Category: Southern Rhodesia

  Willoughby’s Consolidated Co Ltd was registered on 13 December 1894 to take over the undertakings of Willoughby’s Mashonaland Syndicate and the Mashona Development Co (Willoughby’s) Ltd. The company held numerous properties and mining claims across Southern Rhodesia. Properties Selukwe References Mining Year Book – Walter Robert Skinner

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Willoughby’s Consolidated Co Ltd established Selukwe with the British South Africa Company.in 1899 and held a number of gold-mining claims in the region.

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Peter Falk was a florist and nurseryman located on Fifth Street and Moffat Avenue, Gwelo. Falk immigrated from Baden, Germany to Pietersburg, South Africa, in 1892 with his wife Agnes. In 1894 he moved to Gwelo where he began trading as a general dealer and surveyor. In 1896 he served…

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A A W Bardwell & Co (Pvt.) Ltd. B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Packaging and Printing Industries (Pvt) Ltd Q R R A Bourlay S T U V W X Y Z

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Cashel first known as Penkridge, the name of a neighbouring farm on which a Postal Agency had been established in 1911. Cashel became the official designation of the area when a Post Office was established in 1957. It was named after Lt. Col. E. Cashel, a former member of the…

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Imperial Airways (Africa) Ltd was located at 11 Gifford House, Stanley Avenue, Bulawayo. Imperial Airways Ltd was established in 1924 when four fledgling airlines, including Daimler Airways (a successor to AT&T) merged. Britain agreed to subsidize the Cairo to Cape Town route and also make a substantial contribution to the…

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The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is an antelope which inhabits wooded savanna in East and Southern Africa, from the south of Kenya to South Africa, with a separate population in Angola. The southern sable antelope (H. n. niger; also known as the common sable antelope, black sable antelope, Matsetsi sable…

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A African Baobab (Adansonia digitata) African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) African Lion (Pathera leo) Aloe Aloe excelsa Ansellia (Ansellia africana) B C D E F Flame Lily (Gloriosa superba) G Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) H Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) I J K L M N O P Q R S…

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The first Victoria Falls Hotel at Victoria Falls was built in early 1904 and opened for business on 8 June. By the time of Southern Rhodesia was granted self-government in 1924, the hotel was owned and managed by Rhodesia Railways Ltd. Periods 1924-1936 1936-1953 1953-1964 References Southern Rhodesia: An Illustrated…

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Great Zimbabwe is a medieval city in the south-eastern hills of Southern Rhodesia. Zimbabwe is the Shona name of the ruins, first recorded in 1531 by Vicente Pegado, captain of the Portuguese garrison of Sofala. The name contains dzimba, the Shona term for “houses”. Construction on the city began in…

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