Barclays Bank: Northern Rhodesia – Livingstone
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Jackaroo Aircraft (Africa) (Pvt) Ltd. Salisbury Jackaroo Aircraft Ltd was formed in 1956 at Thruxton, Hampshire, to produce the Thruxton Jackaroo. During World War II, a large number of de Havilland Tiger Moth planes were in surplus. Jackaroo Aircraft undertook an ambitious conversion which involved widening the fuselage to seat four passengers in side-by-side pairs….
Ellis Allen Ltd Bulawayo Owen Ellis Allen was born in Cambridge, England in 1867. From Cambridge he emigrated to Cape Town, South Africa, where he joined the old established firm of booksellers and newsagents, Messrs Maskew Miller & Company. In 1897, when his employers decided to open up a branch of their business in Rhodesia,…
Zambia Industrial and Mining Corporation Ltd. Lusaka The Zambia Industrial and Mining Corporation Ltd. (ZIMCO), a holding company for all Zambian state interests, is one of the largest concerns in sub-Saharan Africa. It controls 125 principal companies relating to every major industrial activity in Zambia, including mining, consumer goods manufacturing, finance, transportation, agriculture, energy, and hoteliery….
South African Breweries Ltd South Africa The South African Breweries Limited was founded in 1895 as Castle Brewery to serve a growing market of miners and prospectors in and around Johannesburg. Two years later, it became the first industrial company to list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the year after (1898) it listed on the London Stock Exchange. In 1950, it relocated…
1929 1929.07.29 – 15th International Geological Congress 1928 1927 1926 1925 1925.04.30 – Prince of Wales Royal Tour 1924 1924.09.01 – South Africa Parliamentary Tour 1924.04.23 – Empire Exhibition 1923 1922 1921 1920
Travelling Post Office 1934 Royal Tour The Post Office was situated on the Pilot Train which was available for telegrams (inland and overseas) and mail matter that could be handed in. Letters and general matter posted on the train and addressed to destinations outside of South Africa were dispatched by the fastest route at…