Zimbabwe Field Guide

Midlands

37 sites

Building

A description of the old Meikles Hotel, the Mill and Coach House and Coaching Stables and Strickland’s Store on Marshbrook Farm (now Charter Estates) in Charter District (PART 1)

Midlands

Building

A description of the old Meikles Hotel, the Mill and Coach House and Coaching Stables and Strickland’s Store on Marshbrook Farm (now Charter Estates) in Charter District (PART 2)

Midlands

Building

A description of the old Meikles Hotel, the Mill and Coach House and Coaching Stables and Strickland’s Store on Marshbrook Farm (now Charter Estates) in Charter District (PART 3)

Midlands

Game Park

Antelope Park

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Cultural

Arthur Shearley Cripps Shrine near Chivhu

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Cultural

Changing Chinese perceptions about elephant ivory

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Cultural

Chivhu (formerly Enkeldoorn)

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Other

Development of the Rhodesia Railways

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Cultural

Driefontein Mission

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Historic

Fort Charter

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Historic

Fort Gibbs and Sgt. William Maxwell's grave

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Historic

Fort Ingwenya and Cemetery

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Historic

Fort Que Que (now Kwekwe)

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Historic

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

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Building

Gaika Mine Manager’s house

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Building

Globe and Phoenix Mine Manager’s House

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Cultural

Gweru (formerly called Gwelo)

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Cultural

Gweru Memorial (Matabele uprising, or First Umvukela, 1896)

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Historic

Iron Mine Hill (Ntabasinsimbe) and the first casualty of the 1893 Matabele War

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Geological

Lalapanzi

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Geological

Minerals found in Zimbabwe and verified deposits

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Building

Mvuma Chimney

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Cultural

My Matabeleland Experiences (1897-1903)

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Scenic

Ngezi Recreational Park

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Cultural

Oh dear, another foiled gold smuggling attempt is linked to the Zimbabwe President’s family

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Historic

Orton’s Drift over the Sebakwe River

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Other

Rushwaya gold-smuggling case exposes a microcosm of the corruption that exists in Zimbabwe today

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Geological

Sandawana emeralds are amongst the most beautiful and sought after in the world

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Scenic

Sebakwe Recreational Park

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Historic

The 1896 siege of Belingwe, now Mberengwa as told by David Tyrie Laing

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Historic

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

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Ruins

The Naletale Monument (or Nharatare “straight-line “or Nhandare “stadium”)

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Geological

The Paper House (including the National Mining Museum)

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Historic

Zimbabwe Military Museum

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Cultural

Zimbabwe’s artisanal gold miners risk being poisoned with mercury (Hg)

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Cultural

Zimbabwe’s artisanal miners, popularly known as makorokoza, risk their lives to make a decent living

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Cultural

Zimbabwe’s illicit Gold Market hinders the country’s development

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