February 2025

The economic activities of Great Zimbabwe

By |2025-02-12T09:15:16+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

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Economic activities carried out at Great Zimbabwe

  • The people at Great Zimbabwe engaged in a variety of economic activities including:
  • hunting
  • gathering
  • mining
  • the paying and receiving of tribute
  • pottery making
  • blacksmithing (ironworks)
  • trade […]
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Missionary Societies/Organisations which operated in Zimbabwe

By |2025-02-12T09:18:12+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

The Church at St Faith Secondary School Rusape was build by the Anglican Church. Image credit 2summers.net The Church at St Faith Secondary School, Rusape was build by the Anglican Church. Image credit 2summers.net ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Missionaries: Missionary Societies/Organisations which operated in Zimbabwe

  • The London Missionary Society
  • The Roman […]
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Concession seekers who visited Matebeleland between 1870 and 1900 and the treaties they signed

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

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Crisis in Nguniland: Introduction

By |2025-02-12T09:15:38+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Crisis in Nguniland: Introduction

  • The group of Bantu speaking people who lived in the Southern-Eastern region of Southern Africa were called the Nguni
  • Nguniland was divided into three groups namely, the Zulu or Northern Kingdom, Xhosa and the […]
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Problems faced by the Ndebele during their journey from Zululand

By |2025-02-12T09:42:40+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Ndebele State:Problems faced by the Ndebele during their journey from Zululand

  • These are some of the problems faced by the Ndebele/Khumalo on their way from Zululand to Western Zimbabwe:
  • Families were separated when the Ndebele were moving to Zimbabwe

    • […]

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Economic Factors that led to the Scramble and Partition of Africa

By |2025-02-12T09:19:40+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

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ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:Scramble and Partition of Africa:Economic Factors that led to the Scramble and Partition for Africa

  • New industrialists needed raw materials for their industries which were readily available in Africa
  • The raw materials included rubber, timber, gold, cotton among others
  • The discovery of […]
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The First Chimurenga

By |2025-02-12T09:44:47+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Nehanda hero of the First Chimurenga

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:The First Chimurenga

Causes

  • The Ndebele and the Shona lost their independence after the Pioneer Column settled in Zimbabwe
  • The new settler did not recognize the political structures that were already existing in Zimbabwe
  • The Shona people were considered weak […]
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The Land Husbandry Act (1951)

By |2025-02-12T09:33:48+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

A rural village household in Zimbabwe

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Zimbabwe 1894-1969: The Land Husbandry Act (1951)

  • Europeans saw that the Land Apportionment Act could not suppress the desire of Africans to own land
  • The land and environment were also deteriorating at a faster rate in natives reserves
  • So to […]
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The Discovery and Ownership of Diamond Mines at Kimberly

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

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ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: South Africa 1867 – 1910: The Discovery and Ownership of Diamond Mines at Kimberly

Discovery of Diamonds

  • They were first discovered first in 1867 in the area the Vaal River flows into the Orange River
  • Diamonds were picked […]
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