Barclays Bank: Rhodesia – Shabani
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The African Life Assurance Society Ltd Salisbury The African Life Assurance Society Ltd was established by Isidore Williem Schlesinger at the end of 1904 with the £20,000 he had earned from the development of the suburb of Parkhurst, Gauteng, South Africa. During its first year in business, the company sold 2,274 policies worth £1 million,…
Church of the Nazarene Southern Rhodesia The Church came to Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) in July 1963 when Rev. B Maurice Hall and his wife were chosen to begin work in the capital city of Salisbury (Harare). The Halls planted churches in the center of Harare and in the suburbs, including in Highfields Township. Missionaries Jack…
T.Forbes & Sons (PVT.) Ltd. Bulawayo Thomas Forbes was born at Alford, near Aberdeen, 1879. Receiving a liberal education in the town of his birth, he served his apprenticeship with Mr. John Watt, watchmaker, of Alford. Proceeding to Peterhead in 1901, he was for two years with Mr. Stephen, watchmaker and jeweller, of that town,…
Methodist Episcopal Church Mtoko Mission Mtoko (Mutoko) Mission, located approximately 65 km north of Mrewa (Murewa) in Mashonaland East Province, was founded by Dr. Samuel Gurney of the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) in 1911. The Mutoko area had a large population and Dr. Gurney saw it “as a way to move on from there…
William Rausch 1862-1900 William Rausch was born in Cape Colony, South Africa in 1862. Eventually he made his way to Bulawayo where established himself as a photographer. His earliest photos date from 1895. He is one of four photographers listed in Matabeleland during this time: C. Hines, C. H. Newberry, J. Parkin, and W. Rausch….
Smith Accepts Peace Proposal 24 September 1976 The United States Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, announced a formal interest in the Rhodesian situation in February 1976, and spent the rest of the year holding discussions with the British, South African and Frontline governments to produce a mutually satisfactory proposal. The plan that Kissinger eventually presented would…