Zambia
The ICA became active in Zambia in 1978. The mission in Zambia is to promote sustainable agricultural methods in order to achieve household and community food security among resource poor farmers.
Cecil Roberts & Letts Bulawayo Cecil Roberts & Letts was a Bulawayo legal firm. Agents for Liverpool & London Globe Revenue Invoices Receipts FB
Proctor’s Garage Broken Hill Proctor’s Garage was a dealer for Austin and Dodge vehicles. Not much is known of the origins of this business except that in the mid-1950’s Car Mart, Ltd., the largest Austin distributors in Britain, acquired controlling interest in Proctors Garage, Ltd and their several branches, and Neill Motors Ltd, a company which…
Central Book Store Gokomere Contributors James Gavin FB
The African Lakes Corporation Limited Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Glasgow The African Lakes Corporation plc (ALC) was a British company originally set-up in 1877 by Scottish businessmen to co-operate with missions in Nyasaland. Despite its original connections with the Free Church of Scotland, it operated its businesses in Africa on a commercial rather than a…
In 1969 South African Breweries Ltd formed the Southern Sun Hotel Corporation (Pty) Ltd. The subsidiary operated a number of hotels throughout Southern Africa including the South African Breweries’ Transito Hotels. On 21 August 1971, Rhodesian Breweries Ltd announced a new wholly owned subsidiary, Southern Sun Hotel Corporation of Rhodesia (Pvt) Ltd, which had strong…
The London Assurance Salisbury The London Assurance Corporation was established by Royal Charters granted in June 1720 (marine business) and April 1721 (fire and life). It became a subsidiary of the Sun Alliance in 1965. First Day Covers The London Assurance produced several promotional first day covers for stamps issued by Commonwealth countries in the…
