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Chirumanzu
Midlands is a Provinces of Zimbabwe, province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of and a population of 1,614,941 (2012). It is home to various peoples. Located at a central point in the country, it contains speakers of Shona language, Shona, Zimbabwean Ndebele language, Ndebele, Tswana language, Tswana, Sotho language, Sotho and Chewa language, Chewa, as well as of various other languages. Gweru, the third-largest city in Zimbabwe, is the capital of the province. Midlands Province contains Kwekwe, a city of considerable mining and manufacturing industries, in which also the Sable Chemicals Trust maintains a presence. Geography Districts Midlands Provinces is divided into eight districts: * Chirumhanzu District, Chirumhanzu * Gokwe North District, Gokwe North * Gokwe South District, Gokwe South * Gweru District, Gweru * Kwekwe District, Kwekwe * Mberengwa District, Mberengwa * Shurugwi District, Shurugwi * Zvishavane District, Zvishavane Local government The Provincial Administra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takawira RDC
Takawira Rural District Council is rural local authority created under the Rural District Councils Act Chapter 29.13 as provided by the constitution. It is bestored with wide ranging administrative and legislative powers over their respective jurisdictions through this Act. It is Chirumhanzu Rural District authority. Chirumhanzu District is rural with Mvuma being the only urban setup in the District. Background Chirumanzu Rural District Council was established through Proclamation No. 1 of 1993 which amalgamated Takawira District Council and Charter Rural Council and established new boundaries for the district. Chirumhanzu Rural District Council has the communal area, the resettlement area and three urban areas, Mvuma, Lalapanzi and Charandura under its jurisdiction. The three urbanized centers do not have town councils. Instead Chirumhanzu RDC now officially called Takawira RDC has set committees to run the three centers; * Mvuma Area Committee; Lalapanzi Area Committe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chirumhanzu District
Chirumhanzu District is a Second-order Administrative Sub-division of Midlands (Zimbabwe) between Gweru and Masvingo. Its center is about 46 km south of Mvuma but the administrative centre has moved to Mvuma a small mining town that is found along Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway near Gweru Turn-off. Geography The district is 496 square kilometers in area. In 2002 census there were 70,441 people, thus 16,319 households and given a growth rate of 1.1% per annum, the current population is estimated at +/- 80,000. (2016) Chirumanzu communal lands occupy the southern part of Chirumanzu district between longitude 29˚50́E and 30˚45Έ and between latitudes 19˚30́S and 20˚20́S. Weather The mean annual rainfall is 650mm while the mean temperature ranges from 12-28˚C. Climate change means that weather and climate information should now be packaged timely and with greater relevance to specific areas, to help small-scale farmers plan better. For Chirumanzu District, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zibagwe RDC
Zibagwe Rural District Council is a rural local government arm in Kwekwe District created under the Rural District Councils Act: Chapter 20.13. It was formed from the amalgamation of the former Kwekwe Rural Council and the Mashambazhou District Council in 1993. An RDC is the administrative equivalent of an urban town council, but for a rural area. Background There are 60 rural district councils from Zimbabwe's eight non-metropolitan provinces. Midlands Province has eight rural district councils, including Zibagwe RDC. The district is subdivided into 33 wards, and the registered villagers in each ward elect a councillor to represent them at the district level in the Rural District Council (RDC). A district is administered by both the district administrator (DA) and the council (RDC). The DA exerts considerable influence within council. He is a senior civil servant employed according to the Public Service Commission regulations. He attends council meetings as a non-voting observ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital (political)
A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several countries, different branches of government are in different settlements. In some cases, a distinction is made between the official (constitutional) capital and the seat of government, which is in another place. English-language news media often use the name of the capital city as an alternative name for the government of the country of which it is the capital, as a form of metonymy. For example, "relations between Washington and London" refer to " relations between the United States and the United Kingdom". Terminology and etymology The word ''capital'' derives from the Latin word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokwe South District
Gokwe South District is one of the eight administrative districts of the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. The district administrative seat is located in Gokwe Town also known as Gokwe Centre and the District Administrator is the focal person in terms of all district administrative matters. The district is divided into two administrative entities under the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, which are Gokwe South Rural District Council and Gokwe Town Council. The two district administrative entities were legally setup under the Urban Councils Act of 2015 hapter 29:15and Rural District Councils Act hapter 29:13under the constitution of Zimbabwe. The district is further subdivided into 01 senatorial constituency, 05 parliamentary constituencies and 33 council wards. These constituencies and wards are shared between these two administrative entities of Gokwe South District. According to the 2012 ZIMSTAT National Census Statistics the population of the dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vungu RDC
Vungu Rural District Council is a local government arm overseeing the Gweru Rural District. It was created in terms of the Zimbabwe Rural District Councils Act; Chapter 29.13. Its capital is Gweru in Zimbabwe. Vungu Rural District Council is literally Gweru Rural District Council taking care of the rural district with Gweru Municipality taking care of the urban district. It comprises two parliamentary constituencies, Chiwundura (eight wards) and Vungu (eleven wards) while Gweru Municipality comprises Gweru Urban and Mkoba metropolitan constituencies. Chiwundura is east of the Harare-Bulawayo Highway and Vungu is on the west side of the highway. Ward Distribution 2013 - 2018 Councillors Source: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 2008-2023 Councillors Source: Kubatana AechiveThe Herald (zcandidates - 'Harmonised' elections 29 March 2008: Local Government - Midlandskubatana.net, archive, Retrieved 29 February 2006 See also * Gweru District * Zibagwe RDC * Takawir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare. The second largest city is Bulawayo. A country of roughly 15 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona language, Shona, and Northern Ndebele language, Ndebele the most common. Beginning in the 9th century, during its late Iron Age, the Bantu peoples, Bantu people (who would become the ethnic Shona people, Shona) built the city-state of Great Zimbabwe which became one of the major African trade centres by the 11th century, controlling the gold, ivory and copper trades with the Swahili coast, which were connected to Arab and Indian states. By the mid 15th century, the city-state had been abandoned. From there, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe was established, fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongogara RDC
Tongogara Rural District Council is a local government organ administering Shurugwi District Rural District. There are two local government arms, Shurugwi Town Council created under the Zimbabwe Urban Councils Act, Chapter 29.15 administering Shurugwi, and Tongogara RDC created in terms of the Zimbabwe Rural District Councils Act, Chapter 29.13 overseeing the rural Shurugwi South District Background Tongogara Rural District Council is the official name of Shurugwi Rural District Council. It is one of the eight rural district councils in the Midlands Province. The other seven are; * Mberengwa RDC in Mberengwa District, * Runde RDC in Zvishavane District, * Takawira RDC in Chirumhanzu District, * Vungu RDC in Gweru District * Zibagwe RDC in Kwekwe District * Gokwe South RDC in Gokwe South District * Gokwe North RDC in Gokwe North District Gokwe North District is the northern of two administrative districts in the Gokwe region of the Midlands province of Zimbabwe. Its adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runde RDC
Runde Rural District Council is Zvishavane Rural District local government arm taking care of the rural district while Zvishavane Town Council administers the urban district. Zvishavane District has two local government arms, Zvishavane Town Council created under the Zimbabwe Urban Councils Act, Chapter 29.15 and Runde RDC created in terms of the Zimbabwe Rural District Councils Act, Chapter 29.13. Background Runde RDC is one of the 8 rural district councils in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. Its name derives from Runde River. It comprises Zvishavane-Ngezi and Zvishavane-Runde. * Zvishavane-Ngezi has wards 3 5 6 11 12 and 19. * Zvishavane-Runde has wards 1 2 4 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 and 18. 2013 - 2018 Councillors All councillors in this term are from ZANU-PF. Source: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Zimbabwe Rural District Councils Act; Chapter 29.13. Zimbabwe Urban Councils Act, Chapter 29.15 2008 - 2013 Coincillors All councillors in this term were from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mberengwa RDC
Mberengwa Rural District Council is the rural district local authority over Mberengwa District. It is one of the 8 rural district councils in the Midlands Province, established in terms of the Zimbabwe Rural District Councils Act; Chapter 29.13. Background Mberengwa Rural District Council is the sole local government organ in Mberengwa District unlike Vungu Rural District Council, Zibagwe Rural District Council, Tongogara Rural District Council, Runde Rural District Council and Gokwe South Rural District Council that work together with urban councils in their respective district. Mberengwa District is all rural. Ward Distribution Mberengwa Rural District Council covers 37 wards in four constituencies. * Mberengwa-East has 7 wards 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 20. * Mberengwa-West has 8 wards; 13, 14, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34. * Mberengwa-North has 12 wards; 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 35, 36 and 37. * Mberengwa-South has 10 wards; 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokwe South RDC
Gokwe South Rural District Council is the rural district local authority in Gokwe South District. Gokwe South District has two local government arms, Gokwe Town Council created under the Zimbabwe Urban Councils Act, Chapter 29.15 administering Gokwe Urban, and Gokwe RDC created in terms of the Zimbabwe Rural District Councils Act, Chapter 29.13 overseeing the rural Gokwe South District in Zimbabwe. Operations Gokwe South RDC comprises 33 rural wards in 5 constituencies; * Gokwe 4 wards, * Sesame 7 wards, * Kana 8 wards, * Mapfungautsi 7 wards, * Sengwa 7 wards 2013 - 2018 Councillors Source: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 2008 - 2013 Councillors Source: Kubatana AechiveThe Herald (zcandidates - 'Harmonised' elections 29 March 2008: Local Government - Midlandskubatana.net, archive, Retrieved 1 March 2016 See also * Gokwe South District * Gokwe North RDC * Gokwe Town Gokwe Centre is a rural town in the Midlands province in Zimbabwe. The town is usually referr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gokwe North RDC
Gokwe North Rural District Councils is a local government organ administering Gokwe North District. There are eight Rural District Councils in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe all established in terms of the Zimbabwe Rural District Councils Act; Chapter 29.13. Background Gokwe North RDC is one of the 8 rural district councils in Midlands Province namely Mberengwa RDC in Mberengwa District, Runde RDC in Zvishavane District, Tongogara RDC in Shurugwi District, Vungu RDC in Gweru District, Takawira RDC in Chirumhanzu District, Zibagwe RDC in Kwekwe District, Gokwe South RDC in Gokwe South District and here in Gokwe North District is this rural district council. Gokwe North District is the furthest north of the province. Unlike its neighbour Gokwe South District which has and urban settlement within it, this district is all rural. Its capital is Mutora District Service Center where Gokwe North RDC operates from.. There are 36 wards under Gokwe North RDC evenly di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
