MY ZIMBABWE

By Tinashe MashumbaMBBS -STUDENT

5TH YEAR

• NATIONAL FLAG• NATIONAL SYMBOL• THE BIG FIVE

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in Southern Africa known for its dramatic landscape and diverse wildlife, much of it within parks, reserves and safari areas. On the Zambezi River, Victoria Falls make a thundering 108m drop into narrow Batoka Gorge, where there’s white-water rafting and bungee-jumping. Downstream are Matusadona and Mana Pools national parks, home

Capital: Hararen

4 mPresident: Robert Mugaben

5 mPopulation: 14.15 million (2013) World Bankn

6 mCurrencies: United States Dollar, Euro, Botswana pula, Pound sterling, South African rand

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7 mOfficial languages: Shona, English, Ndebele8 m

RELIGIONS IN ZIMBABWE

• THE MOST EDUCATED PRESIDENT IN THE WORLD 6 DEGRES AND 4 OF THEM AT MASTERS LEVEL

• THE MOST LONG SERVING PRESIDENT- 35 YEARS

• THE OLDEST PRESIDENT - 93 YEARS

• BRITISH KNIGHT

• USED TO BE THE MOSTED LOVED PRESIDENT IN AMERICA AND EUROPE BUT NOW THE MOST HATED PERSON IN AMERICA AND EUROPE .

• AT 93 HE STILL WALKS , TALKS AND VERY ACITVE

PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE

DID YOU KNOW THAT ? THE LARGEST WATER FALL IS IN ZIMBABWE CALLED - VICTORA

FALLS

DID YOU KNOW THAT HARARE ?? WAS VOTED ONE OF THE BEST

CITIES IN AFRICA

THE OLD HARARE

ECONOMY• Zimbabwe got independence in 1980 from the British

• 1980 -2000 Zimbabwe was one of the richest countries and strongest economy in africa with 1 zim dollar = 1us dollar

• in 2000 conflict between zimbabwe and (Britain , America and EU started ) OVER LAND OWNERSHIP

• Our government started land reform programme in 2000 of giving land to the landless and majority people of zimbabwe

• 5% of population the British farmers owed 80 percent of the land in zimbabwe

• so our government sorted to resolve this by land redistribution meaning taking land that is not being used by the british farmers

• Zimbabwe was put under illegal Economic Sanctions up to date .

• this killed the economy of zimbabwe and destroyed our local currency

Effects of illegal economic sanctions on

Zimbabwe • losses over 42 billion dollars

• no direct investment

• industries closed

• unemployment increased

• local currency collapsed

• hospitals closed

• education collapsed - Zimbabwe has the highest literarcy rate in Africa together with Tunisia at 98%

health care

Private and public health systems exist in parallel. The public system serves the vast majority of the population, but is chronically underfunded and understaffed. The wealthiest 20% of the population use the private system and are far better served.HIV/AIDS TBMALARIATYPHOID

• PLACES TO VISIT

• AIR ZIM

• WEATHER

Why is america and western countries so keen to control

zimbabwe ???• Largest alluvial diamond fields marange diamonds

• 2nd largest producer of platinum in the world

• largest supplier or uranium to russia

• best agricultural soils

• moderate tempurature - summer max 28 degree

• winter minium temperate - 10 degrees

• Gold

• Nickel

• Coal Asbestos

• Copper

• Chrome Ore

• Iron Ore

• Silver

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