Umlando wakuqala
Izakhamuzi zokuqala kukholakala ukuthi zingabazingeli bomphakathi wakwaWasani. Emakhulwini okuqala AD kwafika abantu abasha ababenamakhono ezolimo kanye nokwenza umsebenzi wezinsimbi. Kusukela ngekhulu le-11, iZimbabwe yanamuhla ibe nemibuso enamandla emzileni obalulekile wokuhwebelana, ikakhulukazi umbuso waseMutapa.
Ubukoloni
I-Cecil Rhodes' British South Africa Company yasungula imingcele yamanje ngeminyaka yawo-1890. Ikoloni laseBrithani lasungulwa ngo-1923 ngaphansi kwegama le-Southern Rhodesia. Ngo-1965, uhulumeni wase-Europe wamemezela inkululeko egameni leRhodesia kuphela. Ngemva kweminyaka engu-14 yokuhlukaniswa kwamanye amazwe kanye nokulwa nezakhamuzi zase-Afrika ngeminyaka yawo-1970, isivumelwano sika-1979 savumela zonke izakhamuzi ukuba zibe nelungelo lokuvota futhi izwe lakhululeka ngempela ngaphansi kwegama leZimbabwe ngo-1980.
Ngemva kokuzimela
UMongameli Robert Mugabe waduma kwezombusazwe njengomuntu owayelwisana lobukoloni kodwa waphinda waba ngumashiqela owabuyisela emuva umnotho wezwe. Ngemva kokuphoqwa libutho ukuthi asule esikhundleni, mhlaka 24 Lwezi 2017 u-Emmerson Mnangagwa waba ngumongameli omutsha weZimbabwe.
Iningi lezakhamizi (82%) lingabesizwe samaShona, eningizimu Africa babizwa ngama kwerekwere 14%. ngamaNdebele, 2% abezinye izizwe zase-Afrika, 1% ngamaMachotara, amaNdiya, abeLungu, njll. Njengamanje kunezilimi ezisemthethweni eziyi-16. Izilimi eziyinhloko isiShona (70%) nesiNdebele (20%). IsiNgisi siwulimi lokuqala lwabantu abangaphansi kuka-2.5%. Ngokwenkolo, ama-84.1% angamaKristu (ikakhulukazi amaSheshi, ama-8% angamaKhatholika, amaSabatha namaWeseli). Abanye bangabalandeli bezinkolo zendabuko zase-Afrika (4.5%), bangamaSulumane (0.7%), noma abanayo inkolo (10.2%).