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Mbare (constituency)
Mbare is a Electoral district, constituency represented in the National Assembly of Zimbabwe, National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in Harare. Its current MP since the 2023 Zimbabwean general election, 2023 election is Martin Matinyanya of ZANU–PF. History The constituency is based on the southern Harare suburb of Mbare, Harare, Mbare. It is one of the most politically volatile areas in Harare with a high degree of political intolerance and the persecution of perceived opponents of ZANU–PF. Members See also * List of Zimbabwean parliamentary constituencies References {{Parliamentary constituencies in Harare 1985 establishments in Zimbabwe 2005 establishments in Zimbabwe 1990 disestablishments in Africa Constituencies disestablished in 1990 Constituencies established in 1985 Constituencies established in 2005 Harare Parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly Of Zimbabwe
The National Assembly of Zimbabwe, previously the House of Assembly until 2013, is the lower house of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Parliament of Zimbabwe. It was established upon Zimbabwe's History of Zimbabwe#Independence and the 1980s, independence in 1980 as one of Bicameralism, two chambers of parliament. Between the abolition of the Senate of Zimbabwe, Senate in 1989 and its reestablishment in 2005, the House of Assembly was the Unicameralism, sole chamber of parliament. Since the 2023 Zimbabwean general election, 2023 election, the National Assembly has had 280 members. Of these, 210 are elected in Single-member district, single-member constituencies. 60 seats are Reserved political positions, reserved for women, and are elected by proportional representation in 10 six-seat constituencies based on the country's Provinces of Zimbabwe, provinces. The last 10 seats are reserved for youth and are also elected through proportional representation in 10 one-seat constituencies based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movement For Democratic Change – Tsvangirai
The Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC–T) is a Centre-left politics, centre-left political party and was the main opposition party in the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe ahead of the 2018 elections. After the split of the original Movement for Democratic Change (pre-2005), Movement for Democratic Change in 2005, the MDC–T remained the majority, major opposition faction, while a smaller faction, the Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube, or MDC–N, was led by Welshman Ncube. History Foundation The Movement for Democratic Change was founded in 1999 as an opposition party to the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party led by President of Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe. The MDC was formed from members of the broad coalition of civic society groups and individuals that campaigned for a "No" vote in the 2000 Zimbabwean constitutional referendum, 2000 constitutional referendum, in particular the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constituencies Established In 1985
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provide the voters therein with representation in a legislature or other polity. That legislative body, the state's constitution, or a body established for that purpose determines each district's boundaries and whether each will be represented by a single member or multiple members. Generally, only voters (''constituents'') who reside within the district are permitted to vote in an election held there. The district representative or representatives may be elected by single-winner first-past-the-post system, a multi-winner proportional representative system, or another voting method. The district members may be selected by a direct election under wide adult enfranchisement, an indirect election, or direct election using another form of suf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Disestablishments In Africa
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Establishments In Zimbabwe
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 digits on their limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat prime, a Mersenne prime exponent, as well as a Fibonacci number. 5 is the first congruent number, as well as the length of the hypotenuse of the smallest integer-sided right triangle, making part of the smallest Pythagorean triple ( 3, 4, 5). 5 is the first safe prime and the first good prime. 11 forms the first pair of sexy primes with 5. 5 is the second Fermat prime, of a total of five known Fermat primes. 5 is also the first of three known Wilson primes (5, 13, 563). Geometry A shape with five sides is called a pentagon. The pentagon is the first regular polygon that does not tile the plane with copies of itself. It is the largest face any of the five regular three-dimensional regular Platonic solid can have. A conic is determine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Establishments In Zimbabwe
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain reopens for the first time since Francisco Franco closed it in 1969. * February 5 – Australia cancels its involvemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Zimbabwean Parliamentary Constituencies
The following is a list of parliamentary constituencies in Zimbabwe, broken down by province. The National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, consists of 270 members. Of these, 210 are elected in single-member constituencies of roughly equal size, with provinces having a varying number of constituencies depending on population. (The remaining 60 seats are elected using proportional representation at the province level, and are reserved for women). Boundaries were redrawn by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for the 2023 general election. Bulawayo * Bulawayo Central (1980–1987; since 2008) * Bulawayo North (since 2023) * Bulawayo South (1980–1987; since 1990) * Cowdray Park (since 2023) * Emakhandeni–Luveve (since 2023) * Entumbane–Njube (since 2023) * Lobengula–Magwegwe (since 2023) * Mpopoma–Mzilikazi (since 2023) * Nketa * Nkulumane * Pelandaba–Tshabalala (since 2023) * Pumula (since 2008) Former constituencies * Bulawayo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citizens Coalition For Change
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is a Zimbabwean political party. It was established by former members of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance. Background Nelson Chamisa formed Citizens Coalition for Change after losing the squabbles over party name "MDC Alliance". The president of the CCC party presented yellow as the new color and raising the index finger as the new symbol. CCC has no constitution. A way to avoid being bound by its supremacy as it was in MDC. After forming the party, most MDC Alliance MPs and councilors who showed allegiance to Chamisa were recalled from parliament by Douglas Mwonzora, who took over MDC Alliance. This, together with some deaths of officials, called for by-elections in 28 seats which were conducted on 26 March 2022 in which the newly formed CCC won 19 and ZANU–PF won 9. It is worthy noting that ZANU-PF gained 9 more parliamentary seats since 2018. The rump MDC Alliance which Mwonzora headed did not win a seat. Weeks before the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starman Chamisa
Starman, Star Men, or variations, may refer generally to any space traveller, or more specifically to: People * "Starman", onstage alter ego of Kiss frontman Paul Stanley * Starman (wrestler) (born 1974), Mexican professional wrestler * "Starman", also a nickname for David Bowie Places * Starmen Point, Stresher Peninsula, Graham Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica Literature Books * ''StarMan'' (Sara Douglass novel), a 1996 fantasy novel by Sara Douglass * '' The Starmen'', a 1952 science-fiction novel by Leigh Brackett * ''Starman Jones'', a 1953 novel by Robert A. Heinlein Comics * Starman (DC Comics), one of several comic book superheroes in the DC Comics universe. The most prominent are: ** Starman (Ted Knight), the first Starman, a 1940s superhero and member of the Justice Society of America ** Starman (Jack Knight), the seventh Starman, a 1990s superhero and son of the original ** Thom Kallor, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes also known as Starman and Star Boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Zimbabwean General Election
General elections were held in Zimbabwe on 30 July 2018 to elect the President of Zimbabwe, President and members of both houses of Parliament of Zimbabwe, Parliament. Held eight months after the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état, 2017 coup d'état, the election was the first since independence in which former President Robert Mugabe was not a candidate. ZANU–PF, the country's ruling party, went into the election with majorities in both the National Assembly of Zimbabwe, National Assembly and the Senate of Zimbabwe, Senate. The main opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai, contested the election as part of the MDC Alliance, a Political alliance, coalition that included the MDC–T and six smaller parties. The election gave ZANU–PF control of both houses in the 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe, though with reduced majorities in each. The MDC Alliance gained seats in both houses, closely corresponding to ZANU–PF's losses. In the presidential election Emmerson Mna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tendai Savanhu
, also known as the Tendai Dharma Flower School (天台法華宗, ''Tendai hokke shū,'' sometimes just ''Hokkeshū''), is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition with significant esoteric elements that was officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese monk Saichō. The Tendai school, which has been based on Mount Hiei since its inception, rose to prominence during the Heian period (794–1185). It gradually eclipsed the powerful Hossō school and competed with the rival Shingon school to become the most influential sect at the Imperial court. By the Kamakura period (1185–1333), Tendai had become one of the dominant forms of Japanese Buddhism, with numerous temples and vast landholdings. During the Kamakura period, various monks left Tendai to found new Buddhist schools such as Jōdo-shū, Jōdo Shinshū, Nichiren-shū and Sōtō Zen. The destruction of the head temple of Enryaku-ji by Oda Nobunaga in 1571, as well as the geographic shift of the capital away from Kyoto t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
