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Rhodes’ Apostles – who were they and what happened to them?

SourcesI have used mainly Robert Cary’s book The Pioneer Corps and Colonel A.S. Hickman...

Category:

Historic

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

Harare’s Historic buildings – the Avenues

Cecil House (1901)GPS Reference: 17⁰49′29.08″S 31⁰03′01.28″E2 Central...

Category:

Building

Province:

Harare

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

Gold is integral to Zimbabwe’s economyArtisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)[i]...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Midlands

Chawomera Fort

The single enclosure of the Fort has all the typical features described for an Nyangwe Fort and...

Category:

Ruins

Province:

Manicaland

The Victoria Cross (VC) medal recipients connected with this country

The Victoria Cross is the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Mashonaland West

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.