Newsletter of the Rhodesian
Association of W. A. (Inc)
Registered by Australia Post
Publication No. PP 635655/ 008
BUNDU
TIMES
INSIDE
JUNE -JULY 1999
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EDITOR
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Editorial
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Graham steps
into breach GRAHAM BLICK has very kindly of-fered
to be our new Chairman, with Don McClure offering to stay on the
committee so we are in good shape, thanks to the respective persons.
The last couple of months have been busy with a successful BBQ at
Point Walter, joining in the Anzac Parade and joyful Sundowners at
the Irish Club. And with many thanks to Will
Dunlop of the Gallery Innerspace Westgate Harare, Rhodesians/ Zim-babweans
were able to view some superb nostalgic paintings by Ian
Henderson. Accompanied by authentic
Zimbabwean wine and Mazoe Or-ange.
It certainly helps to keep our community together.
Upcoming events include a
Committee 1999
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Editorial
Sunday Lunch at Chalet Rigi in the hills on June 13. Contact either myself or Doug Capper to make your bookings.
Unfortunately, we have had some errors in advising of correct dates for various Association activities so the Social Calendar has been re-vamped
for this edition. Eddie Preston has forwarded to me updated information on the
Harare 4 -Barry Bawden, Philip Conjwayo, Michael Smith and Kevin Woods. If any reader requires information please contact Eddie on phone
94502888 or P. O. Box 78 Como 6952. The Association was provided with a copy of a superb magazine
entitled African Safari with many articles and pictures of Southern Africa which is sure to bring back a lot of memories.
Please contact Doug Capper if you want to borrow the magazine. Included in this edition is an extract of a project written by Graham
Blick on early days in Shamva. I am always looking for interesting and original material and I again
appeal to readers to forward to me antecdotes of their experiences in bygone days.
CLEM BARRATT
The History of Shamva By Graham Blick
IN 1969 I commenced gathering information and carrying out research for a history thesis which I majored in during my teacher training at Teachers
College, Bulawayo, Rhodesia. The Teachers College was part of the Faculty of Education of the
University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. My parents lived in Shamva at this time and therefore it was quite
convenient for me to undertake this project. Also, there was a great deal of history, pre-colonial, colonial and post
occupation. The local population of Shamva and its immediate surrounds were
most helpful as were many other former residents, some well into their 90s at this stage.
Ednie-Anne Logan, my parents Graham and Margaret Blick and Theo Hastings were all very supportive, encouraging and forthcoming with ideas,
anecdotes, sources and incidents. On submission of my thesis in 1970, I was awarded a Distinction and
the Shamva Rural Council decided that they would print the thesis at their cost for non-profit sale to local residents, post residents, Universities and
other interested parties. About 700 copies were printed, sold and circulated worldwide. It is
now 30 years later and a dusty, fading single copy is being resuscitated and beginning this issue, on Page 13 excerpts are being printed in the Bundu
Times on another continent. Extraordinary!
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M'dalas Report
THE M'dalas meeting of April 13 was attended by 54 members. It was noted that Margaret Croft's hip operation had been successful and she was making good
progress. Events held and forthcoming events included:
Botanic Golf Gardens on May 6. Coach Tour and conducted tour of the Mail Exchange followed by lunch
at Kaillis restaurant in Fremantle on May 13. Sunday Lunch at Chalet Rigi on June 13.
M'dala's Christmas lunch has been booked for December 16 at Wentworth Plaza Hotel.
Denis Hoyes presented the Zimbabwe Report which included news of an outbreak of cholera in Harare.
Another item concerned the fact that BHP Australia has pulled out from the platinum mining project at Chegutu due to frustration dealing with
Government officials. On a lighter note Mike Bray read out an amusing poem of his own
composition and the Chairman read out a list of medical definitions supposedly provided by the Ministry of Health in South Africa for the benefit of Cuban
Doctors working in that country (see page 6).
Hip hooray for Margaret!
l ZIMBABWE'S police force is spending 400 million Zimbabwe dollars (some
10 million US dollars) on new anti-riot equipment in anticipation of violence in the run-up to parliamentary elections next year, the Daily News reported.
The paper quoted Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri as saying that the equipment includes troop carriers, motorcycles and buses to get riot police to
the scene of any violence quickly.
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Charles Smith, of Mosman Park, Perth, has sent in this letter and list of medical terms, and their meanings in modern-day south Africa.
Dear Doug, After you have perused the enclosed, and it passes the Censor!! you might like
to arrange for publication in the Bundu Times. As you may well know, Dr Zuma has been the South African Minister
of Health in the Mandela Government from the Word Go, at that time, her backround being rather obscure, you can well imagine what was said about
Witch Doctors, and such comments!! The good Dr really made a name for herself by recruiting the Doctors From Cuba. It was no hardship for these
fellows to leave Cuba, where they were paid 20/ 30 US Dollars a day, should I say the equivalent there of. So with doubtful credentials, lots of them hastily
left the Island of the workers Paradise!
ARTERY: The study of paintings. BACTERIA: Back door of cafeteria
BARIUM: What to do with dead pa-tients.
BOWEL: a, e, i, o, u CAESARIAN SECTION: A suburb of
Rome. CATSCAN: A search for kitty.
COLIC: A sheepdog. D & C: Where Washington is.
DILATE: To live longer. ENEMA: Not a friend.
FESTER: Quicker. HANG NAIL: Coat hook.
IMPOTENT: Distinguished, well known.
LABOUR PAIN: Get hurt at work. MEDICAL STAFF: Doctor's walking
cane.
MORBID: A higher offer. NITRATES: Cheaper than day rates.
OUTPATIENT: Person who fainted. PAP SMEAR: Fatherhood test.
PELVIS: Cousin of Elvis. POST OPERATIVE: A letter carrier.
RECOVERY ROOM: Place to do uphol-stery.
RECTUM: Damn near killed him. NODE: Acknowledgement of a greet-ing.
SCIATIC: Attic with a sky view. SEIZURE: Roman emperor.
TABLET: Small table. TERMINAL ILLNESS: Getting sick at
airport. URINE: Opposite of 'You're out.
VEIN: Conceited. TUMOUR: An extra two.
Give that man a cigar!
Dr Nkosana Zuma's medical terms for Cuban doctors
ZIMBABWE'S Treasury has instructed the Foreign Ministry, which is broke, to recall non-essential staff from Zimbabwe's 37 foreign missions because the
government is unable to meet the costs of keeping them there, government sources said.
According to top government officials, the Ministry of Finance had also advised Foreign Affairs Minister Stan Mudenge and his senior staff to freeze
new diplomatic postings until the next budget, which is seven months away. The Foreign Ministry has already used up its budget of $391 million for
the fiscal year 1999, less than three months into the fiscal year.
Oh, no, Minister . . .
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TWO women got the shock of their lives during a round of golf at the Wingate Park Club in Harare recently. Two nude thieves jumped from
bushes, performed a war dance and then grabbed their handbags as the golfers ran for dear life.
The women, one of them an elderly visitor from England, lost their purses, cash, a cellular telephone handset, car and house keys and other
valuables to the men, whose only weapons were their birthday suits. Police are said to be looking for a pair of naked aggressors . . .
Assault with a friendly weapon . . .
ZIMBABWE'S former president Canaan Banana has been defrocked by the
Methodist church because of his con-viction on charges of homosexual as-sault,
the head of the church in Zimba-bwe said.
Bishop Farai Chirisa said the church decided to strip Banana of the
ministry after he was convicted in the High Court earlier this year on several
charges of sexual assault and sodomy. Most of the offences were com-mitted
while Banana was president from 1980-1987.
He was sentenced to an effective one year in jail and is currently on bail
while awaiting an appeal to the Su-preme Court against his conviction
and sentence. Banana, 63, was ordained in
the Methodist Church in the United Kingdom in 1962.
Banana
defrocked
l Hundreds of Zimbabwe's PTC engi-neers
and technicians have been fired for going on strike. The strike knocked
out all telecommunications links for hundreds of foreign exhibitors at the
country's premier industrial show-case -the Zimbabwe International
Trade Fair.
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to Point Walter BBQ ON A beautiful Sunday morning, a merry band of 50+ Rhodesians
gathered at the far end of the Point Walter Park opposite the sand bar for a very pleasant midday bbq.
The smell of boerewors started drifting around the park as a couple of our Fremantle friends had to go off early.
Groups of friends soon congregated and before long the banter rose to a high level.
Everyone met everyone. Old acquaintances reunited, and, with the new faces, some new friends were soon made. Point Walter is an
excellent picnic venue with much to see and do. The view over the river is great with plenty of water borne craft to
be seen. The path leading along the shoreline was full of walkers and
children and adults on bicycles. All in all, it was an enjoyable day out and for those who missed the
bbq, make sure you diarise the next function and be there!
THE parents of a Zimbabwean airforce officer killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are outraged that they were given only his kneecap
for burial, a newspaper reported. The Independent quoted the father as saying that he was given a saucer
containing what looked like part of a kneecap and told this was his son, 27-year-old Flight Lieutenant Evans Kadyauta.
"I know death is there... but you can't say that 'your son has died, there is a knee-cap, ' then you run away. It is bad. Very unacceptable," said the
father, Mike Kadyauta.
FORMER German tennis star, Michael Stich, is to seek funds for Tennis Zimbabwe, The Standard has reported.
It said Stich was so impressed with the public tennis facilities in Zimbabwe that he said he would look for sponsors for a new tennis project in
Chitungwiza. Tennis Zimbabwe president, Paul Chingoka, said Stich would be kept
up to date with developments. " We really appreciate his support," he said
Stich won the Wimbledon title, reached a career best of world number two on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour and was also part of the
German Davis Cup team for several years but has now retired from tennis.
A Sitch in time . . .
Kneecap shock for dad
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A new newspaper, the Southern African Independent, will be launching in Perth early next month.
Aimed at Southern Africans settled in WA it will be chock full of news and some top columns, both from Southern Africa and here in Perth.
With more than 20 years' journalism experience behind us, and excellent contacts in South Africa, the SA Independent is confident it can be
a newspaper that will be professionally laid out, informative and entertaining. It will be available free to Rhodesian Association members.
We intend becoming a valid mouthpiece for, and window of, the Southern African community in Perth, as well as a provider of news and views
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SOON after the occupation of Mashonaland in 1890, the Mazoe
Valley became a scene of great activ-ity, with prospectors spreading in
all directions and small workings springing up in "ancient" gold min-ing
sites. Lower down the Mazoe River,
near its junction with the Pote, the district was called Abercorn, in hon-our
of the Duke of Abercorn, presi-dent of the British South Africa Com-pany.
This is now known as Shamva. By 1896 Abercorn boasted a
small European community, mainly on and in the vicinity of Tafuna Hill,
at the foot of which Messrs Deary and Company had established their
trading store. In June, although the
Matabele Rising had begun nearly three months before and was in full
fury, the settlers of Abercorn were peacefully occupied with their daily
tasks, confident that, "' it can't hap-pen to us".
No one suspected that some of the Mashona people were also
planning to rise until the first sign of local trouble blew up in the adjoin-ing
Mtoko district, where the Acting Native Commissioner, H. H. Ruping,
went to MAHOMBA's kraal to collect hut-tax, and met with a hostile re-ception.
Ruping's opinion was that the unrest was "due to the imposition
and collection of hut-tax", and quoted the names of seven head-man
who had refused to pay, and
The Early Days
New Chairman GRAHAM
BLICK has an abiding interest
in the place he grew up in -Shamva.
So much so that he wrote his
thesis on it.
Over the next few issues we
will reprint excerpts from his
paper, starting with the
occupation of the Mazoe
Valley 1890 and the siege of
Abercorn 1896.
who "forbade their boys to work for white men, and desired to have noth-ing
to do with our government." Ruping was subsequently
murdered. The B. S. A. Company's "Report
on Native Disturbances 1896/ 97" states that there were about 20 pros-pectors
and traders on the Abercorn goldfields at the start of the rising.
The Europeans had been alarmed by reports from Mazoe and
on the 20th June 1896, fortified Deary & Company's store; they re-mained
there in a state of siege for 23 days until they were relieved on the
13th July by a patrol from Salisbury led by A. H. F. Duncan, a retired na-val
officer and senior official of the company.
Hickman in his article writes, "These are the bare facts, but the
The siege begins
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NAME PROFESSION/ SKILL TEL No.
Brian Killick Computer help/ repairs 9248 2213
John Duncalf State sales Manager, NRMA
Building Society 9485 1260
Patrick Dunne Electrical contractor 9402 1610
DHB Engineering (Don Bredenkamp) Fitting & turning 9249 4755
Ken Godwin Chartered accountant 9447 6344
Maarten Hardy Tom's Tyres prop. (Bunbury) (097) 9211044
Tom Henshaw My Word Communications 9447 1570
Willem Kotze Electrician (lic. EC004346) 9398 3611
Hilary Lane Practitioner of natural medicine 9246 1822
Tom Lane Chartered Accountant
Registered Tax Agent 9481 0075
Bob Lister Security agent 9332 6660
Heather Mansfield State Sales Supervisor
Buena Vista Home
Entertainment 612 228 2111
Laurie Malton Signmaking (Kalbarri Signs) (08) 99372043
Paddy Parker Electrical contractor (Lic. EC2144) 9448 5282
John Pritchard Capital fundraising (h) 92452830
Derek Russell Teltronic TV & video repair 9451 2079
Jim Steele Knifemaker, blacksmith 9446 6204
Trevor Steer Accountancy, Taxation Svcs 9390 6388
Paul Sullivan Barrister/ solicitor/ lawyer (w) 9221 7373
(h) 9271 8091
Michael Vernig Discount international calls 041 991 8218
Anne Milne SRN Therapeutic Masseuse 9446 1056
Stewart Milne Photographic Services 041 991 8218
Vivien Jolliffe Sense Development Therapy 9446 5418
Carol Hoyes Graphic Design/ Printing 95721154
Terry Pidgeon Geotec/ Struct/ Civil eng. (27) 128001144
(27) 12464338
Pat Harrison Surveyor (mines) (08) 90218411
(08) 90215556
Terry Pidgeon Civil Engineer 27 128001144/
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the Directory as FREE ADVERTISING of your business or skills.
Business Directory
Sundowners Association get-togethers are now held at the
Irish Club of WA 61 Townshend Road Subiaco
Join us for a few chibulis the first Friday of each month
TWENTY Rhodesians gathered under the flag behind the veterans from the Burma Star, Normandy, Dunkirk and Pegasus and in front of the North
American Vets. Beret's identified the respective units with own medals worn on the left
and other medals on the right. We watched the various army, navy, airforce units lead by various bands
pass our position whilst we waited to join in. Doug Capper lead the Rhodesian contingent with Sergeant Charles
Scott and Sergeant Richard Blick being the flag bearers. Both sides of the street all the way to the Esplanade were thronged with
spectators with the occasional voice shouting out "Hooray for Rhodesia." At the Esplanade a commemoration service was conducted by the
Returned and Services League with hymns, prayers, the Last Post and Reville. After addresses, further hymns and prayers we dispersed, glad to be
part of the parade.
Anzac parade
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Social Calendar
Regular meetings:
Venue: Irish Club 61 Townshend Road
Subiaco.
Committee Meetings: First Tuesday of each month
5.30 p. m.
Sundowners: First Friday of each month 5.30 p. m.
Coffee Morning: Second Wednesday of each month
10 a. m. Contact Helen Lumley 94576970
Contact Yvonne Beesley 94574047
M'dalas Indaba: Third Thursday of each month
9.30 a. m. Ð 11.30 a. m. Venue: Citiplace
Community Centre Railway Station
Contact Doug Lyon 92953490
Upcoming Events:
Chalet Rigi Sunday Lunch June 13 (see advert)
Blarney Castle August (date to be advised)
Houghtons Winery October 17
Mdala's Christmas Lunch December 16
Christmas BBQ Kings Park December 5
Nick & Mandy Harrison, ex-Harare, New Zealand
David & Jean Beesley, ex-Harare Robert Lowe, ex-Harare
James & Hilary Farquar, ex-Mooi Nooi
Donations New members
Paddy & Jill Parker of Duncraig David & Jean Beesley, of Peppermint
Grove Rob & Jacqueline Lister, of Winthrop
Gordon & Sue Stuart, of Applecross Dick and Margaret Oliver, of Bunbury
James & Hilary Farquar, of Ascot
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Chalet
Rigi
Winter's Smorgasbord lunch
in the Hills at
on Sunday, June13
12 noon for 12.30pm
$26 a head Log fires, beautiful Hills setting Mundaring Weir Road -5km from Kalamunda
Book early Book early Book early Book early Book early Limited seating.
Ring Doug Capper Doug Capper Doug Capper Doug Capper Doug Capper on 93074790
Please send cheque with booking
before June 6
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Whatever you do, don't do thi . . . oops FOUR Zimbabwean soldiers were killed and 32 injured in a blast at a military
camp in May. Lieutenant Colonel Ben Ncube said 32 survived but several were
critically ill in Parirenyatwa Hospital. Ncube said the blast ripped through a class of trainee engineers at Pomona Barracks in Harare where an
instructor was demonstrating how to arm and disarm an anti-tank mine.
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The Goliath Tiger
Giant jaws: This brute's more than a handful for an angler
IN Australia, the barramundi is regarded as the ultimate freshwa-ter
sportfish. In Africa, there's a fish that would eat it for breakfast and
then take on a croc for afters! This review of The Goliath, a book
written by Dann Douglas, was published in Zimbabwe Fisherman,
who kindly gave us permission to reproduce it. Oh, and you have
to go to the Congo to find this beast -not the healthiest holiday
venue at present!!
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EVER dreamt of catching the ulti-mate freshwater fish?
For most of us this opportu-nity remains a dream. For a handful
of intrepid anglers and adventurers, and Dann Douglas in particular, the
hunting of Africa's Goliath tiger has become an obsession.
In this, his first book, "The Largest Tigerfish in the world -THE
GOLIATH", Dann takes the reader on an
adventure of discovery and mystery. The book boasts some excellent pho-tographs
of these magnificent fish as well as the equally impressive Congo
River. From an early age, Dann, grow-ing
up in the wilds of what, even by today's standards, is an unspoiled
Eden, the Congo was savage and primitive.
From the dense and unex-plored equatorial forests, one of the
world's only remaining tropical jun-
gles, to its spectacular kaleidoscope of flora and fauna, much of which
remains unexplored, the environs of the Congo were a boyhood paradise.
It was the lure of the great Congo River that, as a young man, became
the focus of Dann's insatiable appe-tite for adventure.
The Congo River basin covers
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The Goliath
"The goliath is a
killing machine,
always ready to
pounce on a likely meal. It is
also a cannibal
and will not
hesitate to
attack other tiger."
a vast area of the Democratic Re-public of Congo. This huge, often
swampy depression has an average altitude of less than 400m, the low-est
areas being located in the north-western region near lakes Tumba
and Maji Ndombe. The Congo is the second larg-est
river in the world after the Ama-zon. With a length of 4700km its
volume averages between 30,000 and 80,000cm/ sec.
Upstream from Kinshasa the river broadens and at
"the Pool of Kinshasa" reaches a width of
15km. The country has
over 12,000km of navi-gable waterways, the
Congo River being the largest.
Flowing west-wards it winds its way
through Bukuma, Kongolo, Kindu,
Ubungu, Kisangani, Kinshasa, Matadi, be-fore
entering the Atlan-tic Ocean.
There is a multi-tude of large lakes which
offer the country great potential for sport fishing -although
at the time of writing, another civil war grips the region, pushing the
elusive Goliath even further from reach.
World records in Goliath Ti-ger, Nile Perch and Catfish have
been recorded from these waters and there is no doubt that the coun-try
holds tremendous promise for the adventurous angler.
"These fish can attain an in-credible size. Some old Congolese
fishermen have told me that they
can attain a mass of 70kg. These old fish lose their teeth and frequent the
deep dark holes of the river. The largest fish seen caught was a speci-men
of 49kg, and was taken by my friend Christian", explains Dann.
It was the lure of these huge fish and his encounters in trying to
apprehend them that inspired Dann to write a book about his experi-ences.
"The goliath is a killing ma-chine, always ready to pounce on a
likely meal. It is also a canni-bal
and will not hesi-tate to attack other
tiger. So strong is its predatory instinct
that it will often at-tack bait half its own
size -that's what makes it so exciting!"
Years of experi-ence and a great un-derstanding
of the ti-ger and their environ-ment
makes Dann one of the few au-thorities
on angling for this species.
"I can only quote my own personal ob-servations
and experiences on this topic, it is a fascinating subject, and
one that I have studied for many years.
"I was born in Kinshasa, and had the privilege of growing up in
the bush. My parents lived 30km from
Kinshasa, in a house on top of a hill overlooking the forest. That's how I
got the fishing and hunting virus. "From the age of seven I would
roam the bush with one of my fa-ther's workers who was also a fish
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erman. For me he was a precious teacher. "The river was so rich in the number of species, we came back every day
with a stringer full of fish threaded on a palm tree stem. "As I matured in years, so did my appetite to catch bigger and bigger
fish." Never before has such an in-depth and comprehensive study been
made of this little-known fish. Dann's book is the first of its kind and is a reflection of his pioneering spirit.
It is large, measuring 250mm x 300mm, and its 120 pages are filled with some outstanding full colour pictures of monster fish. Full of technical
information it covers various aspects of tackle and tactics as well a narration of personal experiences and encounters with goliath by Dann and his
colleagues. The book was originally written in French, Dann's native tongue, and
was designed to cater for the French speaking, European market. A limited number of English copies have been made available for other parts of the
world and in particular Zimbabwe and South Africa have received a limited number of copies.
In trying to keep the text as close as possible to Dann's French version, some of the English grammar has been sacrificed. But this by no means
detracts from the technical data and it remains very readable. The fact that this book is the first of its kind ever written solely about
the goliath tiger makes it a real collector's item. It holds a wealth of information and is the ideal textbook and a must for anyone with ambitions
on one day tackling these monster fish. Dann's book is available through mail order from Mag-Set Publications
at P. O. Box 6204 Harare, Zimbabwe Africa at a cost of US$ 50 (including packaging and posting). Faxed orders can be sent to (+ 263-4) 572786.
Phone/ Fax 9448 7377 Warwick Grove
(in the food Emporium)
Are you making your own bread? We stock 20 varieties of Allied bread mix plus all the ingredients
necessary to make your own.
All you need is yeast and water. Easy as that.
Also, check out our extensive range of nuts, fruit, confectionery,
rice, pasta and other baking goods.
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human side of the story is dramatic in the extreme; it follows largely the
narrative of Edward Charles Broadbent, who may have taken com-mand
of the beleaguered people, and who wrote for the Rhodesia Herald
after his rescue. He is described as a prospector
and had been at work between the Mazoe and Pote Rivers when he heard
of the rising, and was called in to Deary's
Store with-all avail-able guns and ammu-nition".
In a separate group John Fletcher,
Joseph Francis Deane, George
Holman and James Stroyan, all prospec-tors,
made their way to Deary's but whilst
passing CHlPADZl's kraal the party was
fired on and Deane and Stroyan
wounded. There is a curi-ous
reference in the official casualty list to
Trooper George Holman of the Salis-bury
Field Force be-ing 5 "wounded in
action" on 17th June at Abercorn laager, but he only came
in on the 20th and was certainly not a member of the Salisbury Field Force
which formed part of the rescue party in July.
It is therefore most likely that he was wounded whilst defending the
store. Hermann's Mining Camp had also been warned of the rising and
when Louis Hermann came in, it was decided by the council of war that,
The Early Days
having a horse, he should ride to Salisbury to report the situation.
But on the way he was mur-dered at MAKOMBl's kraal and three
Africans who were also sent were never heard of again.
If they had been aliens they were probably murdered, but if lo-cals,
it is likely that they ran away. Alien or "Zambesi" Africans
were as much in the Mashona target area
as were Europeans. The other Europeans
who endured the siege were John Robert
Rowland, J. Pickering and A. Ragusin.
Broadbent was surprised at the ris-ing,
because the local Africans had been
quite friendly, though he had been somewhat
disturbed for some time previously be-cause
more produce had been bought for
sale to the miners than they required, and the
vendors seemed anx-ious to get powder and
caps. departed with none but thought they
obtained their supply from "Zambesi native
traders" -the first reference Hickman has seen to trading being conducted
by Africans who may have been hawk-ers rather than storekeepers. Then
the Mashona suddenly stopped trad-ing, an ominous sign.
Deary & Company's store was not designed for defence; it was in a
bad position on the level; with rising ground on every side, particularly
the lower slopes of Tafuna Hill, but
"The garrison
enlivened
proceedings from
time to time by
throwing out
plugs of
dynamite with
short fuses when
the
rebels crept
up close"
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THANKS to all those who attended the Ian Henderson Art expo @ Burswood, Perth in April. Anyone who would like to see more art from current
Zimbabwean artist, please go to www. primenet. co. zw/ innerspace thanks again. Will Dunlop (innspace@ primenetzw. com) Harare, Zimbabwe
ANYONE know the current address of Cliff Paget -used to live in Borrowdale in Salisbury and then went to Perth Australia. Lost contact about 5 years
ago. Glen Landsberg (GLandsb500@ aol. com) Atlanta, Ga USA I AM trying to contact LORRAINE HOWELL (maiden name) who was a
member of the Matabeleland Diving team in the mid 1940s. If anyone has any information on her whereabouts please can they contact me at my E-mail
address. My father Taff Lawton and Bill Semple (who were also divers) are trying to re-establish contact with her. Phill Lawton (ram@ faroc. com. au)
Perth, WA Australia TO Bill Wardaugh, Dave Baisley and Margie Martin (Ellison) re: Lee Mackie
(nee Kirby). Thank you all for your help in my quest to find Lee. As a result of a check on the Zamnet site I found Lester Shenton in Mkushi. Lester is
married to Sherry (nee Kirby) Lee's sister and the rest, as they say, is history. Thanks again to all the "Bushies" who helped. Colleen
(VERITAS@ bigpond. com) Perth, WA Australia I FINALLY got round to reading "The Great Betrayal" -probably last person
on Bush Telegraph to do so. It makes wonderful reading and evokes many special memories but hey, isn't it badly written and edited? All those repeats
and endless praise for the "British" way of life, sense of decency etc. The book could have been half its length and still been a good read. Never mind,
our Prime Minister deserves his retirement and is entitled to peace at last. Martin McGhee (marek@ yebo. co. za) Mafikeng, NW South Africa.
DOES anyone know the whereabouts of CAROL PRITCHARD( nee PETERS) ex Nagle House? Anne Gillingham (Anne-Louise. Gillingham@ unilever. com)
Durban, South Africa EX-CHURCHILL, played in lots of bands inc The Cyclones RTV Teen Time
rock with Locke what ever happend to Martin? Married to TINA long time now. Kids all grown up now. Last 20 yrs in AUSTRALIA its a good place. I
Also had a music shop in Manica Rd. Let's hear from old chinas. Barry Taylor (barrytina@ bigpond. com. au) Sydney, nsw australia
CAN anyone put me in touch with GORDON AND ANGIE REED (nee PREECE), ex-Bulawyao. Last heard of trekking to and fro across Canada,
possibly in Regina now. I'd love to renew contact again if anyone can connect us!! Chrissie Lewis (lewnkids@ ihug. co. nz) Kaitaia, New Zealand
OBITUARY. LOUISE CHENEY, wife of Jack Cheney, previously of Eastlea, Salisbury. Past Matron of Fairways Hospital, member of BSAP Bowling
Club, passed away in George, South Africa on April 25th 1999. Jack's address, P. O. Box 4241, George East, Western Cape, 6539 Daryl White
(sawubona@ canada. com) Pickering, ON Canada TRYING to ascertain if there are any ex members of the NRP (Northern
Rhodesia Police) resident in Perth, Western Australia or anywhere else in Oz for that matter -give us a hoy -Ta. Paul Garnett (VERITAS@ bigpond. com)
Perth, WA Australia
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I'M STILL looking for information about my sister HILARY STORR (nee Copeland) and/ or her husband ERROL STORR. Last heard from 1978?
They were living in Victoria Falls, Zim. Errol was working as a croupier at the casino there. They were living in Johannesburg before that I have very
little information to go on and need all the help I can get. Did they leave Zim for another country or go back to the UK. Haven't been able to trace
them in the UK. Can't get any answers from places in Zim. Yvonne Benefiel (debenefiel@ earthlink. net) San Mateo, Ca USA
I AM looking for any information on Lorraine McKerrell who was born in Zambia. She lived in Chingola in 1965 when she would have been about
17. She later married (somehwere between 1966 and 1972) and became a Humphreys. She had a daughter Susan, who got married in 1987 (married
name unknown). If anyone knew Lorraine or any McKerrells or Humphreys please could you let me know -the smallest pieces of information will help.
Many thanks Margi Simmons (Margi. Simmons@ fluordaniel. com or K. A. Simmons@ tesco. net) Frimley, UK
I WAS most concerned to read about that geezer who was reduced to (and proud of the fact) making a biltong maker out of a plastic dustbin. Whilst
I too consider biltong as the food of the gods I can only sympathise with this fella and suggest that he is definitely living in an unhospitable region
and should move pronto. The ignorant and uninitiated all think we are nuts for eating raw meat but hell, what do they think when they see this
genius pulling his tongue out of a dustbin and then grazing it? Jak WIDOWED from Bob Westergaard . . . formerly tobacco in the Mtoko area
up to 1964. Then Salisbury up to 1974. Now in Australia. Looking for June-name unknown (nee Oliver) believed to be living somewhere in Australia.
If she would like to contact Lola or if someone knows her whereabouts please leave message on Lola's daugther's email address. Lola would also
like to hear from any old friends, family, etc. who may be out there! Lola Westergaard (lorenehayden@ yahoo. com) Perth, Australia
CAROL CORREIA (nee STRICKLAND) I'd be chuffed to hear of the whereabouts and any news of Carol -who worked with me at ICL in
Salisbury. Last I knew she and Desi (her hubby) were living in Faerie Glen, Pretoria. Would love to catch up with her. Thanks, Karen (nee Gibson)
(kdc@ gei. net. au) Esperance, WA Australia
Members wishing to visit the Rhodesians Worldwide home page can find it on the World Wide Web at:
http:// scorpion. cowan. edu. au/~ rwebb/ index. html The Bush Telegraph address is:
http:// scorpion. cowan. edu. au/~ ahoneybu/ rww/ contacts. html# top. There is also a guest book for visitors to leave their names
and email addresses at: http:// scorpion. cowan. edu. au/~ ahoneybu/ rww/ guestbook. html
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A PECULIAR tribal ritual, which will delight the fellas and horrify the girls has come to light.
It was learnt of during a recent Zimbabwe court case where a woman was charged with torching her father-in-law's house.
It seems he continually persisted in demanding a bit of hanky panky with her. The woman, from the Kalanga tribe ended up in jail, apparently
happy to be there. Kalanga wedding nights aren't what westerners might call a night of
bliss Ð especially for the groom, it seems. The reason? Father-in-law gets to bed the bride instead of the young bloke!
And seeing as how multiple marriages aren't unknown in that part of the world, a guy's dad could be in for a lifetime of breaking in nubile young
maidens -particularly if he happens to have half a dozen sons! Among the Kalanga -the tribe to which political leader Joshua Nkomo
belongs -sex between a father-in-law and daughter-in-law is not only permissible, but compulsory.
Raphael Bhutshe, a staunch Kalanga traditionalist, told a reporter from the Mail & Guardian their young men were not allowed to have sex with
their wives until the head of their families officially "approved" them. There were no dissenters or protests usually.
Kalangas claim they have practised this tradition for centuries. "Among my people, sex between a father-in-law and daughter-in-law
is an initiation act never to be ignored," Bhutshe said. Besides being a way of welcoming a new bride into the households, the
father-in-law is also believed to be more experienced in determining a bride's virginity. A Kalanga father presides over all domestic disputes, Bhutshe said,
and a daughter-in-law who had sex with him would "have absolutely no inhibitions when she reports matters concerning her sexuality".
But there is a restriction: sex between the father-in-law and his son's wives can only happen on the wedding night. Dumisani Ncube was not
satisfied with one night only. Marita Ncube told the court that she had been pestered by her randy
father-in-law who wanted to have sex with her regularly. "I don't want any more of it. I will never do it again and that is why I burned down his house."
Stand by now for a worldwide Kalanga Appreciation Society!
Kalanga dads 'do' their duty
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