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Successes and Failures of Missionaries

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T08:56:21+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Anglican Cathedral near the Zimbabwean Parliament

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Missionaries in Zimbabwe:Successes and Failures of Missionaries

Missionaries taught people how to read and write
They facilitated the colonization of Zimbabwe
They encouraged trade between foreigners and locals
Established schools and mission stations
They introduced western education
They translated, printed and […]

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Colonisation of Zimbabwe: The Royal Charter

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T09:25:34+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Image credit youtube.com

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:The Royal Charter

After the Rudd Concession,
Rhodes went to seek a charter from the British Queen to expand his mission in Zimbabwe.
A charter is an official document from a Monarchy (Queen/King) granting […]

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The Jameson Raid of 1893

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T09:19:30+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Boer fighters during the Anglo-Boer War.

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Colonisation of Zimbabwe:The Jameson Raid of 1893

The British wanted to enforce their rule on Transvaal , Boer colony
Their reasons for this were that they were complaining that Uitlanders (foreigners mostly British) were being ill-treated by the Boers
The […]

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Education in Rhodesia

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T08:57:02+02:00February 12th, 2025|O Level History Notes|

St Georges college in Harare. Image credit youtube.com

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Zimbabwe 1894-1969: Education

In 1907 the Native Education Ordinance was passed which facilitated the creation of boarding missionary schools for Africans
African were mainly educated on industrial education
Orderlies and agricultural demonstrators were the only ones trained whilst […]

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South Africa 1867 – 1910: Economic Effects of Mining and Minerals in South Africa

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T09:33:32+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Early image of Johannesburg.

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: South Africa 1867 – 1910: Effects of Mining

There was infrastructural development in South Africa, for example, railways, food industries and roads
Railways were built to link major towns such as Kimberly, Transvaal, Cape town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Johannesburg and Durban

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Social Development in the Federation

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T09:11:43+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

University of Rhodesia (now University of Zimbabwe)

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland: Social Development

Education

The University of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was opened in Salisbury in 1957 by the federal government
The university was multiracial as per the requirements of the partnership
It was a London University […]

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National Democratic Party (NDP)

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T08:59:24+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Nkomo (left) meets Mandela

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Struggle for Independence in Colonial Zimbabwe 1900-1980:National Democratic Party (NDP)

When the ANC was banned Africans viewed this as imperialists did not want to end racial segregation
The bans were only temporal as other African nationalists educated in the diaspora rose, […]

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End of White Rule and Independence

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T09:42:11+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Robert Mugabe the First Prime Minister of Zimbabwe in 1980

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Struggle for Independence in Colonial Zimbabwe 1900-1980: End of White Rule and Independence

Although Africans had the most causalities in the war, it is important to note that whites were also killed or injured
Many […]

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Limitation of rights and freedoms

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T09:27:21+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Riot Police

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Constitution of Zimbabwe: Limitation of rights and freedoms

The fundamental rights and freedoms set out in the Constitution must be exercised reasonably and with due regard for the rights and freedoms of other persons
The fundamental rights and freedoms set out in the […]

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