limpopo-Shashi Valley

Introduction This article relies heavily on two articles by Geoffrey Blundell[1] and Edward B....

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Matabeleland South

Zimbabwe’s political leadership belongs to the old order; it’s time they were replaced by new leaders like Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema

IntroductionIn 2025 Maia Sandu, Moldova’s President was nominated The Telegraph’s World...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

Frederick Courteney Selous’ hunting trips from 1876 – 1885 with records from his original game book

BackgroundFrederick Courteney Selous needs no introduction to readers interested in the history of...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

Ewanrigg Botanical Garden – a tribute to its creator Basil Christian

Author photo; the National A13 road from Harare to EwanriggEwanrigg’s...

Category:

Scenic

Province:

Mashonaland East

Mambo Rebellion Memorial – with three oral history accounts collected by Foster Windram in 1936 and 1938 concerning the killings at West’s store

For the associated articles on the battle of Ntaba zika Mambo and the Manyanga Monument ruins and...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland North

The British South Africa Company and the impact of early gold mining regulations on smallworkers

In most parts of Southern Africa the landowner had the sole right to prospect on their farm, but...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Midlands

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.