The Prime Ministers of Rhodesia
Ian Smith
ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Zimbabwe 1894-1969:The Prime Ministers of Rhodesia
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Land Apportionment Act (1931)
White family planting tobacco in Rhodesia 1958 at their family farm.
ZIMSEC O Level History Notes:Zimbabwe 1894-1969: Land Apportionment Act (1931)
- After deliberation of the Morris Carter Commission in 1925, it was agreed that land in Zimbabwe be divided into three areas
- Whites got prime land which was 51% of the […]
The Pass Laws in Rhodesia
A Rhodesian police officer talking to a black motorists. Image credit ebay.com
ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Zimbabwe 1894-1969:The Pass Laws
- They were initiated in 1896 to control the movement of native men to towns
- From 1902 men over 14 years of age were to register at the pass office to […]
Effects of the Land Apportionment Act
African homestead in Rhodesia
ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Zimbabwe 1894-1969: Effects of the Land Apportionment Act
- Africans lost their land, and inheritance from their ancestors
- It brewed hatred between Europeans and Africans which continued till the Second Chimurenga
- It divided the country into three farming areas
- Europeans began to occupy […]
Health in Rhodesia
Bulawayo City Hospital. Image credit Tony Ward.
ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Zimbabwe 1894-1969:Health in Rhodesia
- Health standards for the workers were very poor
- Workers in mines could easily be injured or get killed in accidents
- Mine workers were not given adequate protective clothing resulting in many work-related injuries
- Africans also […]
African Agriculture in Rhodesia
Communal areas were made up of infertile soils.
ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Zimbabwe 1894-1969: African Agriculture
- Africans failed to make headway in terms of agriculture
- African reserves became overpopulated and overgrazed
- An effort to try and resuscitate the African agriculture was started by a Christian Missionary called Emory D Alvord […]
Resistance of Economic Exploitation by Natives in Rhodesia
An early image of Africa Unity Square.
ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Zimbabwe 1894-1969:Resistance of Economic Exploitation by Natives
- Exploitation of peasants and worker was greatly resented
- Peasants and workers usually used passive resistance against white settlers
- They used methods such as refusing to offer labour in mines, factories and farms
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The Land Husbandry Act (1951)
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 […]
The Land Tenure Act (1969)
Sir Goddfrey Huggins/Lord Marlven.
ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Zimbabwe 1894-1969: The Land Tenure Act (1969)
- This was a more rigid and segregationalist law
- It replaced the Land Tenure Act of 1931
- The aim of the law was to create different areas for each race
- It increased the division between […]
Labour Issues in Rhodesia 1894-1969
Black railway workers during colonial times.
ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Zimbabwe 1894-1969: Labour Issues in Rhodesia 1894-1969
- Labour was needed to support the colonialist economic activities such as mining, farming industrialization among others
- Settlers wanted healthy and able-bodied labour which could be provided by Africans
- The huge supply of readily […]