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Alexandra Park, Harare

Alexandra Park is the name of a low density leafy residential suburb in the North of Harare, Zimbabwe.

Amos Midzi

He ran as the ZANU-PF candidate for Mayor of Harare, the capital, in March 2002, but was defeated by Elias Mudzuri of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

Ashish Nehra

Nehra started playing first-class cricket for his hometown, Delhi, in the 1997/1998 season and made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 1999 and his ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare in 2001.

Ashley Noffke

Noffke made his first-class debut on 27 March 1999 for the Australian Cricket Academy XI against the Zimbabwe Cricket Academy XI in Harare.

Avondale, Auckland

In 1927 the Avondale Borough Council was absorbed into the Auckland City Council.

Avondale, Chicago

Purportedly violence almost broke out as supporters of Lyndon LaRouche protesting outside the basilica were not looked at very kindly by local Poles, who had a reverence for the candidate they saw as the best hope against the loathed Communist regime in Poland.

Avondale, Harare

The first official marriage ceremony in Zimbabwe took place on Avondale farm in 1894 when the Count de la Panouse was married to Fanny Pearson (Countess Billie) by Lt Col. Marshall Hole, the Chief Magistrate of Salisbury.

Avondale, Maryland

In the 1930s, development spread west from Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, and Brentwood, and subdivisions such as Queens Chapel Manor, Castle Manor, Avondale, and Green Meadows appeared.

Banknotes of Zimbabwe

The main illustration on the obverse of banknotes issued since 1980 is the Chiremba Balancing Rocks in Epworth, Harare.

Beta Cephei

The star is nevertheless visible to most observers throughout the world reaching as far south as cities like Harare in Zimbabwe, Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia or other settlements north ± 19° South latitude.

Bruce Gilberd

As vicar of Avondale, Auckland from 1968 to 1971, he gained further experience through secondment to Egglescliffe on Teesside in the United Kingdom as an industrial chaplain.

Celia Winter-Irving

Her own specialism was abstract art and she had one solo show at Sandros Gallery in Harare.

Celia Winter-Irving (1941 – 26 July 2009), was an Australian-born, Zimbabwean-based artist and art critic who wrote extensively on Zimbabwean art, especially Shona sculpture, when she lived in Harare from 1987–2008 .

Dambudzo Marechera

Dambudzo Marechera (born Charles William Dambudzo Marechera, June 4, 1952, Rusape, Southern Rhodesia – August 18, 1987, Harare) was a Zimbabwean novelist and poet.

Dougie Marillier

Marillier attended Eaglesvale Secondary School in Harare and quickly became a key figure for the cricket team there, although the team was a weak one.

Durham County Cricket Club in 2005

Harare-born all-rounder Ryan Watson put in the best all-round effort for Scotland all season, recording Scotland's fourth-highest score of the season with 86 and the best bowling analysis with four for 36, but none of the other Scots save Paul Hoffmann (conceding 21 runs in nine overs) took more than one wicket, conceded less than four an over, or made more than 20 runs.

Eastgate Centre, Harare

The Eastgate Centre is a shopping centre and office block in central Harare, Zimbabwe whose architect is Mick Pearce.

Goffal

Specifically suburbs mainly in Bulawayo (Thorngrove nicknamed Groove, Barham Green nicknamed B.G., Forrest Vale, Queens Park, Morningside) and Harare (Arcadia, Braeside,St. Martins) began to grow and gain a significant population but in recent years many have gone in diaspora with large groups in London, Milton Keynes, Dublin, Canada in cities and towns like St.Catharines/Hamilton/Burlington/Toronto and New Zealand.

Hector, Arkansas

The community was named for President Grover Cleveland's dog by the President himself when postal officials grew frustrated with the resident's indecision on whether to name the community Avondale or The Plain.

History and evolution of the Rhodesian premiership

The first of these was appointed in 1890, soon after the Pioneer Column's establishment of Fort Salisbury, the capital, on 12 September that year.

Hwata dynasty

Hwata Shayachimwe established his capital at Barapata Hill on the modern Mufakose suburb in Salisbury now called Harare, capital city of Zimbabwe.

ICC 6 Nations Challenge

The 2000 tournament was played in Harare, Zimbabwe, the hosts being represented by Zimbabwe A. They were joined by Kenya, and four European teams; Denmark, Ireland, The Netherlands and Scotland.

J. Anthony Holmes

Holmes has spent many of his thirty-year Foreign Service career on issues affecting Africa, including service as the economic-commercial section chief in Harare and in the economic section in Nairobi.

John Mosca

John Mosca (pronounced "Mohsca") (May 6, 1925 Chicago Heights, Illinois - July 13, 2011, Harahan, Louisiana) was an American restauranteur and owner (and co-founder) of the famed Mosca's, a Louisiana Creole and Italian restaurant located in Avondale, Louisiana, near New Orleans.

John Stoke

After a period as a GP in Salisbury (Harare), John became Senior Medical Officer in the Royal Rhodesian Air Force, and the family moved to Gwelo (Gweru).

Lincon Muteta

A native of the Highfield area of Harare, Muteta is the youngest of four in a family which originates from Mutoko; his totem is "Soko Murehwa", or the monkey.

Logan Cup

Within the next ten years, matches were played with more regularity and the most significant match was competed between Salisbury and Bulawayo.

Manchester Road Race

Philemon Hanneck, born in Harare, Zimbabwe, but now a United States citizen, is a 2-time winner and course record holder at the Manchester Road Race.

Market House, Monaghan

Market House, in Monaghan, Ireland, was designed by Colonel William Hayes of Avondale, Rathdrum, County Wicklow and stands in the middle of Market Square.

Mazowe Boys High School

Mazowe Boys High School is a Salvation Army (private sponsored) boarding school located 17 kilometres from the Westgate Mall along Old Mazowe road, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Melancthon S. Wade

He returned to his estate in Avondale to engage in work as a fruit farmer and to pursue other horticultural interests with his oldest son, Melancthon Armstrong Wade.

Michael Berridge

Born in Gatooma in Southern Rhodesia, Berridge gained a BSc in zoology and chemistry at the University of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Salisbury (1960), where his interest in insect physiology was stimulated by Eina Bursell.

Mount Pleasant, Harare

Mount Pleasant is the name of a residential suburb in the northern part of Harare, Zimbabwe.

Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai

At the Rainbow Towers hotel in Harare, Mugabe and Tsvangirai signed the deal to resolve the crisis.

Muchadeyi Masunda

A prominent businessman and lawyer, Masunda was elected unanimously by the Harare council on 2 July 2008 for a five-year term after Emmanuel Chiroto, an MDC member who was previously elected executive mayor by the MDC-majority council on 15 June, voluntarily stood down from the mayoralty and accepted the position of deputy mayor, after allegations that his wife was captured and tortured by Zanu-PF youth.

Noisettes

On 2 May 2013, the band also performed at the 2013 edition of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Osprey-class coastal minehunter

Twelve minehunter ships were built for the U.S. Navy by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (formerly Litton Avondale Industries) of New Orleans and Intermarine of Savannah.

Pakistani cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2013

The second Test match was originally scheduled to take place at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo but was moved to Harare as a cost saving measure.

Ronald Duncan

Duncan was born, with the surname Dunkelsbühler, in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe), in 1914.

Rugby union in Zimbabwe

From 1952, Rhodesian/Zimbabwean rugby was split into two subregions, centred around the two main cities, Harare (formerly "Salisbury" in the north) and Bulawayo in the south.

Solar eclipse of April 19, 2004

However, the eclipse remained visible to cities such as Harare, Maseru, Durban, and Bloemfontein, although to a much lesser extent.

Strip road

By 1938, strip roads covered a total distance of 1,890 kilometres, including an unbroken stretch linking the capital, Salisbury (today called Harare), with the southern border town of Beitbridge.

TEEAL

Initially, a two-person office was opened in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1999 to introduce African institutions to TEEAL, conduct training workshops and help interested institutions in writing grants to purchase TEEAL sets.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1399

It demanded that the RCD immediately withdraw from Moliro and Pweto and for all other parties to withdraw to defensive positions called for in the Harare disengagement sub-plans.

United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe

An embassy in Harare was established on April 18, 1980—independence day for Zimbabwe.

Vinay Kumar

In May 2010, after India's elimination from the ICC World Twenty20, Vinay Kumar made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in Harare, taking 2/51 off eight overs in a six-wicket defeat.

West End Rowing Club

West End Rowing Club is based at Saunders Reserve on Rosebank Peninsula, in Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand.

Zimbabwe and the Commonwealth of Nations

British Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary David Miliband and outgoing Secretary-General Don McKinnon both expressed their approval of Zimbabwe's return to the Commonwealth if the country resolved its infringements of the Harare Declaration, especially under a new government.

Zimbabwe national rugby union team

In 1924 a British side would play another match against Rhodesia, on 24 July in Salisbury, the British won 16 to 3.


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