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Zimbabwe , officially the ___MASK19___ of Zimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in southern Africa , between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers . It is bordered by South Africa to the south , Botswana to the west and southwest , Zambia to the northwest , and Mozambique to the east and northeast . Although it does not border Namibia , less than 200 metres of the Zambezi River separates it from that country . The capital and largest city is Harare . A country of roughly 13 million people , Zimbabwe has 16 official languages , with English , Shona , and Ndebele the most commonly used . Namibia , officially the ___MASK19___ of Namibia ( German : ), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean . It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north , Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east . Although it does not border Zimbabwe , a part of less than 200 metres of the Zambezi River ( essentially a small bulge in Botswana to achieve a Botswana / Zambia micro - border ) separates the two countries . Namibia gained ___MASK47___ from South Africa on 21 March 1990 , following the Namibian War of ___MASK47___ . Its capital and largest city is Windhoek , and it is a member state of the United Nations ( UN ), the Southern African Development Community ( SADC ), the African ___MASK70___ ( AU ), and the Commonwealth of Nations . Nathan Shamuyarira ( 29 September 1928 -- 4 June 2014 ) was a Zimbabwean nationalist who at different times fought on behalf of and helped lead FROLIZI , ZANU , and ZAPU . He later served as the Information Minister of Zimbabwe and as the Information Secretary of ZANU PF . He was writing President Robert Mugabe ' s biography at the time of his death . Nathan Shamuyarira implanted the policy of vetting foreign journalists , renewing their licences every month . This was a way of weeding out government and Zanu PF critics . Very few people realised the dark side of this policy until too late when opposition politics was being neutered The ___MASK5___ ( ZANU  PF ) has been the ruling party in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980 . The party has been led by Robert Mugabe , first as Prime Minister with the Zimbabwe African National Union ( ZANU ) and then as President from 1988 after merger with the Zimbabwe African People ' s Union ( ZAPU ) and retaining the name ZANU  PF . In the 2008 parliamentary election , the ZANU  PF lost sole control of parliament for the first time in party history and brokered a difficult power - sharing deal with the Movement for Democratic Change  Tsvangirai ( MDC ), but subsequently won the 2013 election and gained a two - thirds majority . The ___MASK19___ of Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa , neighbouring the Democratic ___MASK19___ of the Congo to the north , Tanzania to the north - east , Malawi to the east , Mozambique , Zimbabwe , Botswana and Namibia to the south , and Angola to the west . The capital city is Lusaka , in the south - central part of Zambia . The population is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the northwest , the core economic hubs of the country . Botswana , officially the ___MASK19___ of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa . The citizens refer to themselves as " Batswana " ( singular : " Motswana "). Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland , Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966 . Since then , it has maintained a strong tradition of stable representative democracy , with a consistent record of uninterrupted democratic elections . South Africa , officially the ___MASK19___ of South Africa ( RSA ), is the southernmost country in Africa . It is bounded on the south by of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans , on the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia , Botswana and Zimbabwe , and on the east and northeast by Mozambique and Swaziland , and surrounding the kingdom of Lesotho . South Africa is the 25th - largest country in the world by land area , and with close to 56 million people , is the world ' s 24th - most populous nation . It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere . It is the only country that borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean . About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub - Saharan African ancestry , divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different Bantu languages , nine of which have official status . The remaining population consists of Africa ' s largest communities of European ( white ), Asian ( Indian ), and multiracial ( coloured ) ancestry . The Limpopo River rises in central southern Africa , and flows generally eastwards to the Indian Ocean . The term Limpopo is the modified version of the original Sepedi name " diphororo tša meetse ", meaning  gushing strong waterfalls ". ___MASK24___ is approximately long , with a drainage basin in size . The mean discharge measured over a year is 170 m / s ( 6 , 200 cu ft / s ) at its mouth . The Limpopo is the second largest river in Africa that drains to the Indian Ocean , after the Zambezi River . Robert Gabriel Mugabe ( born 21 February 1924 ) is a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who has governed the ___MASK19___ of Zimbabwe as its President since 1987 , having previously governed as its Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 . Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist , he has led the ___MASK5___ ( ZANU  PF ) party since 1975 . Mozambique ( or ), officially the ___MASK19___ of Mozambique ( or "") is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east , Tanzania to the north , Malawi and Zambia to the northwest , Zimbabwe to the west , and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest . It is separated from Madagascar by the Mozambique Channel to the east . The capital and largest city is Maputo ( known as " Lourenço Marques " before ___MASK47___ ). The Zimbabwe African National ___MASK70___ was a militant organization that fought against the white minority government in Rhodesia , formed as a split from the Zimbabwe African People ' s ___MASK70___ ( ZAPU ). ZANU won the 1980 elections under the leadership of Robert Mugabe , and seven years later merged with Joshua Nkomo ' s ZAPU to form ZANU - PF .