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The BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo

The BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo

Date
4 Nov 1893
Updated
22 Aug 2019
The BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo

The flag of the British South Africa Company (BSAC) or Chartered Company was hoisted in Bulawayo, the Matabele capital, after the Company's forces, led by Major Patrick Forbes, drove the native Ndebele from the town. The flag consisted of a Union Jack emblazoned with the BSAC badge in the centre. A mining concession had been obtained from Chief Lobengula in 1888 and the BSAC, under Cecil John Rhodes, succeeded in founding and colonising Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) after the power of the Matabele was broken. Sources: http://www.netlinkit.dk/FOTW/flags/zw-hist.html http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9376845/Cecil-Rhodes Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 3, p. 169.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). The BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011156

South African History Online (2011) 'The BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011156 (Accessed: 12 September 2026).

South African History Online, The BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011156, (accessed 12 September 2026).

"The BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011156. Accessed 12 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "The BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011156.

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