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Elias Broomberg

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530:. As immigration minister, he sought, largely unsuccessfully, to stem the flow of white emigrants out of Rhodesia. One of his methods was the creation of a section of the ministry's Immigration Promotion Department whose staff would write a letter to every departing white emigrant to ask why they were leaving, and to try to change their mind. As tourism minister, he worked to reverse the decline in tourism to Rhodesia, in particular by promoting the country as a tourist destination to white South Africans. In 1976, he opened a Rhodesian tourism office in Johannesburg, and oversaw a publicity campaign which saw Rhodesian "holiday girls" travel across South Africa in brightly-painted vans to promote tourism in Rhodesia. 569: 522:, and named Broomberg as Minister of Information, Immigration, and Tourism. Broomberg's appointment was unexpected, as his performance as commerce minister was often criticized within Rhodesia's political establishment and he was widely expected to be dropped from the next cabinet. As information minister, Broomberg oversaw the 549:
Broomberg married Fay Golub on 25 December 1939. They had three sons. They lived at Clark Road, and later at Selbourne Avenue, in Bulawayo. In his free time, he enjoyed golf, tennis, and painting, and was a member of several clubs: the Bulawayo Golf Club, the Parkview Sports Club, and the Wietzman
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mills and a staff of 14. He was also served as the director of several other companies: Coys, Merlin Limited the Trans-Ocean Import Corporation, the U.D.C. of Rhodesia, Freecor Limited, and United Refineries. From 1958 to 1960, and again from 1966 to 1969, he was President of the Central African
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After the war, Broomberg went into business, and was involved with a number of civic organizations. From 1946 to 1956, he was Chair of the Cotlands Babies Sanctuary. From 1948 to 1956, he was Chair of the Southern Communal Centre Building Fund, from 1954 to 1956 he was Chair of the Coordinating
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Council of Southern Suburbs Vigilance Associations, and from 1955 to 1956 he was Chair of the Queenshaven Coronation Foundation (Southern Committee). In 1956, he was appointed to the board of South Rand Hospital in Johannesburg, but resigned shortly after when he decided to emigrate.
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of Bulawayo, as National Chair of the Council for the Blind, as Vice-President of the Rhodesia Society for the Blind & Physically Handicapped, and as Chair of the King George VI Rehabilitation Centre for Blind & Physically Handicapped Children.
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in 1974. Two years later, he was named Minister of Information, Immigration, and Tourism. He chose not to run for reelection in 1977, and after leaving both Parliament and the
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Special Report of the Select Committee on the Recovery of Debts and Related Matters: Presented to the House of Assembly on 11th February, 1975
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Brownell, Josiah (September 2008). "The Hole in Rhodesia's Bucket: White Emigration and the End of Settler Rule".
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Broomberg left the Cabinet the following year after deciding not to run for reelection to Parliament in the
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as Minister of Commerce and Industry. As commerce minister, Broomberg became a key player in Rhodesia's
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vice president Arthur Sarif, with 65 percent of the vote. In
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Minister of Information, Immigration, and Tourism of Rhodesia
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of Rhodesia, Civil Division (awarded 11 November 1974)
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and Reading country clubs. Broomberg was a practicing
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Majuta: A History of the Jewish Community of Zimbabwe
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Index

The Honourable
MLM
John Wrathall
Ian Smith
Wickus de Kock
P. K. van der Byl
Clifford Dupont
John Wrathall
Ian Smith
Jack Mussett
Desmond Lardner-Burke
Parliament of Rhodesia
Bulawayo East
Joel Pincus
Charles McKenzie Scott
Johannesburg
South Africa
Rhodesia
Rhodesian Front
Bulawayo
South African Army
National Volunteer Brigade
World War II
MLM
Rhodesian
Johannesburg
Southern Rhodesia
Bulawayo
Ian Smith
Cabinet

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