Gwesela West is ward number 9 of the 33 wards in

Zibagwe Rural District Council Zimbabwe 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 Distric ...

Kwekwe District Kwekwe, originally known as Que Que, is a district in Zimbabwe. 197,062 people live in Kwekwe rural and 119,863 live in Kwekwe town (2022 census). Location It is found in the Midlands Province, in the central Zimbabwe. Kwekwe, with an estimated ...

. Its center is at Senkwasi Irrigation Scheme 14.5 km north east of

Zhombe Joel Joel Business Centre is the location of district administrative offices, parliamentary advisory offices, the post office and police station in the town of Zhombe, Zimbabwe. It is 64 km northwest of Kwekwe and 77 km southeast of Gokwe ...

( Zhombe Joel is along the ''Kwekwe Gokwe Road'') and 14.5 km south of

Columbina Rural Service Center Columbina Rural Service Center is a populated place in Zhombe. It is 95 km northwest of Kwekwe and 67 km southwest of Kadoma. The Center is near the now defunct Empress Nickel Mine which is about 4 km to the South-west. Blue Gum ...

(Columbina-Empress is along the ''Kadoma-Gokwe Road'').

Kwekwe Kwekwe ( ), formerly known as Que Que, is a city in the Midlands province in central Zimbabwe. The city has a population of 119,863 within the city limits, as of the 2022 census, making it the 7th-largest city in Zimbabwe and the second-mo ...

is 55.5 km south-east and Kadoma 67 km north-east. (by air)

Background

The ward gets its name from Chief Gwesela who is the traditional leader of this ward, parts of

Empress Mine Empress Mine Township is a populated place in the area formerly known as Salakuhle (misspelled as Salagushle) in Zhombe Communal Land, Kwekwe District of the Midlands Province in Zimbabwe. It is Zhombe's largest growth point yet officially it ...

Ward and

Zhombe Zhombe, originally known as Jombe, is a rural communal area in Kwekwe District, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. It is an area of mixed Shona and Northern Ndebele People. It lies along the Mnyathi border line between Midlands and Mashonaland Pro ...

Central Ward.

Municipality

The

runs the ward and at present the ward is represented by a female councillor, on a ZANU-PF ticket.

Public Service

The center (Senkwasi Hall) is one of the 46 polling stations in this Zombe Constituency set by ZEC, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. The other polling stations in this ward are * #14

Bhamala Primary School Zhombe, originally known as Jombe, is a rural communal area in Kwekwe District, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. It is an area of mixed Shona and Northern Ndebele People. It lies along the Mnyathi border line between Midlands and Mashonaland Pro ...

(there are 2 polling stations at Bhamala. The other one is a tent pitched opposite the school for Empress Mine Ward voters), * #18

St Faith Primary School Gwesela West is ward number 9 of the 33 wards in Zibagwe Rural District Council of Kwekwe District. Its center is at Senkwasi Irrigation Scheme 14.5 km north east of Zhombe Joel ( Zhombe Joel is along the ''Kwekwe Gokwe Road'') and 14.5 ...

, * #19 Sengezi Primary School and * #21 St Pauls Primary School. The current ((2013-2018)) Member of Parliament for Zombe Constituency Hon. Daniel Mackenzie Ncube comes from this ward.

Business Centers

* St Faith (Manzamunyama) ''koMatatu'' * Senkwasi St Pauls ''kwaGawu'' * Senkwasi ''koNjaku''

Schools

Primary School *

(Manzimunyama) established in 1964 * Sengezi Primary School established in 1965 * St Pauls Primary School established in 1961 Secondary School * St Faith Secondary School (Manzimunyama) established in 1982 * Sengezi Secondary School established in 2005 (?)

Agricultural Services

* Senkwasi Irrigation Scheme, the smaller of the two irrigation schemes in

is situated here north of Senkwasi Dam. The larger irrigation scheme is

Ngondoma Irrigation Scheme Ngondoma Irrigation Scheme is located in Zhombe, Kwekwe District in Zimbabwe's Agro-Ecological Region Three. The average annual rainfall for the location is 550 mm. The scheme area is 44.4 4 hectares.Jamesm 10.1.1.196.2228.pdf Chapter 9.4.1.2A ...

18 km north, in

Mabura Ward Mabura Ward is ward number 6 of the 33 wards in Zibagwe Rural District Council of Kwekwe District. It is in Zhombe Communinal Land in Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. It is 100 km north-west-north of Kwekwe and 73 km south-west of Kadom ...

Health Center

Senkwasi Clinic, about 800 metres south west from Senkwasi Hall is staffed by 1 nurse, and has 8 general beds. The clinic serves people from parts of wards 8 and 10 and almost the whole of Gwesela West. Senkwasi (Sengwazi) clinic is the 1336th of the 1390 health centers in

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and the 16th of the 46 in

according to 2004 statistics.mozfest201
Provincial and district hospitals #1336 16
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Neighbouring Wards

Mabura Mabura Ward is ward number 6 of the 33 wards in Zibagwe Rural District Council of Kwekwe District. It is in Zhombe Communinal Land in Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. It is 100 km north-west-north of Kwekwe and 73 km south-west of Kadom ...

Ward 6 to the north. *

Ward 8 to the east and north east. *

Zhombe Central Zhombe, originally known as Jombe, is a rural communal area in Kwekwe District, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. It is an area of mixed Shona and Northern Ndebele People. It lies along the Mnyathi border line between Midlands and Mashonaland Prov ...

Ward 10 to the south and south west. * Ward 12 to the west and south west. This ward includes areas like Champeni, Fafi and Vulamachena.

Animal Health Services

* Senkwasi Veterinary Station at Senkwasi Irrigation Scheme Compound. * Bhuma-Bhamala Dip Tank near

. * Sengezi Dip Tank near Sengezi Primary School * Manzamunyama Dip Tank near St Faith Secondary School

References

{{Geography of Zimbabwe , state = collapsed Wards of Zimbabwe