The Evangelical Alliance Mission Kapfunde Mission As additional missionaries arrived from the United Sates, The Evangelical Alliance Mission (T.E.A.M.) expanded its operations in 1953 and opened new mission stations including at Kapfunde (Kapfundi). The mission was located near Karoi, Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) approximately 50 miles from Chinhoyi. This was the first T.E.A.M. mission to…
Harare Theological College Harare The Harare Theological College (HTC) describes itself as an “independent, interracial, and interdenominational college.” It is “an undergraduate Bible college” that offers various programs up to the diploma level (generally taught in evening courses), as well as facilitating a degree in theology through a partnership with the South African Theological Seminary….
Lilongwe Philatelic Society Lilongwe The Lilongwe Philatelic Society was created by John Lanham, a Posts & Telecommunications worker who lived in Lilongwe. Although the society did not hold any meetings or events, it appears the main purpose was to create philatelic covers during the 1960’s in which Lanham believed would be superior to those issued…
The Umtali Advertiser The Umtali Advertiser was the second newspaper to be launched in Southern Rhodesia and preceded The Buluwayo Chronicle. The first edition appeared on December 13, 1893. At the time Umtali was on its second site where Old Umtali Mission was later established on the Inyanga road. The newspaper was founded by a…
Charles Stewart Day Old Chicks (Pvt) Ltd Hartley Charles Stewart Day Old Chicks is a family business established in 1958 by Charles Stewart. Initially producing one day old chicks, after a few years the business began exporting day old chicks and breeding stock to Malawi(1971), Mozambique, and Northern Rhodesia (Zambia). Today, the company employs over…
The Northern Assurance Company Limited Salisbury The Northern Assurance Company was established in Aberdeen in 1836 as the North of Scotland Fire and Life Assurance Company. It was incorporated under the Joint Stock Companies Registration Act and renamed the Northern Assurance Company under an act of parliament dated 30th June, 1848. The company initially had…
Royal Automobile Club of South Africa The Royal Automobile Club of South Africa (RACSA) was established on 23rd October, 1901 in Cape Town, South Africa. After that several other bodies began to spring up around the country. In 1911, after the visit of the Duke of Connaught to open the first Union parliament, the original…
Automobile Association of Rhodesia Salisbury The Automobile Association of Rhodesia was founded in 1923 by Sir Crawford Douglas-Jones, who was at that time Resident Commissioner for Southern Rhodesia. The purpose was to assist motorists and to further the cause of motoring in the country. Through the generosity of some businessmen, the first General Meeting of…
