English is still the major language spoken in business ,The other official languages are Chishona and Sindebele.
All schools in Zimbabwe teach English and chishona mostly taught in Mashonaland,Masvingo,Midlands and Manicaland provinces,whilst Sindebele taught in Matebeleland provinces.About 90% of the Zimbabweans are Bantu people which split into various ethnic groups of different backgrounds and ethnic dialects.
The other 10% comprises the Europeans ,Asians,Americans and the mixed races.
GOVERNMENT:As a result of the desputed election of 2008 ,Zimbabwe is now governed by three major political parties which are represented in the parliament.The parties are ZANU PF and MDC formations.Since 18 April 1980 the Republic of Zimbabwe gained full international recognition as a sovereign state.Since 2000 until 2009 Zimbabwe suffered international isolation because of disputed agrarian land reform and controversial elections which led to being sanctioned by the world powerful states as a way of honoring treaties and universal human rights they accused not being observed.The isolation has since abondoned after the formation of all inclusive government in February 2009.Although there are still many strides needs to be taken by the world powerhouses to completely remove the sanctions which some refer it as restrictive measures in both political and business environments.
Zimbabwe is a member of international bodies ,UN,WORLD BANK,IMF and regional organisation AU,SADC,COMESA.
POLITICAL SYSTEMS:The legislature of Zimbabwe consists of the President,Prime minister and bicameral Parliament.
The President is the head of state,government and commander-in-chief of the defence forces.
The president chairs cabinet of ministers , declares peace and war.
The Prime minister is the head of ministers and chairs the council of ministers.
Both the president and prime minister work in consultation with each other in government duties.The prime minister reports to the president on the daily activities of the government and is the vice chairperson of cabinet.
Parliament consists of 210 members who elected on the common roll in 210 constituencies.The Speaker of parliement conduct the sessions of the assembly whilst all the administrative duties lies with the clerk of parliment.
The upper house is the senate which consists of 60 members elected also through public ballot to represent their sanatorial constituencies.The senate president is the leader of senate ,who elected by senators.
The 10 governors are appinted by the president to represent 10 provinces and are members of parliament.The president of traditional chiefs is also a member of parliament and is elected by the chiefs' council.
There are parliamentary select commitees with powers of scrutiny over legislation .The president,members of parliament has a maximum life of five years after which are automatically dissolved and harmonised elections held which also include councillors to run the local city and rural councils.The elections are conducted by a commission called Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).
Currently Zimbabweans are writing their own constitution to replace both 1979 Lancaster house and 2008 Global Political Agreements.
THE JUDICATURE:Zimbabwe has a supreme court and a High Court.The High Court has unlimited original jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters and such other jurisdiction as is conferred on it.
The attoney general is the government's legal office which monitors the justice in the country.
The Supreme Court is the highest court of appeal and the Chief Justice sits in this court.
The chief Justice who is the head of the judiciary and Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the president in consultation with the Judiciary Service Commission and the Prime Minister.
The High court has appellate jurisdiction and can hear at first instance ,cases concerning the infringement of Human rights in accordance of UN Declaration of Human rights.
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