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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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Zimbabwe’s forests: Mountain forest and grassland

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:20:46+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Bananas and other crops have replaced natural vegetation in some areas. Image credit zadt.co.zw

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Zimbabwe’s forests: Mountain forest and grassland

This is found in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe.
Temperature are generally below 20°C while rainfall is over 1 500 mm.
The altitude is generally above 1 […]

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World forest resources:Tropical forests

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:40:54+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

An aerial view of a tropical rainforest. Image credit MediaWiki

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:World forest resources:Tropical forests

The world’s forests can be divided into three broad classes.
These are tropical, temperate deciduous forests and coniferous forests.

Tropical forests

These are lowland and low latitude luxuriant forests.
They comprise tropical rain forests […]

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Types of Forests: Deciduous temperate forests

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

Deciduous temperate forest. Image credit thinglink.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources : Deciduous temperate forests

These are also known as temperate deciduous forests or temperate broad-leaf forests.
They are dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year.
They are found in areas with warm, moist summers and mild winters

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Natural Resources: Water quality

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:25:55+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Water Quality is important. Image credit goinggreenrecyclingnigeria.org

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Water: Water quality

The quality of water can be improved by:

Improving water treatment techniques.
Improving sanitation at household level.
Treating sewage before discharging it in streams and rivers.
Recycling industrial waste.
Use of bio-degradable chemicals in the […]

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Fish processing and marketing

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:35:52+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Sun dried Kapenta. Image credit blogspot.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing: Fish processing and marketing

Subsistence and commercial fishers employ more or less the same processing methods.
The high tropical temperatures mean that fish go bad very quickly after being landed from the lakes rivers and swamps.
Small […]

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Sea fisheries found on the west coast of Southern Africa

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:12:24+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Recreational fishing off the coast of Namibia. Image credit travelnewsnamibia.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing:Sea fisheries on the west coast of Southern Africa

Fisheries of the Benguela cold current system cover the area along the west coast of South Africa, Namibia and southern Angola.
The area on the […]

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Geothermal power: Introduction

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:34:50+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Geothermal Power Station. Image credit MediaWiki

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy:Geothermal power

Geothermal power is generated using steam rhythmically shooting out from underground at high pressure in the form of geysers.
To control the movement of steam, an intricate network of pipes is installed collecting and directing the […]

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The energy crisis in Zimbabwe

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T08:57:24+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Polling Stations in the Dark. Image credit mg.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy:The energy crisis in Zimbabwe

The energy crisis in Zimbabwe is demonstrated through the following:

Frequent shortages of petroleum and its products resulting in long queues for the scarce commodity at service stations.
Fluctuating prices in the […]

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Adolf Hitler: Introduction

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T09:03:10+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Adolf Hitler as a baby

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Dictatorship in Europe: Dictatorship in Germany: Adolf Hitler

Early Life

He was born in 1889 in Austria at Braunau
Hitler was an Austrian by nationality
His father died in 1903 and his mother in 1908, this left him at 19 with […]

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