Characteristics of direct rule in zimbabwe
Answer Text: Characteristics of direct rule in Zimbabwe.a) Zimbabwe had a large number of European settlers with their population rising to 50,000 by 1931.b) Many of the British settlers developed the attitude and consequently the belief that the territory was pre-ordained to be a white settler colony.c) The territory was administered by a commercial company (B.S.A.C) for a long period ( 1890- 1923)d) An administrator below who was a long chain of European civil servants performing simple administrative duties headed BSAC.e) Direct method of administration was applied to the Africans who had initially resisted the intrusion.
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