The Tawengwa Family are a prominent and influential family of

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engaged in business, agriculture and politics. The original family business was Mushandira Pamwe Buses, which was established in the 1950s by

George Tawengwa George Tawengwa (1902 – 13 April 1982) was a businessman who was engaged in transport, retail, and agriculture industries in Rhodesia. Early life and prophecy Tawengwa was born to Chirume and Maria (Mhariya) of the ''Gumbo Madyira'' totem a ...

Snr. In 1960, George Tawengwa became the first black person in Southern

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to purchase a 1,872.0 hectare (4,626 acre) commercial farm, then called Rhodesdale Farm (renamed Zimdale Farm after independence, in 1980). George Tawengwa and his wife Mabel Tawengwa made news headlines in 1977 when they purchased five farms in cash transactions. George Tawengwa also built the Mushandira Pamwe Hotel in

Highfield, Harare Highfield is a high-density suburb or township in Harare, Zimbabwe built to house Rhodesians of Ethnic groups of Africa, African origin. Highfield was founded on what used to be Highfields Farm. Location It is in southwest Harare and is bo ...

in 1972. George Tawengwa's sons, Solomon (1940–2004) and Charles (born 1954), also became prominent businessmen and farmers. They both served as

Mayor of Harare This is a list of mayors of Harare (previously Salisbury until 1982), the capital of Zimbabwe. All mayors are members of the Harare City Council The Harare City Council is the local governing body of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. It is compo ...

. Solomon Tawengwa was put on the

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list in 2003 and remained there until his demise the following year. Blocking property of persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe
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