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O.C. Rawson (1874 – 1953) of Darwendale

The following story of Otto Christian Rawson[i] ‘O.C.'s’ early life in Darwendale...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland West

1896-7 Rebellion Memorials

Why is this article relevant?Recently the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo managed to...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Cyanobacteria levels in Harare’s water supplies is a bio-index for bad governance

IntroductionThe poor water supply to Harare’s citizens is not anything new. Reuters Thompson...

Category:

Other

Province:

Harare

John Bradburne – the former warden at Mutemwa Leprosy and Care Centre, a candidate for Sainthood?

Born on 14 June 1921 in Cumbria, England, his father was an Anglican clergyman. When World War...

Category:

Cultural, Other

Province:

Mashonaland East

Early European visitors to Hartley Hills goldfield

William “Curio” Harvey Brown describes how on 1st October 1890 the Pioneers were...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

Khami – capital of the Torwa state

Khami is spread over a 180 hectare area along the Khami River, with the site comprised of 14...

Category:

Ruins

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.