Category: Southern Rhodesia

  Selukwe was established in 1899 by the British South Africa Company and Willoughby’s Consolidated Co Ltd. Its name was derived from a nearby bare oval granite hill that resembled the shape of a pigpen (selukwe) of the local Karanga people. The town was established in 1899 on the Selukwe…

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Birchenough Bridge is the name for both a bridge across the Sabi River. The bridge was funded at a cost of £145,000 and was planned by the Beit Trust, a foundation chaired at the time by Sir Henry Birchenough whose ashes are buried beneath the structure of the bridge. Ralph Freeman,…

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Cook-Wagon-Lits was located in Stanley House, Stanley Avenue, Salisbury and also Lonrho House, Main Street, Bulawayo. Thomas Cook & Son, was founded by Thomas Cook in 1841 in Britain. In 1924, the company was renamed Thomas Cook & Son Ltd., after acquiring limited liability status. A new headquarters was opened…

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  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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Wightman & Co Ltd’s was a produce and general merchant, also offering milling services and seeds. The main office and stores were located on Abercorn Street in Bulawayo while the mill and seed stores were located on 14th Avenue and Rhodes Street. The business later expanded to Salisbury and Gatooma.

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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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