White Zimbabweans - Wikipedia
Background. Present-day Zimbabwe (known as Southern Rhodesia from 1895) was occupied by the British South Africa Company from the 1890s onward, following the subjugation of the Matabele, (Ndebele), and Shona nations.Early white settlers came in search of mineral resources, hoping to find a second gold-rich Witwatersrand.Zimbabwe lies on a plateau that varies in altitude between 900 and …