Wankie

/ ˈwɑːŋkɪ /

noun

1. the former name (until 1982) of Hwange

Example Sentences

The final death toll is expected to exceed 430, making Wankie the fifth worst coalmining disaster in history.

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The strike had been called at Wankie colliery, a forest-girt slum that taps Southern Rhodesia's massive coal reserves �more than 4 billion tons, mined in a 40-ft. seam.

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Owned by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, whose vast copper mines in Northern Rhodesia are fueled by Southern Rhodesian coal, Wankie pays white miners at least $250 a month and its Negro miners an average in cash of $6.60 a month.

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No coal from Wankie meant crisis for all Rhodesia.

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Six hundred white soldiers raced to Wankie.

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