Eiffel Flats is a village in the province of

Mashonaland West Mashonaland West is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 57,441 km² and a population of approximately 1.5 million (2012). Chinhoyi is the capital of the province. Districts Mashonaland West is divided into 7 districts: * Chegutu ...

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 Mozam ...

. It is located about 7 km east of Kadoma.

History

The village began in 1905 as a residential township for the Cam and Motor gold mine, operated by

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, now Rio Zim. The original mines are now closed. Wiridzayi Nguruve, who in 1982 became the first Commissioner of the

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, was the member in charge of Eiffel Flats Police Station as a Sub Inspector, in the mid-1970s.

Economy

Eiffel Flat's economy is based around mining and metals, with Cam and Motor, historically the largest gold mine in Zimbabwe. This mine was closed in 1969, but it is planned to reopen. There are two smelters: Empress, which is a nickel toll refinery, and Maranatha ferrochrome, which produces chrome.

Education

Eiffel Flats Primary School was established in 1917 by the Rio Tinto Foundation and its first Headmaster was Mr Loveridge. It was later handed over to the community in the early 1990s when Rio Tinto was disinvesting from Zimbabwe. A parents body represented by an elected Board of Governors runs the school at the moment. The current headmaster who is Gift Bere, who took over from Mr Campher. It was rated as one of the best ATS primary schools along with Bryden , Lilfordia and Barwick. In 2012, the school won the Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa Presidential Award for its environmental campaigns.

Recreation

The Cam and Motor Club incorporates a golf course, the Cam and Motor Squash, Bowls, and Tennis clubs, along with a sports bar and family restaurant.

References

{{Coord, 18, 19, S, 29, 59, E, region:ZW_type:city, display=title Populated places in Mashonaland West Province