31-624: The Mucheke River is a river that flows through Masvingo town, Zimbabwe . It originates from the western part of the Masvingo town and merges with the Mushagashe River near Eastvale . Mucheke bridge connects the Harare - Beitbridge road with the Mutare -Beitbridge road. 20°04′38″S 30°50′41″E / 20.0773°S 30.8448°E / -20.0773; 30.8448 This article related to
62-845: A dining room at the old peoples' home in Mucheke, the Runyararo-Frieden day clinic and the construction of 4 buildings at Alpha cottages orphanage. Many other projects have been realised: cholera medicine, water treatment chemicals, many containers with helping goods, introduction of the medicine Viramune/Nevirapin in 2001 to all hospitals in Zimbabwe by D. Kaiser, given free of charge by the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim. 20°4′28″S 30°49′58″E / 20.07444°S 30.83278°E / -20.07444; 30.83278 Great Zimbabwe University Great Zimbabwe University (GZU)
93-426: A music album, Dangwe, on 7 April 2017. In 2018, two Great Zimbabwe University lecturers, Munyaradzi Mawere and Tapuwa Rubaya, started a publishing company in Masvingo to promote indigenous stories and encourage the growth of a reading culture. Africa Talent Publishers is reportedly the first such establishment to be founded in the town. In 2019, the anti- ZANU–PF Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) defeated
124-456: A river in Zimbabwe is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Masvingo Masvingo , known as Fort Victoria during the colonial period, is a city in southeastern Zimbabwe and the capital of Masvingo Province . The city lies close to Great Zimbabwe , the national monument from which the country takes its name and close to Lake Mutirikwi , its recreational park, the Kyle dam and
155-400: A small hill close to Flamboyant Hotel . Rhodene , a low-density suburb on the northern part of the city centre, is the most affluent suburb in Masvingo. A new suburban development, Zimre Park, is also taking shape to the north east of the town along Bulawayo Road. Another suburban development is taking place close to the affluent Clipsham Park and is aptly named Clipsham Heights as it straddles
186-538: Is twinned with: The twinning was signed by the town mayors in 1990. This led to the forming of the Kernen-Masvingo association by Kernens Mayor Mr. Haussmann, the school headmaster Franz Miller and its board manager D. Kaiser for 7 years. This organisation has led many projects in Masvingo, including school partnerships, such as that between Karl-Mauch-Schule in Kernen and Bondolfi primary school (25 km), building of
217-511: Is an institution of higher learning in the city of Masvingo , Zimbabwe . It is currently situated on the Masvingo Teachers’ College campus seven kilometres east of Masvingo CBD. Currently the institution has a number of campuses in and around the city, including some in the high density suburb of Mucheke, most notably the school of tourism and hospitality situated on a hill on what used to be a hotel. The Herbert Chitepo law school and
248-505: The British South Africa Company "Pioneer Column" of the first European colonists passed through on their way to what became Salisbury, now Harare . The Old Fort national monument is located in the center of town, and was erected in 1891 as one of a series of fortifications to guard the route from Salisbury to the south. The very first cricket match in Zimbabwe is said to have taken place close by, in 1890. The population
279-625: The Great Zimbabwe National Monument , old ruins where the country derives its name and the Lake Mutirikwi Recreational Park and Kyle game resort with 12 different species, including the white rhino. Masvingo is known in the country for producing film and theatre productions that compete with those from Harare and Bulawayo. The city's film and theatre hub is located at the Charles Austin Theatre found at
310-528: The Mucheke River , with a civic centre at the town centre. Shagashe Game Park and an Italian memorial church built during World War II are nearby. Masvingo also has an airstrip . The national airline, Air Zimbabwe, has reintroduced a domestic flight connecting Masvingo to Harare in the north and Buffalo Range in the south starting on 5 December 2014. Masvingo is situated in a drought-prone area, with average rainfall of 600 mm/a. The raw water source for
341-472: The 2013–14 season, played its home games at the Masvingo Sports Club . Africa Talent Publishers is a publishing company based in Masvingo. The company was started in 2018 by two Great Zimbabwe University lecturers, Munyaradzi Mawere and Tapuwa Rubaya, to promote indigenous stories and encourage the growth of a reading culture. It is the first such establishment to be founded in Masvingo. Masvingo
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#1733084926784372-572: The Kyle National Reserve that is home to a range of animal species. It is mostly populated by the Karanga people who form the biggest branch of the various Shona tribes in Zimbabwe. The city was known as Fort Victoria until 1982, when its name was briefly changed to Nyanda , after a mountain about 10 kilometres south of the town, on the Masvingo to Beitbridge Road. That led to protests, because "nyanda" means "one who has lice", and public sentiment
403-583: The Reformed Church of Zimbabwe run Morgenster Teachers' College and the Catholic run Bondolfi Teachers' College. High schools in the city include Victoria High School , located just north of the city centre. Kyle College , Masvingo Christian High School, Ndarama High School and Mucheke High School. There are also privately run high schools commonly referred to as colleges around the city. Pamushana High School , Zimuto High school, Gokomere High School are some of
434-467: The University of Zimbabwe was accordingly launched in 1999/2000. Two years later, an Act of Parliament created the autonomous Masvingo State University. The name was changed to Great Zimbabwe University two years later. The university offers degree and diploma programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the arts, commerce, education and the sciences. The programmes are designed to be responsive to
465-544: The building opposite to it that now houses The High Court of Zimbabwe. The tallest building is the 9-storey Zimre center located in the CBD. The Bell Tower is a historical building and formed part of the fort erected by the British South African Company in 1892 to protect settlers around Fort Victoria. The town lies near Lake Mutirikwi and is home to a nine-hole golf course and a freight railway line . It lies on
496-468: The city is Lake Mutirikwi . Apart from providing water for the city, Lake Mutirikwi supports water supply schemes for several riparian farmers and large sugar cane irrigation schemes in the Triangle, Zimbabwe and Hippo Valley areas. The storage capacity of the lake, which was completed in 1960, is 1,378 million cubic metres (48.7 billion cubic feet). The town used to have large cattle ranches, but
527-545: The city's Civic Centre gardens. It was run by the Masvingo Drama Circle from 1971 until its decline in 2015. Young artists took over the running of the facility under the name Masvingo Theatre and Arts Clubs and that resulted in film and theatre productions that have put Masvingo on the map in the arts industry. One notable play that came from Masvingo was a stage play by playwright Charles Munganasa titled Operation Restore Regasi which made international headlines and told
558-410: The country's Land Reform Programme is sometimes blamed for decimating that industry. Small scale farmers now make up the majority of suppliers of agricultural produce. Masvingo is mainly a residential city. The informal sector also dominates industry in town. There are a variety of tourist attractions within a thirty-mile (48-kilometre) radius of the town. Within 20 kilometres (12 miles) of Masvingo are
589-480: The government opened after independence in 1980, Great Zimbabwe University began life as the Masvingo State University (MASU). which was established through the recommendations of the 1995 Chetsanga Report. The report had proposed the devolution of teachers’ and technical colleges into degree-awarding institutions that would eventually become universities in their own right. A university college attached to
620-408: The hearts of many locals. He is known for his signature rural folk dressing, a shiny bald head as well as an unmistakable Karanga tone which distinguishes his productions from the others. The major soccer club in the town is Masvingo United , whose home ground is Mucheke Stadium in the suburb of Mucheke . There are many amateur social football clubs in the city and they usually play their games at
651-466: The highly esteemed mission boarding schools in Masvingo Province and are all located few kilometres outside town. The landscape in southern Zimbabwe is relatively flat, interspersed with rounded granite mountains. Known as kopjes (Dutch: little heads), they are often quite smooth. Msasa trees dominate the savannah landscape, with the occasional baobab tree. The weather is hot and dry throughout
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#1733084926784682-540: The hills running parallel to the Beitbridge-Masvingo road. Masvingo also has peri-urban plots such as Morningside, Glenlivet, and Bushmead. Masvingo Polytechnic, Great Zimbabwe University , Bondolfi Teachers College, Morgenster Teachers College and Masvingo Teachers College are the main centres of higher education in the city. The three institutes are run by the government, while Bondolfi and Morgenster are privately owned. Great Zimbabwe University grew out of what
713-543: The library are among the campuses in the center of town. There are also newly built campuses to the west in the industrial zone of the city, whose buildings stand out along the Bulawayo highway. There is another campus in the mining town of Mashava 40km west of Masvingo. A larger campus is soon to be built near the Great Zimbabwe National Monument, the namesake of the university. One of a number of universities
744-542: The needs of the job market in Zimbabwe's ever-changing economy. The Department of Visual and Performing Arts in the Simon Muzenda School of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies on Friday 19 May 2017, premiered a movie, Solo naMutsai. The film, explores university student life; the ups and downs, the love life, dealing with external forces and different social classes and it was written by Charles Munganasa and directed by Sydney Taivavashe . The department also launched
775-415: The oldest township and Rujeko are the most populous high-density suburbs. Mucheke is also the site of the city's main bus rank as well as the stadium which is named after the ghetto. KMP and Runyararo suburbs are relatively new high and medium density suburbs beyond Mucheke. The middle-density suburbs are Eastvale located close to Zimuto Police Camp and Target Kopje located on the southern part of town on
806-502: The story of Robert Mugabe's fall from power. In 2017, a short film titled Seiko directed by Sydney Taivavashe won the outstanding short film production at the National Arts Merit Awards, Zimbabwe's top entertainment award ceremony making it the first film award to be won by a Masvingo artist. Sabhuku Vharazipi is a comedian from Masvingo who rose to fame in 2013 with his famous drama comedy titled Sabhuku Vharazipi which won
837-462: The various grounds around the city. Annually, a Miss Masvingo Province pageant is held. The city is host to the Charles Austin Theatre located at the civic center, a venue synonymous to many theatre enthusiasts in the country. The film and television industry is growing in the city with the up-and-coming generation at the forefront of the development. The Southern Rocks , one of the five first-class cricket teams in Zimbabwe until its disbandment after
868-410: The year, except during the summer when the rains come. There is a range of small hills to the south of the city centre. Mucheke and Shagashe rivers run close to the centre and both of them act as de facto boundaries of the central business district. Robert Mugabe way, one of the city's main streets, is lined with pine trees adjacent to some of the oldest buildings in Zimbabwe such as The victoria hotel and
899-485: Was approximately 15,000 in 1970; 30,523 in 1982 and rose to 51,743 in 1992. It had a population of approximately 58,000 in 2002. Masvingo is located 292 kilometres (181 miles) south of Harare . Most of the local population belongs to the Karanga and Manyika , Shona sub-tribes. The city is divided into suburbs including Mucheke , Rujeko , Rhodene , Target Kopje and Eastvale . The suburbs are divided into high-density, middle-density and low-density suburbs. Mucheke ,
930-521: Was once Masvingo State University . Reformed Church University (RCU) is another university 25 km (16 mi) south of Masvingo run by the Reformed Church of Zimbabwe. It was formerly the Great Zimbabwe University. Masvingo Teachers' College is one of the government run colleges from which Great Zimbabwe devolved. The college has still remained at the campus and the university has a new site. Other teachers' colleges around Masvingo include
961-557: Was that Masvingo would be more reflective of the history of the city. Within a few months, the name was changed to Masvingo, which means "fort" in Shona , and the Great Zimbabwe , which is essentially a walled fort, is often referred to as "Masvingo eZimbabwe" or sometimes "Masvingo eVitori", a translation of the original name. Masvingo is the oldest colonial settlement in Zimbabwe which developed around an encampment established in 1890, when