1932 – First Regular Mail Service to London (From Bulawayo)
First Regular Mail Service to London
From Bulawayo
From Bulawayo
The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland Mbuma Mission The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland established Mbuma Mission in 1948 in the remote village of Mbuma, Matabeleland North, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). In 1954, missionary James Frazer opened a Teacher Training Center at the mission. Situated thirty miles northwest of its mission in Zenka, Mbuma “was…
Southern Rhodesia Publicity Bureau Bulawayo The Southern Rhodesia Publicity Bureau was established in 1928 by the Government, in conjunction with the Rhodesia Railways. It promoted a number of district publicity associations including Bulawayo & District Publicity Association, Salisbury & District Publicity Association and Umtali & District Publicity Association. They had a branch in Johannesburg and…
First Southern Rhodesia Air Rally Southern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia’s first full-scale air rally was held on 13th August, 1936. It was organised by the Bulawayo Light Plane Club with flying under the control of Major Cloete and Captain Rod Douglas as announcer. Two days earlier, Major Cloete and Lieutenant J.B. Holderness had flown to Wankie…
Mount Selinda Mission Medical Department Medical work began at Mount Selinda in the mission’s first year with the opening of a dispensary by Dr. W. L Thompson in 1893. It was the first permanent missionary medical mission staffed by a medical doctor in Southern Rhodesia. The dispensary became a full-fledged hospital in 1912. Dr. Willis…
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