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Netball in Zimbabwe is viewed as a feminine sport and it is particularly popular in Zimbabwe. The country has few netball facilities, as soccer is much more popular in the country. At the same time, women's sports like netball get less government support because they are sports for women.

Netball is one of several sports that have replaced traditional games in the region as the country began to globalize. Some women played netball when they were younger. The Orphans and Vulnerable Children Project is involved in participating in netball games in the country.

In 1956, an English team toured the Southern Rhodesia. It was their first touring side and all team members had to pay their own airfare.

The country has a national netball team.

References

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7. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Orphans and Vulnerable Children Project: Interventions in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe. HSRC Press. 2006. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-7969-2140-6. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
8. All England Netball Association 1976, p. 17
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Bibliography

• All England Netball Association (1976). Golden jubilee : 1926 - 1976. All England Netball Association. OCLC 39500756.
• Daimon, Anusa (2010). "Exploring the Interface between Soccer, Gender and Violence in Zimbabwe". In Shehu, Jimoh (ed.). Gender, sport, and development in Africa : cross-cultural perspectives on patterns of representations and marginalization. Codesria. pp. 109–124. OCLC 656503228.

• Netball in Zimbabwe