January 2023

The Discovery and Ownership of Diamond Mines at Kimberly

By |2022-09-15T12:35:56+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

The star of Africa cut and polished. Image credit pininterest.com

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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The Government System during the Federation

By |2022-09-15T12:35:42+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

The Federation’s Coat of Arms

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland:The Government System during the Federation

  • There were two departments of government, that is, the Territorial Governments and the Federal Government to separate the identities of the territories from that of the Federal State
  • Territorial Governments were […]
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The Struggle for Independence in Colonial Zimbabwe 1900-1980: African Religious Movements

By |2022-09-15T12:35:27+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

The Church at St Faith’s Mission Rusape

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Struggle for Independence in Colonial Zimbabwe 1900-1980:  African Religious Movements

  • After Africans failed to achieve mileage with petitions they decided to resist European dominance through events organized by African sponsored churches
  • Many Africans joined churches which opposed colonialist […]
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ZANU Military Tactics

By |2022-09-15T12:35:14+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZANLA Fighters at a community meeting

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Struggle for Independence in Colonial Zimbabwe 1900-1980: ZANU Military Tactics

  • Recruitment into the ZANU army became almost automatic
  • After political education, most young men and women voluntarily joined the guerillas (Vakomana neVasikana)
  • Pungwes increased and intensified and were attended […]
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The Constitution of Zimbabwe: Types of Citizenship

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

There are various ways to obtain citizenship

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Constitution of Zimbabwe:Types of Citizenship

Citizen by Birth

  • Persons are Zimbabwean citizens by birth if they were born in Zimbabwe
  • When they were born:
    1. Either their mother or their father was a Zimbabwean citizen
    2. Any of their grandparents was […]
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Constitution of Zimbabwe: Police Service

By |2022-09-15T12:34:47+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Zimbabwean Police on Patrol. Image credit byo24.com

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The Constitution of Zimbabwe: Police Service

Police Service and its functions

  • The Police Force consists of the following:
    1. A regular force
    2. Police constabulary
    3. Ancillary members
  • There is a Police Service which is responsible for:
    1. Detecting, investigating and preventing crime
    2. Preserving […]
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Adolf Hitler: Introduction

By |2022-09-15T12:34:28+02:00January 24th, 2023|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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President Hoover and the Great Depression

By |2022-09-15T12:34:15+02:00January 24th, 2023|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Hebert Hoover the 31st President of the United States

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

  • He was the source of anger and dissatisfaction among citizens
  • They believed he had let them down even if they had believed in him

    • […]

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Reasons for the rise of the Great Zimbabwe state

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

Cattle grazing. Image credit nature.org Cattle grazing. Image credit nature.org ZIMSEC History O Level Notes: Great Zimbabwe: Reasons for the rise of the Great Zimbabwe state

  • There are several reasons for the rise of the Great Zimbabwe state:
  • Rich soils- the availability of rich agricultural soils. The black and red soils around the Great […]
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