Gweru District


Gweru District is a district in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe.

Background

Gweru District gets its name from Ikwelo River now Gweru River which has the city as its source and primary drainage basin.
The name Gweru is a further corruption of the name Gwelo which was a distortion of the original name Ikwelo given by the earliest isiNdebele speakers in the late 19th century. Ikwelo was the district because it was not a spot name but rather a name given to a place along the length of the river in question as written by Colonel Carbutt, of Southern Rhodesia as published by the then Chief Information Officer,
Information Services Branch. in the article Lore and Legend: Southern Rhodesia Place Names.
Gweru District has a population of over 231,675.
It has Shurugwi District to the south-esst, Chirumhanzu District to the east, Insiza District south-west, Bubi District to the west, Nkayi District north-west and Kwekwe District north.

Gweru City Climate

Source:World Meteorological Organization

Gweru Rural

Gweru District is administered by the District Administrator who is an ex-offio of (Gweru City Council and Gweru Rural District Council. for Gweru rural.
Gweru rural district includes Lower Gweru and the greater part of Chiwundura

Gweru Urban

Urban districts are administered by urban councils established in terms of the Zimbabwe Urban Councils Act, Chapter 29.15
Gweru local authority is Gweru Municipality which is literally Gweru City Council.
Like in most urban centers nationwide Gweru City Council is dominated by MDC-T.
2013 - 2018 Term
Source: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
WardCouncillorGenderIPartyConstituency
01Kombayi HamutendimMDC-T-
02Chipondeni TiripaimZANU-PF--
03Mbano NokuthulafMDC-T-
04Sithole Kenneth MarekiwamMDC-T--
05Marecha MosesmMDC-T-
05Mafa Mafa KwanisaimZANU-PF-
06Tsanyawu JoasmZANU-PF-
07Matyorauta ArtwellmMDC-T-
08Ndaguta WillardmMDC-T-
09Fundira Gibson JacksonmMDC-T-
10Chikozho CharlesmMDC-T-
11Chirau AlbertmMDC-T-
12Mavhondo ElvismMDC-T-
13Mhondiwa CatherinefMDC-T-
14Guduza ErnestmMDC-T-
15Mhondiwa Norman AlexandermMDC-T-
16Magidi TawandamMDC-T-
17Muza Farai JonathanmMDC-T-
18Magara BonfacemMDC-T--

Gweru mayor for tgis term was Clr. Hamutendi Kombayi
2008 - 2013 Term
Source: Kubatana Aechive
WardCouncillorGenderIPartyRemarks
01Mufunde Fungayi DesmondmMDC-TMayor -
02Dzuda Holly-MDC-T-
03Pasipanodya NelsonmMDC-T-
04Sithole Kenneth MarekiwamMDC-T-
05Chikweche Enock MukandimMDC-T-
06Mukwazhe FerinosmMDC-T-
07Matyorauta ArtwellmMDC-T-
08Demo TauraimMDC-T-
09Chimombe Takavada TadiousmMDC-T-
10Munach Arminon TakaidzamMDC-T-
11Rutsvara KumiraimMDC-T-
12Mavondo ElvesmMDC-T--
13Dzingisoh Canaan ChabhabhamMDC-T-
14Tsuro Wonder JamesmMDC-T--
15Chineni TrustmMDC-T-
16Makumbe TrinosmMDC-T-
17Kwaru ClemencemMDC-T-
18Mpofu Muchaneta-MDC-T-

The mayor was Councilor Desmond Fungayi
Mufunde who deceised on 21 June 2009.

Operations

Gweru District, district number three of the 61 in Zimbabwe has Gweru City the 3rd largest city in Zimbabwe as its capital.
Gweru City is also Midlands provincial capital. It is located 164 km northeast of Bulawayo and 275 km south-west-south of Harare via Mvuma or 278 km via Kwekwe.
Gwer District is home to * Roman Catholic Diocese of Gweru, * Lower Gweru,* Gweru River,* Riverside School,* Ascot Stadium, * Chapungu United, * Nalatale, * Danangombe,* Dabuka, * Chaplin High School,* Thornhill High School, *Sacred Heart College,* Midlands Christian College, * Nashville Secondary School, * Fletcher High School,* Midlands State University and * Gweru-Thornhill Air Base to name a few.