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The arrival of the AmaNdebele in Matabeleland and the succession of King Lobengula

Migration of the amaNdebele to MatabelelandWhen Mzilikazi left the Transvaal[1] they all came...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland South

National Heroes Acre

The grandiose obelisk of National heroes Acre or simply Heroes' Acre, overlooking the town, was...

Category:

Cultural, Historic

Province:

Harare

Cattle and Social Status

By D.H. MakamureThese stories of Shona Customs were first published in 1970 and were amongst the...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Mashonaland East

Ruchera Cave

The paintings are densely superimposed in this very spacious domed cave. Four large elephants...

Category:

Rock Art

Province:

Mashonaland East

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

IntroductionIn his autobiography, The Log of a Native Commissioner, Herbert Nassau Hemans (1871...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Matabeleland North

Battle of Bembesi (called Egodade by the amaNdebele) on the 1 November 1893

Following the Battle of Shangani River (called Bonko by the amaNdebele) on 25th October, the...

Category:

Historic

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.