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Types of industry: Primary Industry

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:04:09+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Farming is a primary Industry.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of industry: Primary Industry

These produce or extract raw materials from nature to be used by other economic sectors.
Examples include fishing, farming, forestry and mining.
Developing countries have traditionally been suppliers of raw materials to advanced countries.
This is one […]

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First Chimurenga: Results of the Ndebele-Shona Uprisings

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T09:16:00+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

The railway line reached Salisbury(Harare)

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Colonisation of Zimbabwe: Results of the Ndebele-Shona Uprisings

The defeat of the Ndebele and Shona led to the total colonization of Zimbabwe and the Europeans firmly settled
Many Shona chiefs were killed during the first Chimurenga
The whites replaced these chief […]

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The Land Tenure Act (1969)

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T09:33:58+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Sir Goddfrey Huggins/Lord Marlven.

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Zimbabwe 1894-1969: The Land Tenure Act (1969)

This was a more rigid and segregationalist law
It replaced the Land Tenure Act of 1931
The aim of the law was to create different areas for each race
It increased the division between […]

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The Prime Ministers of Rhodesia

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:10:37+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Ian Smith

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Zimbabwe 1894-1969:The Prime Ministers of Rhodesia

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Mining Monopoly and its Effects in South Africa

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T09:19:43+02:00February 12th, 2025|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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Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland: Hilton Young Commission

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T09:38:17+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Africa Unity Square during the Federation

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland: The Hilton Young Commission

This commission was headed by Sir Hilton Young
This commission recommended that the amalgamation be done between Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika and it excluded central African countries
It also suggested a […]

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Export Processing Zones

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:11:05+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Export Processing Zone at Beitbridge

Ways of improving Zimbabwe’s export potential

One way of improving foreign trade was to introduce the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF).
This is held annually in Bulawayo as a showcase for Zimbabwe’s products.
Zimbabwean companies also participate in trade fairs organized by other countries for example Zambia, […]

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Importance of Mining to the economy of Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:37:26+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Gold. Image credit indianewsonweb.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources:Resource Exploitation, Importance of mining

Growth of industries

Mining helps industries to grow by providing raw materials to industries
Many industries obtain their raw materials from the mining sector.
For example, building and construction industries get some of their raw materials from […]

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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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