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The ‘Chartered Company’ hoists the Union Jack at what is now Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 10, p. 138
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, August 14). The ‘Chartered Company’ hoists the Union Jack at what is now Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090909
South African History Online (2012) 'The ‘Chartered Company’ hoists the Union Jack at what is now Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.', South African History Online, 14 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090909 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).
South African History Online, The ‘Chartered Company’ hoists the Union Jack at what is now Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090909, (accessed 25 September 2026).
"The ‘Chartered Company’ hoists the Union Jack at what is now Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.." South African History Online, 14 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090909. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "The ‘Chartered Company’ hoists the Union Jack at what is now Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.." South African History Online. August 14, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090909.
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