Matabeleland North

50 sites

A Native Commissioner’s life in the Sebungwe District prior to World War I

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A letter written by Frederick Courteney Selous to his mother on 25 December 1878 from Inyati Mission

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An 1886 journey through the Bechuanaland Protectorate along the Western Old Lake Route to the Victoria Falls that nearly ended in disaster

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Battle of Ntaba zika Mambo, Manyanga or Mambo Hills

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Bumbusi Ruin and Rock Engravings

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Canned Lion hunting and the horrible trade to the Far East in wild animal parts

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Chizarira National Park

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Dr James Johnston’s account of a journey across Africa (Part 3 of 5 - From Sesheke to Bamangwato, including the Victoria Falls)

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Dr James Johnston’s account of a journey across Africa in 1891-2 (Part 1 of 5 - Benguela, Angola to the Barotse Valley)

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Dr James Johnston’s account of a journey across Africa in 1891-2 (Part 2 of 5 - Arrival in the Barotse Valley)

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Drought and then flood at Victoria Falls

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Extracts from Frank Oates’ ox-wagon journey in 1873 from Tati to Gubulawayo

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Forbes’ retreat down the Shangani river in December 1893

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

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George Westbeech and the road to Pandamatenga

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George ‘Joros’ Westbeech’s influence in the lower Zambesi Valley and his 1885-1888 diaries

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Hwange National Park

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Inyati and the activities of the London Missionary Society in Matabeleland from 1859

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James Dawson’s account of finding the remains of Allan Wilson and his patrol

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Kazuma Pan National Park

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Major Stabb’s hunting trip in 1875 to the Zambesi Valley via Gubulawayo

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

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Manyanga (formerly Ntaba zika Mambo) Monument ruins

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Modern humans originated from Botswana, the ancestral homeland for all anatomically modern humans today, but left due to climate change

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Mopane, a Hwange lion is wounded by a Bowhunter and like Cecil the lion left in agony for 24 hours before being killed

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Our Covered Wagon Heroines

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Reminiscences of Percy Durban Crewe of Nantwich Ranch, Hwange

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Richard Leakey, fossil hunter and champion of elephants

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Rickshaws and rail-trolleys at Victoria Falls

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Some History on Chief Sileya (Shona: Chireya) and the Vashangwe community in the Sebungwe district

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South Africa makes the correct decision on the future of wildlife including lion breeding, rhino horn and the elephant ivory trade

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The First Pioneers of Matabeleland; notes on the early Missionaries by Sir Robert Tredgold

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The Victoria Falls Bridge

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The Victoria Falls Zambesi River sketched on the spot by Thomas Baines F.R.G.S.

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The Zambezi River

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The adventures and hardships of a shooting trip to Barotseland and the Victoria Falls in 1875 – 76

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The death of Frederick Courteney Selous (31 December 1851 – 4 January 1917)

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The first European Visitors to view the Victoria Falls before the end of 1880

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The naturalist Frank Oates who visited the Victoria Falls on 31 December 1874 and died only 36 days later of fever

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Thomas Baines – more paintings from his Zambezi journey

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Thomas Baines’ disastrous 1858-9 Zambezi Expedition with David Livingstone

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Thomas Leask’s two journeys to the Zambezi in 1868 and 1869

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Three oral history statements made in 1937 by amaNdebele warriors present at the killing of Allan Wilson and thirty-three other Europeans on 4 December 1893 at the Shangani River

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UK Parliament postpones the trophy hunting ban yet again

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Victoria Falls and Zambezi National Parks

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Victoria Falls, a UNESCO World Heritage Natural Site

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Wildlife hero from Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe Government makes the correct call and bans coal exploration within Hwange National Park

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Zimbabwe on International Vulture Awareness Day – 4 September 2021

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Zimbabwe on World Elephant Day 12 August 2021

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