January 2023

Mining Monopoly and its Effects in South Africa

By |2022-09-15T12:35:55+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Workers for the De Beers company

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: South Africa 1867 – 1910: Mining Monopoly and its Effects

  • The Wernher-Beit provided the capital to purchase all necessary claims
  • Its agent locally was Cecil John Rhodes who had been attracted by the adventures of mining in Africa
  • The capital […]
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The Federal Assembly and Supreme Court

By |2022-09-15T12:35:43+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland: The Federal Assembly and Supreme Court

  • It was the Parliament or Legislative body
  • The Parliament was to consist of 35 MPs and 26 represented whites, that is, 14 from Southern Rhodesia, 8 from Northern Rhodesia and […]
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The Struggle for Independence in Colonial Zimbabwe 1900-1980: Welfare Associations

By |2022-09-15T12:35:28+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Black workers in Gwelo

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Struggle for Independence in Colonial Zimbabwe 1900-1980:  Welfare Associations

  • Africans also protested through welfare associations
  • The welfare associations were set up to help those in need
  • They looked non-political on the surface but deep down they had political roots
  • An example […]
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The Kissinger Proposals

By |2022-09-15T12:35:13+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

The American Career diplomat Henry Kissinger. Image credit Huffington Post

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Struggle for Independence in Colonial Zimbabwe 1900-1980: The Kissinger Proposals

  • Efforts to get a peaceful settlement were necessary after the war were now necessary after 1977
  • Nkomo and Smith had failed to reach a consensus […]
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Constitution of Zimbabwe: Chapter 4: Declaration of Rights

By |2022-09-15T12:35:01+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

 

Every human has certain inalienable rights.

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Constitution of Zimbabwe: Chapter 4: Declaration of Rights

  • This chapter lists all the rights a person is entitled to
  • Everyone has certain rights they acquire from the time they are born
  • The rights start with life itself which is […]
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Prisons and Correctional Service and its functions

By |2022-09-15T12:34:48+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Harare Remand Prison

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Constitution of Zimbabwe: Prisons and Correctional Service and its functions

  • There is a Prisons and Correctional Service which is responsible for:
    1. The protection of society from criminals through the incarceration and rehabilitation of convicted persons and others who are lawfully required to […]
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Adolf Hitler: Early Political Career

By |2022-09-15T12:34:28+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Young Hitler posing with other German soldiers

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Dictatorship in Europe: Dictatorship in Germany: Political Career

  • After the war, Hitler went into politics
  • He joined the Germany Workers’ Party in 1919 and was made a committee member
  • The name of the party was the National Socialists which […]
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Effects of the Great Depression

By |2022-09-15T12:34:14+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

People standing outside a soup kitchen during the Great Depression

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The United States of America (USA) 1920-1939: Effects of the Great Depression

  • There was a high rate of unemployment in the USA
  • Most city workers began to survive on soup and bread given by charity
  • Farmers […]
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Results of World War I

By |2022-09-15T12:45:13+02:00January 24th, 2023|O Level History Notes|

A woman working in a World War I factory: Image by The Guardian. A woman working in a World War I factory: Image by The Guardian. Results of the First World War

Results of the war.

Political effects

  • The collapse of four dynasties in Europe and their replacement by new governments. Turkey ( […]
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Portuguese attempts to colonise the Mutapa State

By |2022-09-15T12:41:27+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Early Portoguese Soldiers. Image credit twcenter.net Early Portuguese Soldiers. Image credit twcenter.net ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Portuguese in Zambezi Valley: Portuguese attempts to colonise the Mutapa State

  • Due to a decline in trade the Portuguese decided to send an emissary to the Mutapa State
  • He was tasked with tracing […]
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