Mutare
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Mutare, known as Umtali until 1982, is the capital and largest city in the province of Manicaland. It is the third-largest city in Zimbabwe. Having surpassed Gweru in the 2012 census, with an urban po
Aerial view of Central Mutare (October 2001)
Coat of arms
Main Street looking southwards, June 1997
Greater Mutare as viewed from Christmas Pass
White Zimbabweans
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White Zimbabweans are an ethnocultural Southern African people of European descent. Most are English-speaking descendants of British settlers; a small minority are either Afrikaans-speaking descendant
Mutare
…proclaimed a municipality on 11 June 1914 and in 1971 it was granted city status. The name was officially changed from Umtali to Mutare in 1982. The white population in Umtali dropped from 9,950 in 1969 to 8,600 in June 1978. The city had a tramway from 26 January 1897 until 23 May 1921. This transported passengers…
A Rhodesian couple plays golf, attended by their native caddies. Taken from a 1970 Rhodesian government booklet promoting White immigration, titled "The Good Life".
The Rhodesian Women's Military Auxiliary Service on parade in Salisbury, December 1941
Author Doris Lessing in 1984
Writer Alexander McCall Smith