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Veterans of the 1893 Occupation of Matabeleland

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

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Bulawayo in the 90’s

This article is taken from the Rhodes Centenary Supplement published by the Chronicle in Bulawayo...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

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

IntroductionThis article concentrates on the end of Selous’ life. Two names on the Great War...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

Fort Usher No. 3

William Filmer (his mother’s maiden name) Usher was born on 16 September 1851 and baptised at...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

Snatched from death in a flooded river

This article is about the perils of maintaining the Telegraph line in 1893 with the incident...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Bulawayo

Battle of Tshingengoma or Sikombo’s stronghold

This Google Earth view showing the line of advance of Plumer’s forces to the Tshingengoma...

Category:

Province:

Matabeleland South

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.