Debbie Wolfe: The Brutal Life of a Child MinerMy dad loves to chill his grandkids with stories of his summer working in an African gold mine. He had grown up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and was helping pay for his upcoming university education. My boys love hearing how he was lowered down narrow ... Huffington Post Canada, 3 weeks ago |
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CROSSROADSCROSSROADS1st March 1970White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain2nd March 1824Interstate commerce comes under federal contro3rd March 17911st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits carriages) Eastern Panorama, 2 months ago
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Brian Wood A farewell to arms as 62 countries sign global Arms Trade TreatyAs a young man in Rhodesia, Brian Wood once walked by accident into an ad hoc bomb-making factory. Shortly afterwards, he witnessed the terrible damage wrought by munitions of the type it produced from photographs of the aftermath of air raids on ... Big News Network, 2 weeks ago
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How Jamaican Jews and teenage photographers marked the Queen's coronationThe ambassador of the fledgling state of Israel and Jewish dignitaries from Canada, Australia, Rhodesia and even Jamaica were at Westminster Abbey 60 years ago this week to watch Princess Elizabeth be crowned queen. For envoy Eliahu Elath, it was ... Jewish Chronicle, 2 weeks ago
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Rhodesians never die:39:55 | 1604 Views The world forgets. Lyrics:Here's the story of Rhodesia, a land both fair and great.On 11th of November an independent state.This was much against the wishes of certain governments.Whose leaders tried to break us down, to make us ... AfricanSeer, 3 weeks ago
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Fighting for black freedom in Rhodesia. Peter Mackay, who has died aged 87 in Zimbabwe, was a Scottish soldier who quit the British Army in the early 1950s to help Africans win their freedom after 90 years of all-white rule in southern Rhodesia. His death marks the end of an era in ... The Zimbabwean, 1 month ago
Scot who fought for black freedom in Rhodesia
The Zimbabwean, 1 month ago
Peter Mackay
Herald Scotland, 1 month ago
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Kabwe's underdevelopmentKabwe is one of the existing oldest towns along the line of rail in Zambia founded under the Northern Rhodesia administration; it became the first mining town in 1902 with its richness in lead and other minerals. This is a settled fact that it was ... Zambia Daily Mail, 1 month ago
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Hot Seat: Interview Simba MakoniSW Radio Africas speaks to opposition leader Dr. Simba Makoni on the Hot Seat programme this week. Why does Makoni say Rhodesians did not set upon their own as ZANU PF has done? He responds to people who say his comments are of a frustrated man who ... The Zimbabwean, 1 month ago
Interview with Simba Makoni
AllAfrica.com, 1 month ago
Interview: Mavambo leader Simba Makoni
New Zimbabwe.com, 1 month ago
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Fire and brimstone from man who seeks 10,000 Bill ClintonsCecil Rhodes would probably have been appalled to know that Kris Kristofferson, the American country singer, had been awarded a scholarship in his name. Rhodes was the embodiment of a brutal meeting between colonialism and capitalism having founded ... Abu Dhabi National, 1 month ago
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Independence still a long way offIt would be unfair and unnecessarily dramatic for me to try and give the impression that Zimbabwe is still the same as Rhodesia. It is different now, but, sadly, not very different. Yes, blacks can now walk in First Street and own houses in ... The Zimbabwean, 2 months ago
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