Fort Rixon Explained

Fort Rixon is a village and farming centre in Matabeleland region of southwestern Zimbabwe. It is located some 48miles north-east of Bulawayo. It was founded as a military outpost in 1896 during the rebellion of the Matabele against British colonial rule of Rhodesia.[1] Nowadays it has a Zulu lithium mine.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017-08-11 . Fort Rixon - Rhodesian Study Circle . 2024-04-18 . en-GB.
  2. Web site: News . The Sunday . 2023-02-04 . Inside Zimbabwe’s rising lithium mines . 2024-04-18 . The Sunday News . en-GB.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Fort Rixon".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.