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Types of Forests: Coniferous forests

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T08:59:10+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Coniferous forest. Image credit chcentralmich.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Coniferous forests

Coniferous forests consists of evergreen trees which do not shed their leaves at any time of the year.
These are confined to the cool temperature, latitude in belts stretching across northern USA. Southern Canada, Scandinavia, northern Europe […]

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Natural Resources: Water shortages

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:24:31+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A boy carrying water during 2016 water shortage in Zimbabwe. Image credit ibtimes.com

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

Water supply shortages both at household and national level could be reduced by:

Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient, available water resources to meet water needs within a region.

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Fishing:Natural lakes

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:33:04+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Inland water fishing in Zambia. Image credit mg.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing: Fishing:Natural lakes

Fresh water lakes are mainly found in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Zimbabwe does not have natural lakes, all are man-made.
Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania and Lake Malawi are the largest and deepest rift […]

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Ocean and Sea fishing

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:11:23+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Horse Mackerel. Image credit sites.google.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Fishing:Fishing:Sea fishing

The coastal areas of southern-central Africa stretching from Tanzania, through Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Angola and DRC is home to several marine species including fish.
Fish resources are concentrated within the narrow continental shelf, a few kilometres […]

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Energy:Thermal power

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:28:46+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Hwange Thermal Power Station. Image credit businessdaily.co.zw

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

In thermal power production, fuel is used to heat water in huge boilers, converting this water into steam.
The steam at high pressure and through pipes, is directed to turbines.
The pressure turns the turbines […]

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Small scale energy sources and plants:Bio-fuel

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:45:20+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Jatropha plant. Image credit jatropha.org.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy:Small scale energy sources and plants:Bio-fuel

is a fuel that is produced through contemporary biological processes,
such as agriculture and anaerobic digestion,
rather than a fuel produced by geological processes such as those involved in the formation of fossil […]

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Weimer Republic: Economic Problems

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

Germany coins 1931

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Dictatorship in Europe: Dictatorship in Germany: Economic Problems

The war had left Germany bankrupt
Germany was forced to pay war reparations amounting to 6 600 million pounds
This amount was very detrimental to Germany economy but was reduced later
The living standards of […]

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The Occupation of Czechoslovakia

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T09:06:08+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Russian troops enter Czechoslovakia

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Dictatorship in Europe: Dictatorship in Germany: Adolf Hitler: The Occupation of Czechoslovakia

The Czech republic was formed after the Treaty of Versailles
It has a population of about 14 million people who were former residents of Bohemia, Moravia and other smaller territories

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President Roosevelt and the Great Depression

By Karen Mukungurutse|2025-02-12T08:57:41+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The United States of America (USA) 1920-1939: President Roosevelt and the Great Depression

He defeated Hoover in the 1932 presidential elections and presented a ‘New Deal’
The new deal had the following aims:
1. To provide employment for the unemployed
2. To revive the […]

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Human Resources Management: Introduction
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Human Resources Management: Introduction

Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes

Human Resources Management: Introduction

By garikaib|2025-02-12T09:16:42+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Managing Human Resources: Human Resources Management: Introduction

The process of hiring and developing employees so that they become more valuable to the organization
It involves the following activities:
1. Job Analysis
2. Anticipating and planning the organisation’s personnel needs
3. Job Advertising
4. Recruiting the right people to do the job
5. Selecting the appropriate candidates from the […]

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