1976 – Last Day of Operation of Bordervale Postal Agency
Last Day of Operation of Bordervale Postal Agency
31 March 1976
The Bordervale Postal Agency officially closed 31 March 1976. It was located in Mac’s Grocery Store.
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…
Mashonaland Girl Guide Camp 23-27 April 1976 Founded in 1912, the organisation became a full member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts as the Girl Guides Association of Rhodesia in 1969. The Wayfarers, a sort of Guiding for native African girls began in 1926 after a visit to the colony by Olave Baden-Powell….
Bush War MPO 3 Umtali – Third Printing Details Date of Issue: May, 1977 Paper: Salmon Printing: Third Printing
Springvale School Marandellas Springvale School was founded in 1952 by Rev. Canon Robert Grinham and Maurice Carver, the founders of Ruzawi School. It was opened as a second Anglican junior boys’ school in Marondera. The school was born of the desire to cater for the large number of children on Ruzawi’s waiting list which grew…
British South Africa Police The British South Africa Police (BSAP) was, for most of its existence, the police force of Rhodesia. It was formed as a paramilitary force of mounted infantrymen in 1889 by Cecil Rhodes’ British South Africa Company, from which it took its original name, the British South Africa Company’s Police. Initially run directly by the company, it…