Northern Rhodesia: 1918 – Native Tax Receipt
Native Tax Receipt
1918
University of Zimbabwe School of Medicine In 1963 the University of Zimbabwe opened the School of Medicine. It is the last medical school currently in Zimbabwe training doctors. Contributors James Gavin
British South Africa Company High Court of Southern Rhodesia Under the Southern Rhodesia Order in Council of 1898 the judicial system was reorganised and the High Court of Matabeleland was reconstituted as the High Court of Southern Rhodesia with full jurisdiction, civil and criminal, over all persons and over all matters within Southern Rhodesia, subject…
Hut Tax The hut tax was a type of taxation introduced by British colonialists in Africa on a per hut or household basis. It was variously payable in money, labour, grain or stock and benefited the colonial authorities in four related ways: it raised money; it supported the currency; it broadened the cash economy, aiding further development; and it forced Africans to labour…
Municipality of Salisbury Rates Receipt III FB
Gevaert Type I (Nkana) FB
Road Council Ordinance of 1921 In a bid to encourage district authorities to contribute their fair share to the road construction programme, the government passed the Road Councils Ordinance in 1921. The Road Councils Ordinance provided for the creation of road councils throughout Rhodesia and ruled that the government should give financial aid to such…