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Sebakwe " a ferryboat, drawn across by a wheel which travelled along the cable, was substituted for the aerial car. We were now upon the Salisbury-Buluwayo road, and were passed every other day by the Zeederberg coaches, which at present is the only method of passenger transport between the two capitals. forgottenbooks.com Retrieved 10 March 2016
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him to peg claims (for Iohe,) in
Mashonaland on the Umfuli and Zimbo rivers. DAWSON went to Salisbury to protest to the authorities that settlers had claimed his reefs. H. J.BORROW accompanied him to the area of the Sebakwe and Bembesi rivers to mark alternate claims for the King. geni.com Retrieved 10 March 2016
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he fired at what he thought was a jackal, but on arriving near the animal, which he expected to find dead, as he had heard the bullet strike, he was suddenly charged by a leopard. The angry beast passed right under his stirrup-iron, and after going thirty yards stopped and sat on its haunches.
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560:- Zimbabwe Power Company |The boilers are designed to burn "washed peas" coal. Water is drawn from two sources: the Sebakwe River through a {23-kilometre long canal and the Munyati Weir through a 3-kilometre pipeline. Zimbabwe Power Corporation Power Stations Retrieved 10 2016
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The waggon outspan is 120 metres south of the house with Orton’s Drift which crosses the Sebakwe River on an artificially constructed stone ford which dams the Sebakwe River to its east. -19°09′10.80″S 30°39′01.64″E Zimfieldguide.com Retrieved 13 March
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name for " a very large maize plant or cob" was given when local people visited to scavenge the camp that the European explorers had set for months. The said explorers had just left the camp to a destination further north into
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The Chicago Gaika Development Co. was launched in 1897 and issued 200,000 shares of one pound each. The shares were fully subscribed. It acquired 437 gold claims in the Sebakwe district. Once Called Home Retrieved 10 March
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At the beginning of the sixteenth century, when Monomotapa ruled, the first European explorer, a Portuguese, Fernandes, camped on the banks of the Sebakwe not five miles from Que Que. Once Called Home Retrieved 13 March
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C5 overdue, as per your arrangement to pay off your indebtedness. trust, therefore, that you will not fail to send me your cheque for C15…"] Eric Rosenthal Part II]Zimbabwe Jewish Community Retrieved 13 March 2016
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Sebakwe Recreational Park and the Sebakwe Black Rhino Trust Conservancy conserve wildlife. The river is also dammed at Dutchman's Pool Dam, also on the Sebakwe River and a supplementary water source for
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247:Fred Selous
167:Mashonaland
160:which is a
109: /
84:Zhombe East
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1292:Gaika Mine
1271:Industries
1204:Ahmed Esat
776:Mtetengwe
327:References
141:Background
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609:Webworld
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1256:Redcliff
1220:Sam Levy
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1064:Redcliff
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801:Ngondoma
676:Chiredzi
655:Zimbabwe
313:Redcliff
162:ChiShona
76:Midlands
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811:Pungwe
726:Mazowe
716:Luenha
696:Insiza
663:Rivers
651:Rivers
596:Guide
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233:Kwekwe
171:urinal
131:Chivhu
1287:Mines
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861:Thuli
856:Tokwe
816:Runde
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681:Gwayi
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