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Matabele Thompson; his role in the Rudd Concession

IntroductionThompson’s parents[1] came to South Africa in 1850, Francis Robert ‘...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Bulawayo

Zimbabwe’s political leadership belongs to the old order; it’s time they were replaced by new leaders like Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema

IntroductionIn 2025 Maia Sandu, Moldova’s President was nominated The Telegraph’s World...

Category:

Cultural

Province:

Harare

George Westbeech and the road to Pandamatenga

IntroductionThis article is about two subjects; George Westbeech and the road which he built and...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Matabeleland North

How Mutare and Manicaland were annexed from the Portuguese

First – a tributeIn carrying out the background research I have been greatly impressed by the...

Category:

Historic

Province:

Manicaland

The arrival in Bulawayo of the first train

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

Category:

Other

Province:

Bulawayo

Baden-Powell in Matabeleland during 1896 where he learned the principles of Scouting

IntroductionRobert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (22 February 1857 – 1941) (he pronounced his...

Category:

Cultural

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.