A chronology of key events: 1200-1600s - Rise and decline of the
Monomotapa domain, thought to have been associated with Great
Zimbabwe and to have been involved in gold mining and
international trade. 1830s - Ndebele people fleeing Zulu
violence and Boer migration in present-day South Africa move
north and settle in what becomes known as Matabeleland.
1830-1890s - European hunters, traders and missionaries explore
the region from the south. They include Cecil John Rhodes. 1889
- Rhodes' British South Africa Company (BSA) gains a British
mandate to colonise what becomes Southern Rhodesia.Whites settle
1890 - Pioneer column of white settlers arrives from south at
site of future capital Harare. 1893 - Ndebele uprising against
BSA rule is crushed. White minority leader declared independence
from Britain and fought off a bid for black majority rule 1922 -
BSA administration ends, the white minority opts for self-
government. 1930 - Land Apportionment Act restricts black access
to land, forcing many into wage labou