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The importance of the Ancestors and the installation of a Chief

By Mlambo Manyezu MathiasThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland Central

The 1893 Matabeleland campaign and the roles played by Jameson, Lobengula, Loch and Rhodes

This article covers the year 1893 in detail, the preceding period is covered only generally as a...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Masvingo

Travelling by coach in 1890 by Major A.G. Leonard

Arthur Leonard commanded “E” Troop of the BSA Company Police which was stationed at...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

UK Parliament postpones the trophy hunting ban yet again

Background to the current situationSources estimate that worldwide some 1.7 million trophies were...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

The Matabele Campaign of 1893 - the march on Bulawayo

Dr Jameson may have decided on 18 July 1893 that the only solution was a military one, [i...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

A veteran’s account from the Battle of Bembesi in 1893 and when Joe Smith knocked down Cecil Rhodes and saved his life in 1896

Much of the material included in this article is taken from a presentation copy of Occupation of...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

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.