Bulawayo Railway Opened. SKIP ADVERTISEMENT. Skip to content Skip to site index ... Names of Cecil Rhodes and Mr. Chamberlain Cheered with Enthusiasm. Share full article. Nov. 5, 1897.

Cecil Rhodes was born in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire in 1853. He was the son of a vicar and left for South Africa to work on his brother's cotton farm in 1870.

Cecil Rhodes's statue on the steps of the University of Cape Town has now been boarded up. ... building a railway across the entire continent of Africa without ever leaving British territory.

This project was later taken up by imperialist Cecil Rhodes, who envisioned a continuous railway of British-ruled territories that stretched from the North to the South of the continent. + 8 ...

"Cecil Rhodes was one of our founders in 1888, but does not symbolize what our people stand for. While we can't rewrite history, we can bear the responsibility of history to build a better legacy.

Oxford University’s Oriel College has backtracked on its plans to bring down a controversial statue of colonialist Cecil Rhodes, deciding its removal would be too complicated and costly, dashing ...