February 2025

Business Insurance

By |2025-02-12T09:06:22+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Business Insurance. Image credit vitasinsurance.com Business Insurance. Image credit vitasinsurance.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Insurance: Business Insurance

Transit insurance.

  • Covers goods during the transportation from the time they are loaded onto the transport vehicle until the time they are offloaded at their destination.
  • The policy may be specific e.g. it states the […]
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Reasons for the elimination of wholesalers

By |2025-02-12T09:17:20+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Large retail shop. Image credit siemens.com Large retail shop. Image credit siemens.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Wholesale Trade: Reasons for the elimination of wholesalers

Reasons for the elimination of the wholesaler.

  • Bulk buying by large scale retail organisations such as multiple shops, hypermarkets and department stores who have:
  • Adequate capital to buy on cash
  • Have […]
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Forwarding agents/Freight Forwarders

By |2025-02-12T09:34:19+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

image credit destinyman.com image credit destinyman.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: International trade:Forwarding Agents/Freight Forwarders

Forwarding agents also known as Freight forwarders.

  • Collect goods from consignors’ premises.
  • Carry goods to their warehouses.
  • Warehouse/Store the goods.
  • Send goods to consignee.
  • Provide facilities for export packing.
  • Arrange insurance for the goods.
  • Fill in the necessary documents used when goods are transported by […]
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The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ)

By |2025-02-12T08:58:28+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ)

  • Receives complaints from consumers and then investigates them.
  • Settles disputes via arbitration between consumers and traders.
  • Files lawsuits on behalf of consumers.
  • Educates consumers on their rights.
  • Provides advice to consumers, ie. advises consumers to buy wisely by comparing prices and quality of products.
  • Conducts spot checks to […]
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The Cold Storage Commission

By |2025-02-12T09:10:15+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cold Storage Comission. Image credit nehandaradio.com Cold Storage Comission. Image credit nehandaradio.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Business Organisations: Cold Storage Commission

Cold Storage Commission

  • Buys cattle, sheep and goats from farmers.
  • Sells meat and meat products.
  • Operates ranches for beef cattle.
  • Operates slaughter houses.
  • Carries out research on beef production.
  • Sores beef and beef products in […]
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Public and Private enterprises

By |2025-02-12T09:24:57+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Commerce Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Image credit freedesignfile.com Image credit freedesignfile.com ZIMSEC O Level Commerce Notes: Public and Private enterprises

Private enterprises

  • Businesses owned by private individuals or a group of individuals.
  • Found under the private sector.
  • Formed in order to make profit.
  • Include sole traders, partnerships, private limited companies, multinational corporations and trade associations.

Public enterprises

  • businesses organised and controlled by […]
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Amylase enzyme experiment

By |2025-02-12T09:21:08+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Science Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Image credit schule-bw.de Image credit schule-bw.de ZIMSEC O Level Combined Science Notes: Amylase enzyme experiment

Experiment

Materilas: 1% amylase enzyme/saliva, 2% startch solution, visking tubing, reagents to test for starch and sugar, beakers.

Method A: Visking Tubing.

  • NB. The Visking Tubing is used to function/work as a small small intestine.
  • Prepare two model intestines by […]
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Investigating the movement of water within plants

By |2025-02-12T09:00:31+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Science Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

A celery plant in dye. Image credit wordpress.com A celery plant in dye. Image credit wordpress.com ZIMSEC O Level Combined Science Notes: Investigating the movement of water within plants

Aim: To demonstrate that moves up plants which have a transportation system.

Materials: Young plants with roots/celery plants, water, hand lenses, razor blade/scalpel, food colouring/dye.

Method

  1. Place […]
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