Paper 2 · November 2020 · Constitution and Governance
Under the Lancaster House constitution of 1979, how many parliamentary seats were reserved for white Zimbabweans?
Model answer
20
Also accepted: twenty, 20 seats
Explanation
The Lancaster House constitution reserved 20 of the parliament's seats for white Zimbabweans, a provision that lapsed after the first ten years of independence.
Derived from ZIMSEC Heritage Studies Paper 2, Nov 2020, Q1