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The 6th All-Africa Games, also known as Harare 1995, were played from 13 to 23 September 1995 in Harare, Zimbabwe. 46 countries participated in eighteen sports. South Africa, having previously been banned from competition by the other African nations, was invited to the games for the first time after the fall of the Apartheid regime .
1995 All-Africa Games football tournament; Tournament details; Host country Zimbabwe: City: Harare: Dates: 12–23 September 1995: Teams: 8 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Final positions; Champions Egypt (2nd title) Runners-up Zimbabwe: Third place Nigeria: Fourth place Guinea: Tournament statistics; Matches played: 18 ...
Harare (/ h ə ˈ r ɑːr eɪ / hə-RAR-ay), [5] formerly Salisbury, is the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.The city proper has an area of 982.3 km 2 (379.3 sq mi), a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 census [6] and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metropolitan province. [6]
Harare in the 1990s. 1990 Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, US. [25] ZANU–PF Building is completed; 1991 – October: City hosts Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1991; Harare Declaration issued. 1992 - Population: 1,189,103. [26] 1995 – September: City hosts 1995 All-Africa Games. 1996 Rainbow City Cinema in ...
After running previous 11 editions as the All-Africa Games, the games has been renamed the African Games. The decision for the name change was arrived at, during the Executive Council meeting of the African Union held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January 2012. [4] 54 countries were participating in the most recent edition in Morocco 2019. In ...
In 1997, Zimbabwe became the World Champions when they went unbeaten against Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa in Pietermaritzburg. Zimbabwe came fourth out of eight countries at the inaugural World Cup in 2003. Zimbabwe also won the Polocrosse Africa Cup in 2004. There are currently an estimated 156 playing members from 10 clubs.
The name "Zimbabwe", based on a Shona term for Great Zimbabwe, an ancient ruined city in the country's south-east, was first recorded as a term of national reference in 1960, when it was coined by the black nationalist Michael Mawema, [5] whose Zimbabwe National Party became the first to officially use the name in 1961. [6]
Satellite image of Zimbabwe Topography of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's cities, main towns, selected villages and archaeological sites, rivers and its highest point. Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa lying north of the Tropic of Capricorn. [1]