:For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections, see Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008. Zimbabwe ( ), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, and formerly Southern Rhodesia, the Republic of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe Rhodesia, is a landlocked country in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest, and Mozambique to the east. The official language of Zimbabwe is English. However, the majority of the population speaks Shona, which is the native language of the Shona people, a Bantu Language; the other native language of Zimbabwe being Sindebele, which is spoken by the Matabele people. From circa 1250-1629, the area that is known as Zimbabwe today was ruled under the Mutapa Empire, also known as Mwene Mutapa, Monomotapa or the Empire of Great Zimbabwe, which was renowned for its gold trade routes with Arabs. However, Portuguese settlers destroyed the trade and began a series of wars which left the empire in near collapse in the early 17th century. In 1834, the Ndebele people arrived while fleeing from the Zulu leader Shaka, making the area their new empire, Matabeleland. In the 1880s, the British arrived with Cecil Rhodes's British South Africa Company. In 1898, the name Southern Rhodesia was adopted. As colonial rule was ending throughout the continent, and as African-majority governments assumed control in neighbouring Northern Rhodesia and in Nyasaland, the white-minority Rhodesia government led by Ian Smith made a Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965. The United Kingdom deemed this an act of rebellion, but did not re-establish control by force. The white-minority government declared itself a "republic" in 1970. It was not recognised by the UK or any other state. A civil war ensued, with Joshua Nkomo's ZAPU and Robert Mugabe's ZANU using assistance from the governments of Zambia and Mozambique. On 18 April 1980, the country attained recognised independence and along with it a new name, Zimbabwe, new flag, and government led by Robert Mugabe of ZANU. Canaan Banana served as the first president with Mugabe as prime minister. In 1987, the government amended the constitution to provide for an executive president and abolished the office of prime minister. The constitutional changes went into effect on 1 January 1988, establishing Robert Mugabe as president. Under the leadership of Mugabe, land issues, which the liberation movement promised to solve, re-emerged as the vital issue in the 1990s. Beginning in 2000, Mugabe began an effort to redistribute land from white holders (predominantly large farms) to 250,000 Africans. Zimbabwe is currently experiencing a hard currency shortage, which has led to hyperinflation and chronic shortages in imported fuel and consumer goods. Mugabe's critics blame his programme of land reform. However, Mugabe claims that massive financial isolation through American, British and EU legislation such as the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZDERA) of 2001 is the actual cause of hyperinflation. Under ZDERA, the United States is prohibited from supporting any efforts by the International Monetary Fund and other financial institutions to extend loans, credit or debt cancellation to the government of Zimbabwe. As Zimbabwe needs to import all its energy, and oil is paid for in US dollars, this made the country vulnerable to financial sanctions like ZDERA. Zimbabwe's current economic and food crisis, described by some observers as the country's worst humanitarian crisis since independence, has been attributed, in varying degrees, to government economic mismanagement, government prohibitions on relief efforts from foreign NGOs (non-governmental organizations), a drought affecting the entire region, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. (more)
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Mozambique:
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Moçambique or República de Moçambique, ), is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west
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Shona people:
Shona ( ) is the name collectively given to several groups of people in Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique. Numbering about nine million people, who speak a range of related dialects whose standardized form is also known as Shona (bantu). A small group
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Matabeleland:
Modern day Matabeleland is a region in Zimbabwe currently divided into two provinces: Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South. These two provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers. The province is n
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Shona language:
Shona (or chiShona) is a Bantu language, native to the Shona people of Zimbabwe and southern Zambia; the term is also used to identify peoples who speak one of the Shona language dialects, namely Zezuru, Karanga, Manyika, Ndau and Korekore. The word
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South African English:
South African English (SAE, en-ZA ) is a dialect of English spoken in South Africa and in neighbouring countries with a large number of Anglo-Africans living in them, such as Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Lesotho. South African English is not unifi
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Northern Ndebele language:
The Northern Ndebele language, or isiNdebele, or Sindebele, is an African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the Ndebele or Matabele people of Zimbabwe. It is commonly known as Sindebele. Sindebele is related to t
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Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001:
The Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (S. 494) is an act passed by the United States Congress which sanctioned Zimbabwe for its involvement in the Second Congo War and the government's unwillingness to make the transition to democracy. Sen
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South Africa:
The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of Africa. South Africa's coast stretches 2,798 kilometres and borders both the Atlantic and Indian oceans. To the north of South Africa lies N
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Zambia:
The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibi
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Botswana:
The Republic of Botswana (Lefatshe la Botswana), is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa. Citizens of Botswana are Batswana (singular: Motswana), regardless of ethnicity. Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new n
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Zulu:
The Zulu (South African English and isiZulu: amaZulu) are the largest South African ethnic group of an estimated 10-11 million people who live mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Small numbers also live in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Moz
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Northern Rhodesia:
Northern Rhodesia in south central Africa was a territory initially administered under charter by the British South Africa Company and formed by it in 1911 by amalgamating North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia. Although it had features of
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Cecil Rhodes:
Cecil John Rhodes, PC (July 5 1853 - March 26 1902 ) was an English-born businessman, mining magnate, and politician in South Africa. He was the founder of the diamond company De Beers, which today markets 40% of the world's rough diamonds and at one
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Ndebele people (Zimbabwe):
The Ndebele (Matabele) are a branch of the Zulus who split from King Shaka in the early 1820s under the leadership of Mzilikazi, a former general in Shaka's army. They were named Matabele by the British, a spelling that is still common in older texts
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Ian Smith:
Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID (8 April 1919 - 20 November 2007) served as the Prime Minister of the British self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia from 13 April 1964 to 11 November 1965 and as the first Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 11 November 196
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Joshua Nkomo:
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (June 19, 1917 Jessup, John E. An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996. Page 533. -July 1, 1999) was the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union and a member of the Kal
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Unilateral Declaration of Independence (Rhodesia):
The Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) of Rhodesia from the United Kingdom was signed on November 11, 1965 by the administration of Ian Smith, whose Rhodesian Front party opposed black majority rule in the then British colony. Peter N. Stea
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Mutapa Empire:
The Mutapa Empire, also known as Mwene Mutapa (Portuguese: Monomotapa) or the Empire of Great Zimbabwe was a medieval kingdom (c. 1250-1629) which used to stretch between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers of Southern Africa in the modern states of Zimba
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Place names in Zimbabwe:
Following independence in 1980, Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) began renaming cities, towns and streets, in an attempt to eradicate symbols of British colonialism and white minority rule, starting in 1982, on the second anniversary of independence. The
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Hyperinflation:
In economics, hyperinflation is inflation that is "out of control," a condition in which prices increase rapidly as a currency loses its value. Formal definitions vary from a cumulative inflation rate over three years approaching 100% to "inflation e
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British South Africa Company:
The British South Africa Company (BSAC) was established by Cecil Rhodes through the amalgamation of the Central Search Association and the Exploring Company Ltd., receiving a royal charter in 1889. Modelling the BSAC on the British East India Company
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Harare:
Harare ( or /həˈrɑri/, formerly Salisbury) is the capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area (2006). Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbab
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Bulawayo:
Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, after the capital Harare, with a population of 676,000 (UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator, Zimbabwe, 2005), now estimated as 707,000. It is located in Matabeleland, 439km south-west of Harare ( ), and is no
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Southern Rhodesia:
Southern Rhodesia was the name of the British colony situated north of the Limpopo River and the Union of South Africa, and known today as Zimbabwe.
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Great Zimbabwe National Monument:
The Great Zimbabwe, or "house of stone", is the name given to hundreds of great stone ruins spread out over a 500 km² (200 square mile) area within the modern-day country of Zimbabwe, which itself is named after the ruins. They were once the administ
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Midlands (Zimbabwe):
Midlands is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 49,166 km² and a population of approximately 1.5 million (2002). Gweru is the capital of the province. It is home to various peoples. As a central point in Zimbabwe it has a blend of Shona, Ndebel
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Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front:
The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) is a Zimbabwean political party that was the ruling government in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, led by Robert Mugabe, first as Prime Minister with the party simply known as ZANU,
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Coloured:
In the South African, Namibian, Zambian, Botswanan and Zimbabwean context, the term Coloured (also known as Bruinmense, Kleurlinge or Bruin Afrikaners in Afrikaans) refers or referred to an ethnic group of people who possess some degree of sub-Sahara
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Movement for Democratic Change:
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is a Zimbabwean political party. It was founded in 1999 as an opposition party to the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party led by President Robert Mugabe. The MDC was formed from m
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Cara Black:
Cara Black (born February 17, 1979 in Salisbury, Rhodesia) is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No.1 in Doubles. As the daughter of Don and Velia Black, the tennis-playing Cara is the younger sister of Wayne
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The Herald (Zimbabwe):
The Herald is a government owned daily newspaper published in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.
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Mashonaland:
Mashonaland is a region in northern Zimbabwe. It is the home of the Shona people. Currently, Mashonaland is divided into three provinces, with a total population of about 3 million: * Mashonaland West * Mashonaland Central * Mashonaland East In addit
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Masvingo:
Masvingo is a town in south-eastern Zimbabwe and the capital of Masvingo Province. It the town close to Great Zimbabwe the national monument from which the country takes its name.
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Victoria Falls:
The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya (the Smoke that Thunders) is a waterfall situated in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. The falls are, by some measures, the largest waterfall in the world, as well a
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Save River (Africa):
The Save (or Sabi) is a river of southeastern Africa, flowing through Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The river has its source in Zimbabwe, some 80 km south of Harare, then flows south and then east, from the Zimbabwean highveld to its confluence with the O
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Mashonaland West:
Mashonaland West is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 57,441 km² and a population of approximately 1.2 million (2002). Chinhoyi is the capital of the province. Mashonaland West is divided into 6 districts: * Chegutu * Hurungwe * Kadoma * Kari
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Manicaland:
Manicaland is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 36,459 km² and a population of approximately 1.6 million (2002). Mutare is the capital of the province.
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Masvingo Province:
Masvingo is a Province in Zimbabwe found in the south-eastern section of the landlocked country. In borders Mozambique on its eastern border and the provinces of Matabeleland South to the south, Midlands to the north and west and Manicaland to the no
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Byron Black:
Byron Black (born October 6, 1969 in Salisbury, Rhodesia) is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.
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Wayne Black:
Wayne Hamilton Black (born November 17, 1973 in Salisbury, Rhodesia) is a former professional male tennis player from Zimbabwe. He is the son of Don and Velia Black and the brother of Cara Black and Byron Black, also professional tennis players. He a
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Morgan Tsvangirai:
Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (English ; Shona ts͡ɸaŋgiˈra.i), born March 10, 1952) is a trade unionist, human rights activist, and President of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), the majority party in Zimbabwe, and a key person in the opposition
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University of Zimbabwe:
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ), is the first and largest university in Zimbabwe. It was founded through a special relationship with the University of London and it opened its doors to its first students in 1952. Faculties are located at the 180 hect
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Mashonaland Central:
Mashonaland Central is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 28,347 km² and a population of approximately 998,265 (2002), representing about 8.5% of the total Zimbabwe population.
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Black Rhinoceros:
The Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), also colloquially Black Rhino, is a mammal in the order Perissodactyla, native to the eastern and central areas of Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Although the R
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Zimbabwe African People's Union:
The Zimbabwe African People's Union is a defunct, militant Communist organization and political party that fought for the national liberation of Zimbabwe from its founding in 1961 until it merged with the Zimbabwe African National Union in December 1
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Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2008:
A parliamentary election was held in Zimbabwe on March 29 2008 to elect members to both the House of Assembly and the Senate of the Zimbabwean parliament. "Zimbabwe's opposition party claims early election lead", Associated Press (International Heral
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Matabeleland North:
Matabeleland North is a province in western Zimbabwe. It borders the provinces of Midlands and Mashonaland West to the east and northeast respectively, and the province of Matabeleland South and the city of Bulawayo to the south. Its northern border
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Mashonaland East:
Mashonaland East is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 32,230 km² and a population of approximately 1.1 million (2002). Marondera is the capital of the province. Mashonaland East is divided into 8 districts: * Chikomba * Goromonzi * Marondera
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Matabeleland South:
Matabeleland South is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 54,172 km² and a population of approximately 650,000 (2002). Gwanda is the capital of the province.
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Second Matabele War:
The Second Matabele War, also known as the Matabeleland Rebellion and in Zimbabwe as the First Chimurenga, took place from 1896–97. In March 1896, the Ndebele (Matabele) people revolted against the authority of the British South Africa Company in wha
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Zimbabwe Rhodesia:
Zimbabwe Rhodesia was a state that existed from June 1, 1979 to December 12, 1979, preceded by Rhodesia and followed by Southern Rhodesia briefly, and then Zimbabwe. An Internal Settlement between the Smith administration of Rhodesia and moderate Afr
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Kirsty Coventry:
Kirsty Leigh Coventry (born September 16, 1983) is a Zimbabwean swimmer and world record holder. Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, she attended and swam competitively for Auburn University in Alabama, in the United States. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Ath
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Air Zimbabwe:
Air Zimbabwe is the national airline of Zimbabwe, based in Harare. It operates services in southern Africa, Asia and to Europe. Its main base is Harare International Airport. Flight International 27 March 2007
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Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008:
The Republic of Zimbabwe held a presidential election along with a parliamentary election on March 29, 2008. "Zimbabwe's opposition party claims early election lead", Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), March 30, 2008. The three major ca
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Provinces of Zimbabwe:
| | |} Zimbabwe is divided into 8 provinces and 2 cities with provincial status: #Bulawayo (city) #Harare (city) #Manicaland #Mashonaland Central #Mashonaland East #Mashonaland West #Masvingo #Matabeleland North #Matabeleland South #Midlands
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Arthur Mutambara:
Arthur Guseni Oliver Mutambara (born May 25, 1966 All you need to know about Arthur Mutambara New Zimbabwe ) is a Zimbabwean politician. He became the President of a faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in February 2006. Zimbabwe's 'ou
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Whites in Zimbabwe:
People of European ethnic origin (Whites) first came as settlers to the African country now known as Zimbabwe during the late nineteenth century. A steady immigration of Whites followed, and eventually a self-governing British colony known as Rhodesi
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United African National Council:
The United African National Council (UANC) is a political party in Zimbabwe. In 1979, led by Bishop Abel Muzorewa, the UANC Party held formal power in Zimbabwe during the short-lived period of the Internal Settlement. For this short period of time, Z
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Land reform in Zimbabwe:
Land reform in Zimbabwe began after the signing of the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979 in an effort to more equitably distribute land between the historically disenfranchised blacks and the minority-whites who ruled Zimbabwe from 1923 to 1979. The
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Air Force of Zimbabwe:
The Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) is the air force of Zimbabwe. It was known as the Rhodesian Air Force until 1980. At one point the air force was well respected, having been credited with helping defend Kinshasa in 1998, but most planes of Western ori
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Zimbabwean parliamentary election, 2005:
A parliamentary election was held in Zimbabwe on March 31, 2005 to elect members to the Zimbabwe House of Assembly. All of the 120 elected seats in the 150-seat House of Assembly were up for election. (In addition, there were 20 members appointed by
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Eastern Highlands:
:"Eastern Highlands" also refers to the Great Dividing Range, Australia. The Eastern Highlands, or 'East African Highlands' is a mountain range in the east of Zimbabwe and one of 4 distinct physiographic divisions on the African continent. The range
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Matobo National Park:
The Matobo or Matopos Hills are an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 kilometres south of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe. The Hills were formed over 2000 million years ago with granite being forced to the surface, this has erod
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Zimbabwean dollar:
The dollar is the currency of Zimbabwe. It is subdivided into 100 cents. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively Z$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies.
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Operation Murambatsvina:
Operation Murambatsvina (English: Operation Drive Out Trash or Operation Drive Out Rubbish), also officially known as Operation Restore Order, is a large scale Zimbabwean government campaign to forcibly clear slum areas across the country. The campai
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Jonathan Moyo:
Jonathan Nathaniel Moyo (born 12 January 1957) is a political figure in Zimbabwe. He was Minister of Information from 2000 to 2005 and is currently a Member of Parliament. He is considered the core architect of AIPPA and POSA.
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Thomas Mapfumo:
Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo (born 1945) is a Zimbabwean musician known as "The Lion of Zimbabwe" and "Mukanya" for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wields through his music. He both created and made popular Chimurenga music.
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Sadza:
Sadza is the Shona language name for a cooked pulverized grain meal that is the staple food in Zimbabwe. Other names include isitshwala (Ndebele). This food is cooked widely in other countries of the region. It is known as sima in the Chichewa langua
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Bhundu Boys:
The Bhundu Boys were a Zimbabwean band that played a mixture of chimurenga music with American rock and roll, disco and pop influences. Their style became known as jit, and is quite popular across Africa, with some international success. The name cam
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Hwange National Park:
Hwange National Park (formerly Wankie) is the largest game reserve in Zimbabwe. The park lies in the west, on the main road between Bulawayo and the world-famous Victoria Falls. It was founded around 1928 by a 22-year-old game ranger, Ted Davidson. H
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Simba Makoni:
Simbarashe Herbert Stanley Makoni (born March 22 1950 Profile at campaign site. ) is a Zimbabwean politician and was a candidate for the March 2008 presidential election against incumbent Robert Mugabe. Fanuel Jongwe, "Ex-minister takes on Mugabe", A
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Rusape:
Rusape is a town in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe with a population of around 20,000 as of 2004, situated on the Harare-Mutare main road, approximately 170 km south east of Harare and 93 km north west of Mutare. Rusape is a large, sprawling to
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Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi:
Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi (born in 1952 in Highfield, Harare) is a Zimbabwean musician, one of the longest-lasting popular performers from that country. He began performing in 1977 when he joined the Wagon Wheels, a band which featured Zimbabwean legend
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Welshman Ncube:
Welshman Ncube (born July 7, 1961) is a Zimbabwean politician and the Secretary-General of the faction http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-zimbabwe19sep19,1,748817.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true of the Movement for D
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Edgar Tekere:
Edgar Zivanai Tekere (born April 1 1937) is a Zimbabwean politician. He was a president of the Zimbabwe African National Union who organised the party during the Lancaster House talks and served briefly in government before his popularity as a potent
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Zimbabwe Republic Police:
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (or ZRP) is the national police force of Zimbabwe, known until July 1980 as the British South Africa Police.
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Khami:
Khami is a ruined city in southern Africa, in what is now western and central Zimbabwe. It is located 22 kilometers west of the modern city of Bulawayo, capital of the province of Matabeleland North. Its ruins are now a national monument in Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe Bird:
The stone-carved Zimbabwe Bird is a national emblem of Zimbabwe, appearing on the national flags and coats of arms of both Zimbabwe and Rhodesia, as well as on banknotes and coins (first on Rhodesian pound and then Rhodesian dollar). It probably repr
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Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation:
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is the state-controlled broadcaster in Zimbabwe. It succeeded the Zimbabwe Rhodesia Broadcasting Corporation (ZRBC) in 1980, which in turn had succeeded the Rhodesian Broadcasting Corporation (RBC) in 1979.
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Zimbabwean Fifth Brigade:
The Fifth Brigade was an elite unit of specially-trained Zimbabwean soldiers. The Fifth Brigade was formed in 1981 and disbanded in 1984 after allegations of brutality and murder during the Brigade's occupation of Matabeleland.
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Tendai Biti:
Tendai Laxton Biti (born 6 August 1966) is the Secretary-General of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-Tsvangirai) political party in Zimbabwe and a member of Parliament for Harare East.
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Christopher Dell:
Christopher William Dell is a career United States Foreign Service officer who served as United States Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe from August 12, 2004 to July 2007. He is currently serving as Deputy Chief of Mission in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Audius Mtawarira:
Audius Mtawarira, is a Zimbabwean songwriter and musical producer. He was born in 1977 in Harare, Zimbabwe, and now resides in Sydney Australia. In 2002, he produced the majority of Selwyn's album, Meant To Be. In 2003 he collaborated with Delta Good
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Solomon Mutswairo:
Solomon Mangwiro Mutswairo (born April 26, 1924) is a Zimbabwean novelist and poet. A member of the Zezuru people of central Zimbabwe, Mutswairo wrote the first novel in the Shona language, Feso. Feso, originally published in Zezuru in 1957 (when Zim
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Military of Zimbabwe:
At the time of independence, the then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe declared that integrating Zimbabwe's three armed forces would be one of Zimbabwe's top priorities. The existing Rhodesian forces were combined with the two guerilla armies;the 20,000-
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The Grass is Singing:
The Grass Is Singing is the first novel, published in 1950, by British Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing. It takes place in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in southern Africa, during the late 1940s and deals with the racial politics between whites an
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Gideon Gono:
Gideon Gono is the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and former CEO of the Jewel Bank, formerly known as the Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe. Rapid expansion of the money supply on his watch has been a key contributor to Zimbabwe's h
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Nyanga National Park:
Nyanga National Park lies at the northern end of Zimbabwe's Eastern Highlands. One of the first national parks to be declared in the country, it is administered jointly with the Mtarazi Falls National Park on its southern boundary. Most of its terrai
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National Sports Stadium (Zimbabwe):
National Sports Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 60,000. It is also used for rugby union. The 6th All-Africa Games were held here in 1995. The stadium was closed f
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Chenjerai Hove:
Chenjerai Hove (born February 9,1956), is a Zimbabwean poet, novelist and essayist. He was educated at the University of South Africa and the University of Zimbabwe, and has worked as an educator and journalist. A critic of the recent policies of the
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Runde River:
The Runde River (formerly Lundi River) is a river in southeastern Zimbabwe. It is only about 10% full for most of the year until the rainy season (January -February) when it can fill and even flood killing everything in its path. Even water loving hi
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Victoria Falls National Park:
Open to visitors throughout the year, the Victoria Falls National Park in north-western Zimbabwe protects the south and east bank of the Zambezi River in the area of the world-famous Victoria Falls. It covers 23.4 km² extending from the larger Zambez
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The House of Hunger:
The House of Hunger (ISBN 0-435-90986-X) (1979) is a short story collection by the late Dambudzo Marechera. Subtitled Short Stories, this work is actually a collection of one novella of 80-odd pages (House of Hunger) and nine sketches / stories. The
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Mount Nyangani:
Mount Nyangani (formerly Mount Inyangani) is the highest mountain in Zimbabwe at 2,592 m (8,504 ft). The mountain is located within Nyanga National Park in Nyanga District, is about 275 km (170 miles) south east of Harare. The mountain vegetation is
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Bvumba Mountains:
The Bvumba Mountains or Vumba Mountains lie on the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border, approximately 2,5km south east of Mutare. The Bvumba rise to Castle Beacon at 1911 metres, and are, together with the Chimanimani and Nyanga part of the Eastern Highlands
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Dhlo-Dhlo:
Dhlo-Dhlo (also Ndlo Dlo or Danamombe) is a Zimbabwean archaeological site, about eighty kilometres from Gweru, in the direction of Bulawayo and about 35 kilometres south of the highway. It is not often visited due to the poor quality roads in the ar
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Charles Mungoshi:
Charles Mungoshi (b.1947) is a writer from Zimbabwe. His works include short stories and novels in both Shona and English. He also writes poetry, but views it as a "mere finger exercise." He has a wide range, including anti-colonial writings and chil
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Mount Pleasant, Harare:
Mount Pleasant is the name of a residential suburb in the northern part of greater Harare, Zimbabwe. It is the home of the University of Zimbabwe. It is represented in parliament as the Mt. Pleasant constituency.
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Balancing Rocks:
The Balancing Rocks are a geological formation found in the township of Epworth, southeast of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. It is a formation of rocks perfectly balanced without other supports.
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Zimbabwe at the 2004 Summer Olympics:
Zimbabwe competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Swimmer Kirsty Coventry won three medals. Zimbabwe had only ever won one Olympic medal before (at the 1980 Summer Olympics).
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World's View, Nyanga:
World's View is a spectacular vista viewed from the northern part of the Eastern Highlands mountain range, just North of Nyanga, in eastern Zimbabwe. The view point is popular with tourists. The view encompasses the plains and hills that rolls away f
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Catherine Buckle:
Catherine Buckle or Cathy Buckle is a writer living in Marondera, Zimbabwe. She and her husband bought "Stow Farm" and spent over ten years turning its rocky grounds into fertile soil, making the farm productive and viable. However, in 2000 she lost
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Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics:
Zimbabwe competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The nation had previously been known as Rhodesia and had competed at three previous Games under that name.
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Naletale:
Naletale (or Nalatale) are ruins are located about 25 kilometres east of Shangani in Matabeleland north, Zimbabwe and just north of the Dhlo Dhlo ruins. The ruins are attributed to the Torwa State and are thought to date from the seventeeth century.
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National Anthem of Zimbabwe:
Blessed be the Land of Zimbabwe ("Simudzai Mureza wedu WeZimbabwe"; "Kalibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe") is the national anthem of Zimbabwe. It was introduced in March 1994 after a nation-wide competition to replace "Ishe Komborera Africa" with a distinc
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Cricket:
Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams, usually of eleven players each. A cricket match is played on a grass field, roughly oval in shape, in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a cricket pitc
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Rhodesia:
Rhodesia was the name adopted when the formerly British colony of Southern Rhodesia declared itself independent (Unilateral Declaration of Independence) on 11th November 1965. The name was also used with the establishment of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia in 1979
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Advanced Level (UK):
The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, usually taken by students during the optional final two years of secondary school (Years 12 & 13 (usually ages 16-18),
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Zambezi:
The Zambezi (also spelled Zambesi) is the fourth-longest river in Africa, and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa. The area of its basin is 1,390,000 km² (537,000 miles²), slightly less than half that of the Nile. The 2,574 km- (1,6
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Rhodesian Bush War:
The Rhodesian Bush War, also known as the Second Chimurenga or the Zimbabwe Liberation Struggle, was a war which lasted from July 1964 Peter N. Stearns and William Leonard Langer. The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chro
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Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland:
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as Central African Federation (CAF), was a semi-independent state in southern Africa that existed from 1953 to the end of 1963, comprising the former Self-Governing (since 1923) Colony of Southern
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Mzilikazi:
Mzilikazi (meaning The Great Road) (ca. 1790 - 9 September 1868), also sometimes called Mosilikatze, was a Southern African king who founded the Matabele kingdom (Mthwakazi), Matabeleland, in what became Rhodesia and is now Zimbabwe. He was born the
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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting:
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, abbreviated to CHOGM, is a biennial summit meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations. Every two years the meeting is held in a different member state, and is chaired by that nation'
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Prime Minister of Rhodesia:
The Prime Minister of Rhodesia (until 1964 Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia) was the head of government in the colony of Rhodesia. Rhodesia's political system was modelled on the Westminster system and the prime minister's role was similar to that
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Christopher Soames, Baron Soames:
Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames, GCMG, GCVO, CH, CBE, PC (October 12, 1920 - September 16, 1987) was a British Conservative politician and the son-in-law of Winston Churchill. A European Commissioner and the last Governor of Southern Rho
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Braai:
The word braaivleis ( ) is Afrikaans for "roasted meat." The word braai (pronounced "bry", rhyming with the word "cry"; plural braais) is Afrikaans for "barbecue" or "roast" and is a social custom in Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zamb
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Gloriosa (genus):
Gloriosa is a genus of five or six species in the plant family Colchicaceae, from tropical Africa and Asia. They are tender, tuberous rooted deciduous perennials, adapted to summer rainfall with a dormant dry season. Gloriosa climb or scramble over o
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Bateleur:
The Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) is a medium-sized eagle in the bird family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as buzzards, kites and harriers. It is the only member of the genus Terathopius and probably the origin o
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Bitter Harvest (2001 book):
Bitter Harvest is a 2001 book by Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith. It is a follow-up to The Great Betrayal. In this book, Smith sought to explain the reasons why his government declared its UDI, and how Rhodesia coped in the face of sanctions and t
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The Great Betrayal:
The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith is a 1997 autobiography written by Ian Smith covering his time as Premier of the British Crown Colony of Southern Rhodesia and Prime Minister of Rhodesia (April 13, 1964 - June 1, 1979). The memoir
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Banknotes of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe:
The Banknotes of Zimbabwe are issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. It replaced the Rhodesian dollar in 1980, after the proclamation of independence within the Commonwealth of Nations, as the Republic of Zimbabwe. However, regular issues of banknot
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Zimbabwe Rhodesia general election, 1979:
The Zimbabwe Rhodesia general election of April 1979 was held under the internal settlement negotiated by the Rhodesian Front government of Ian Smith intended to provide a peaceful transition to majority rule on terms not harmful to Rhodesians of Eur
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Josiah Tungamirai:
Air Chief Marshal Josiah Tungamirai (8 October 1948 Executive Order: Blocking Property Of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes Or Institutions In Zimbabwe, The White House. Retrieved on 1 April 2007. - 25 August 2005), born Thomas Mberikwazvo, MD
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Solomon Mujuru:
Solomon Mujuru, also known as Rex Nhongo (born May 1, 1949), led Robert Mugabe's guerrilla forces during the independence war. He is from the Zezuru clan. In post-independence Zimbabwe, he went on to become army chief before leaving government servic
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Dambudzo Marechera:
Dambudzo Marechera (Charles William Dambudzo Marechera, b. in Rusape, Rhodesia, June 4, 1952, d. in Harare, Zimbabwe, August 18, 1987) was a Zimbabwean novelist and poet.
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