Category: Southern Rhodesia

Cecil John Rhodes (1853 -1902) was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. An ardent believer in British imperialism, Rhodes and his British South Africa Company (BSAC) began British occupation of the  southern African territory,…

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World’s View Hill is located in the Matopos Hills. The hill has been set aside for as the resting place for those “who have deserved well of their country.” The hill contains the remains of Cecil John Rhodes, Major Alan Wilson and the Shangani Patrol, Sir Leander Starr Jameson, and…

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A B Banket Bulawayo (City) Bulawayo (Municipality) C Cashel D Darwendale E Epworth F G Gwelo H I J K L M Msasa N O P Q R S Salisbury (City) Salisbury (Municipality) Selukwe T U Umtali V W X Y Z

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The Flame Lily (Gloriosa superba) was Southern Rhodesia’s national flower. It is often found near or on rocky kopjes in good humus soil, and visited by the migrating African Vagrant butterflies when it blooms in December. The Shona name of Kajongwe is particularly apt for, as the wind shakes the…

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The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera native to Africa. The lion inhabits grasslands, savannahs and shrublands. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is a social species, forming groups…

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  Andrew Chalmers (Africa) (Pvt) Ltd was tobacco manufacturer located at 6 Cameron, Salisbury. It was a trading business of Andrew Chalmers Limited of London, a leading tobacco merchant. In 1964, the business expanded its interest in Southern Rhodesia with the construction of a £500,000 tobacco factory. References Exporters’ Digest…

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Hotel Cecil was located in Bulawayo and provided 39 rooms for accommodation. During the 1920’s, the proprietor was W Scott-Rodger. Scott-Rodger had over forty years experience in catering and hotel service. For many of those years he operated in connection with the dining saloons of the railways, and was manger…

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The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is one of two living African elephant species. It is the largest living terrestrial animal. It is distributed across 37 African countries and inhabits forests, grasslands and woodlands, wetlands and agricultural land. It is a social mammal,…

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Adansonia digitata, the African baobab, is the most widespread tree species of the genus Adansonia, the baobabs, and is native to the African continent and the southern Arabian Peninsula (Yemen, Oman). They are typically found in dry, hot savannas of sub-Saharan Africa, where they dominate the landscape and reveal the…

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  James A Mitchell was an architectual and monument mason located in Bulawayo. The business was originally started by John Sheriff. Sheriff arrived in South Africa in 1897 and began working as a stone mason to support himself. Coming from Churches of Christ in New Zealand, in 1898 he began…

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