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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 mine is on the Gokwe side of Ngondoma River yet this place was the original Blue Gum according to all maps before 1980. Blue Gum was right at the Samambwa Zhombe East Road turn-off here at Columbina RSC. Search engines always point to this place as Blue Gum, Zimbabwe. Columbina Rural Service Center is in Mahogo Village, Background The center is in Mabura Ward of the Zibagwe Rural District Council in Mahogo Village, Chief Samambwa’s area of jurisdiction. People from outside Zhombe usually mistake Columbina RSC for Empress Mine Township because this is where commuters from different places debus on their way to Empress Mine Township. After the closure of Empress Nickel Mine in 1985, Columbina then known as ''Machipisa'' Township becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canada, Scotland and parts of the United States, the term refers to settlements too small or scattered to be considered urban. Australia ''The Australian National Dictionary'' defines ''township'' as: "A site reserved for and laid out as a town; such a site at an early stage of its occupation and development; a small town". The term refers purely to the settlement; it does not refer to a unit of government. Townships are governed as part of a larger council (such as that of a shire, district or city) or authority. Canada In Canada, two kinds of township occur in common use. *In Eastern Canada, a township is one form of the subdivision of a county. In Canadian French, this is a . Townships are referred to as "lots" in Prince Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyaradzo High School
Nyaradzo Secondary School is a school in Zhombe Empress Mine Ward 8 Kwekwe District in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. Location The school is 3 km south of Empress Mine and 90 km north-west of Kwekwe Kwekwe ( ), known until 1983 as Que Que, is a city in the Midlands province of 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-most p ... (by road_ shortest route) History It was established in 1981 as Mbuya Nehanda School but later changed to Nyaradzo High School because there were numerous schools named Mbuya Nehanda. The school was granted A-level status in 2013. It serves learners from as far as Sengezi, Chinyudze, Beemine and surrounding areas. Alumni Rodrick Mutuma Soccer Star.Sport Editor. Section: WHO IS RODRICK MUTUMA? (4 December 2011) Rodrick Mutuma, the pride of ZhombeThe Standard. Sport. Retrieved 9 December 2015. He completed Junior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabura Caves
Mabura Guano Cave is a mine containing an accumulation of bat guano. It is located in Zhombe Mabura Ward 6 in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe.Mark Mhukayesango (11 November 2015 Compound D Substitute Discovered In ZhombeRadio VOP. National News. Retrieved 7 November 2015.Tinomuda Chakanyuka. (May 2015 Zhombe pins hope on bat poopThe Sunday News. Opinion & Analysis. Retrieved 7 December 2015. It is one of the eight major reserves of organic fertilizers in Zimbabwe, that are still to be fully exploited. It is listed as a Geographical place in Zimbabwe, and it is a natural monument, according to the Zimbabwean law. It is located 2.5km south of the Munyati River and Ngondoma River confluence. It is 6 and half kilometres west of SAMAMBWA Primary School and 19 km north of Empress Mine. According to the University of Guelph, (Canada) there is over two million tonnes of guano at Mabura Caves. The cave is believed to stretch for more than 60 km to as far as Copper Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngondoma River
Ngondoma River is a river in Zhombe Communal Land, Kwekwe District in the Midlands Province, Midlands province of Zimbabwe. Location Ngondoma River is in the Midlands Province, although some claim it to be in Mashonaland West Province. Rivers are usually identified at their mouths, and the place where Ngondoma River flows into Munyati River is indeed Mashonaland. Munyati River serves as a border of the two, set several metres on the Midlands side. Just before its confluence with Munyati River, it passes over Mabura Caves, a bat guano mine in Somapani area of Zhombe. Sources Ngondoma River rises in the northwest of Zhombe in what was known as Crown Land, Ngondoma Crown Land, However, the main drainage basin is the Mapfungautsi Forest on the Gokwe South District, Gokwe side of the river. It flows east and then northeast, where it forms part of the border with Gokwe South District, Gokwe, before entering the Munyati River. Tributaries The main tributaries of Ngondoma River are: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngondoma Dam
Ngondoma Dam is a dam on the Ngondoma River located 500 meters west of the Empress Mine Township in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. The dam is 67 kilometers northwest of the Kwekwe and 54 km southwest of Kadoma (by air). The Zhombe Communal Land lies to the east of the dam, and the Chief Chisina, Gokwe land is on its west. The dam belongs to the Zhombe East, Kwekwe District, and is one of the 1,620 dams in the Midlands. Dams in this province make up 17% of all dams in Zimbabwe and are managed by ZINWA (Zimbabwe National Water Authority). Background The Ngondoma Dam was constructed in 1967 to supply the Empress Nickel Mine and Ngondoma Irrigation Scheme with water in 1968. It supplies the government managed irrigation scheme 900 000 cubic metres of water per year. Operations The Mapfungautsi Forest in Gokwe is the main drainage basin for surface runoff into the source tributaries of the Ngondoma River. The Ngondoma River has three sources - one in what was known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Study to determine water demand management in Southern Africa: the Zimbabwean experience./ref> Of the 179 farmers in the scheme, 134 are women. It comprises members from various villages, including villagers from ''Chief Njelele'' side, Gokwe District on the other side of Ngondoma River. Inception The scheme was established in 1968, and only 12 to 20 farmers having plots measuring up to one hectare each were at the inauguration of the 33 ha. By 1988 the plot holders had increased to 69. Extension The scheme has since been extended up to . Nowadays the plot holders have increased to 179 and 134 of them are women. Each farmer holds at least of land in the scheme. * There is another extension of the scheme at a different location altoge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Growth Point
A growth point is a technical term in cognitive linguistics and gesture research. It refers to the earliest beginnings of a spoken utterance In spoken language analysis, an utterance is a continuous piece of speech, often beginning and ending with a clear pause. In the case of oral languages, it is generally, but not always, bounded by silence. Utterances do not exist in written langu ... in the mind of a speaker, combining the beginnings of a mimetic gesture with the preliminary verbal expression of the person's thought.McNeill, D.1992. '' Hand and Mind: What Gestures Reveal about Thought.. ''Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press References {{Reflist Psycholinguistics Cognitive linguistics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empress Mine Township, Zimbabwe
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 is rated second after Zhombe Joel, the current Zhombe District capital. Location Empress Mine Township is about 70 km south-west of Kadoma by road, 98 km north-west of Kwekwe by the fastest route, and just 3 km south of Columbina Rural Service Center. History The first houses at Empress Mine Township were built in 1968 when Empress Nickel Mine was established,http://www.onemine.org/search/summary.cfm/Hydraulic-Sandfilling-to-Improve-Stability-at-Empress-Nickel-Mine twelve years after Rio Tinto Southern Rhodesia Limited was initially incorporated on August 29, 1956 to develop and mine the Empress Nickel deposit. RioZim as it is called now, was the first mining operation Rio Tinto set up outside Europe. Residential are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commoner, Zimbabwe
Commoner, Zimbabwe is a populated place and a place where highly deformed and folded quartz reef structure gold ore is extracted. It is about 50 km west-southwest of Kadoma by air and 68 km by road. It is 67 km north-west of Kwekwe by air and 96 km by road. It is in Zhombe Kwekwe District, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. Commoner is not to be confused with Commoner Gold Mine near Kadoma in Mashonaland West Province. Location Commoner is in Mahogo Village, slightly over 1 000 metres north of Columbina Rural Service Center, in Mabura Ward of Zhombe Communal Land, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. Residential area Former Commoner Residential Compound has since been integrated into Mahogo Village but is still known as Commoner Houses following the closure of Commoner Mine in the early 1990s. Commoner Houses as the place is called is about 600 meters from Columbina Rural Service Center, making it the second closest location to the service center. Commoner Houses be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidakeni Primary School
Zhombe (also 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 Provinces. There are a few commercial farms within its borders and a handful of resettlement areas. Most of it is within the Zhombe Constituency. Its administrative centre is the Zhombe Joel Growth Point, and it is under the Zibagwe Rural District Council. There are fourteen business centres in Zhombe. Ten of the business centres are electrified. There are also two rural service centres: Empress and Zhombe Joel. As of 2011, there were 53 primary schools and 18 secondary schools. There are ten clinics (and one mission hospital) and several health centers in Zhombe. The area is primarily rangeland supporting over 48,000 cattle, with 13 animal health centers and 26 dip tanks. Jombe Zhombe is the current spelling of "Jombe", a former spelling wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidakeni Secondary School
Sidakeni Secondary School is a rural co-educational secondary school in Sidakeni ward of Kwekwe District. It was established in 1981. It is 64 km southwest of Kadoma and 92 km northwest-north of Kwekwe by road. The school's name comes from the name of the village in which the school is situated. "Sidakeni" is a Ndebele adjective meaning ''a muddy place'' (esidakeni). The soil at this location is mud dull-grey in colour. Sidakeni High School offers educational services from Form 1 to 6. Alumni Somandla Ndebele a ''sungura'' musician now based in Harare did secondary education here before relocating to Dzivarasekwa for high school.Ruth Butaumocho , 2 May 201ndapera - Soma always says.... "I developed a passion for music while I was in secondary school at Sidakeni High School in Zhombe. Then I was in the school choir and I remember very well that during that time, the school won the first prize in the provincial choral competitions. "Intiment Moments , Blogpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Kadoma. Its center is at Bee Mine Township but the sitting councillor operates from Samambwa Township. Municipality The Zibagwe Rural District Council runs the ward and at present the ward is represented by a male councillor, on a ZANU-PF ticket. Shopping centers * Bee Mine Township * Columbina Township, 6.4 km south * Samambwa Township, 13 km north-east Schools Primary Bee Mine Primary School Bee Mine Primary School was established in 1969. Samambwa Primary School Samambwa Primary School is a co-educational school 19 km northeast of Empress Columbina Township. () It was established in 1964. Samambwa Primary School offers primary educational services from Grade 1 to 7 over seven years. The age group for pupils is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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