The R6 Highway is a primary road, a trunk road and regional road corridor link road in Zimbabwe .
5-649: The R6 begins in Chivhu at the junction with the R1 Highway which runs from Harare to Masvingo . 19°01′11″S 30°53′51″E / 19.01963°S 30.897472°E / -19.01963; 30.897472 ( R6 Chivhu-Nyazura Highway ) It ends in Nyazura at the junction with A3 Harare-Mutare Highway. ( 18°42′46″S 32°10′22″E / 18.712831°S 32.17266°E / -18.712831; 32.17266 ( R6 Chivhu-Nyazura Highway A3 end ) ) It
10-478: Is a Dutch and Afrikaans word meaning "lone thorn". It refers to the tree acacia robusta and implies that a single specimen once grew there. The name was adopted in 1891 but was changed to Chivhu in 1982, on the second anniversary of Zimbabwe's independence. The current name comes from the Shona language and means "anthill". Enkeldoorn was founded by Afrikaans-speaking Boer farmers and settlers in around 1850, and
15-587: Is also known as Buhere Road because the main waypoint and halfway house is Buhera . [Source Map: Chapter 9: Road Transport Services and Infrastructure -African: Map 9.2. Road Transport Network of Zimbabwe] This road is the R1 link road to the R5 for traffic from Gweru to Mutare . It works in conjunction with the R7/A17 53 km from Chivhu towards Masvingo which links the R1/A4 with
20-506: The R2/A5 for traffic from Mutare to Gweru . It is tolled at Magamba Toll Plaza 17.5 km from Chivhu . Chivhu Chivhu , originally known as Enkeldoorn , is a small town in Zimbabwe , with an estimated population of 10,000 in 2007. It is located 146 km (91 mi) south of Harare on the main road south to Masvingo and South Africa. Chivhu's original name, Enkeldoorn,
25-726: Was the first white settlement in Zimbabwe . It became an Afrikaner stronghold in a predominantly English-speaking white Rhodesia , giving it the nickname of 'the Republic of Enkeldoorn'. Chivhu has an agricultural economy, based in poultry farming and dairy cattle . Beef, pork, maize and millet are also important produce. As more white farmers were expelled from Zimbabwe by the Mugabe government, this once lively agricultural economy has become more endangered. 19°00′S 30°54′E / 19.000°S 30.900°E / -19.000; 30.900 This Zimbabwe location article
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