January 2023

Informal and Formal groups

By |2022-09-15T12:37:27+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

An informal group of friends. Image credit huffingtonpost.com

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Informal and Formal groups

  • Businesses are formal groups which are created to perform an economic activity and achieve set objectives which may include profit, growth, provision of essential services etc.
  • Informal groups can emerge within these […]
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The city of Bulawayo

By |2022-09-15T12:37:20+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

The City of Bulawayo. Image credit mg.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Settlements: The city of Bulawayo

  • Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe.
  • With a male population of 303 346
  • Female – 349 991
  • Total population – 653 337 according to the 2012 census.
  • Bulawayo was built at the […]
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Population structure

By |2022-09-15T12:37:11+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Population: Population structure

  • The population structure of a country describes the population’s age, sex and the period males and females are expected to live
  • Population structure is the composition of a given population, which is broken down into categories such as age and gender.
  • This information can be shown on a population […]
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Migration: Introduction

By |2022-09-15T12:37:03+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Forced Migration. Image credit UNHCR

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Migration: Introduction

  • Migration is the permanent or semi-permanent movement of people from one area to another, one country to another or one continent to another.
  • This involves the change of residence
  • There are several ways to classify migrations and these are:
    1. In terms […]
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Military organization of the Zulu State

By |2022-09-15T12:36:56+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

An old photo showing the Zulu army. Image credit satravelblog.com

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Zulu State: Tshaka’s military innovations

  • Shaka kaZulu was the military commander
  • The army commanders and indunas were appointed by Shaka personally from the royal family
  • The army was very crucial in the day to day life […]
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Military Organization of the Ndebele State

By |2022-09-15T12:36:49+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Mzilikazi Khumalo

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Political organization of the Ndebele State

  • The Ndebele had a standing army
  • The Ndebele also practiced the age regimental system
  • Membership in the regimental system was hereditary
  • The men could marry after they had been granted permission by the king
  • The Ndebele army was not […]
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Farming types in Africa: Bush Fallowing

By |2022-09-15T12:36:41+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Maize Field. Image credit wordpress.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Subsistence farming:Bush Fallowing

  • In many respects, it is similar to shifting cultivation but differs in that instead of rotating homes, the cultivated land is rotated.
  • The once cultivated area is abandoned without any crops for about five years […]
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Small Scale Mixed farming

By |2022-09-15T12:36:35+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Small scale mixed farming in rural Zimbabwe. Image credit MediaWiki

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Agriculture:Farming types in Africa: Mixed Farming

  • This type of farming is undertaken on a small piece of land with the aim of producing crops both for home consumption and sale.
  • It is an intensive type of farming.
  • It […]
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