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Zimbabwe's education reform in 1980 aspired to provide free and universal education to all children through the Zimbabwe Education Act; however, tuition fees and education costs have accumulated over time. [51] Many families pay for tuition, even if it is a small fee at public government schools. [40]
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Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, [3] with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most common. Zimbabwe is a member of the United Nations, the Southern African Development Community, the African Union, and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. The region was long inhabited by the San, and was settled by Bantu peoples around 2,000 years ago.
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Zimbabwe has won eight Olympic medals, one (team medal) in field hockey at the (boycotted) 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and the other seven by swimmer Kirsty Coventry, three at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and four at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Coventry won two gold medals, four silver, and one bronze.
Shona traditional healer, or n'anga close to Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe. In indigenous religion, the activities and actions of Spirits govern all social and spiritual phenomena. The Shona and Ndebele people believe that spirits are everywhere, spirits coexist with people. [7]
The percentage of children vaccinated increased from 25% in 1980 to 67% in 1988 and life expectancy increased from 55 to 59 years. Enrollment increased by 232 per cent one year after primary education was made free and secondary school enrolment increased by 33 per cent in two years.
The principal street in Bulawayo in 1905 Bulawayo in 1906. At front is the Matabele Rebellion Monument, constructed after the Second Matabele War Bulawayo in 1976. The city was founded by the Ndebele king Lobengula, the son of King Mzilikazi, born of Matshobana, [15] who settled in modern-day Zimbabwe around the 1840s.