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Exchange Irrigation Scheme
Exchange Irrigation Scheme is a 165 hectare irrigated arable land in Zhombe Communal Land but in Silobela Constituency in Kwekwe District of the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. It is 37 km southwest of Zhombe Joel, 83 km northwest of Kwekwe and 25 km north of Crossroads DSC. It is in region 3; the climatic conditions are semi arid with an average rainfall of 632mm per annum. Estimated elevation is 1200 metres above sea level. Background Exchange Irrigation Scheme developed in two phases. The first phase was when in 1973 56 hectares were developed to supplement to farmers who had been resettled on 2.5 hectare dry land per household. Plot holder then had a "comma" as it is popularly known; thus a 0,1 hectare (if a person has 0,2ha he is said to have 2 commas. 1 hectare is 10 commas: ,1x10) Phase 2 was when the scheme was rehabilitated and developed to 165 hectare; that is +109 hectares. The second phase saw allocation of commas to new farmer and addition of comma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhombe
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 whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shangani River
The Shangani is a river in Zimbabwe that starts near Gweru, Gweru River being one of its main tributaries' and goes through Midlands and Matabeleland North provinces. It empties into the Gwayi River. The Shangani River was the site of the 4 December 1893 Shangani Patrol battle in which Major Allan Wilson and 31 men of the British South Africa Company The British South Africa Company (BSAC or BSACo) was chartered in 1889 following the amalgamation of Cecil Rhodes' Central Search Association and the London-based Exploring Company Ltd, which had originally competed to capitalize on the expecte ... were killed by the Matabele warriors. Only two Americans, Frederick Russell Burnham and Pete Ingram, and one Australian, W.L. Gooding, survived the attack. References Rivers of Zimbabwe {{Zimbabwe-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zibagwe RDC
Zibagwe Rural District Council is a rural local government arm in Kwekwe District created under the Rural District Councils Act: Chapter 20.13. It was formed from the amalgamation of the former Kwekwe Rural Council and the Mashambazhou District Council in 1993. An RDC is the administrative equivalent of an urban town council, but for a rural area. Background There are 60 rural district councils from Zimbabwe's eight non-metropolitan provinces. Midlands Province has eight rural district councils, including Zibagwe RDC. The district is subdivided into 33 wards, and the registered villagers in each ward elect a councillor to represent them at the district level in the Rural District Council (RDC). A district is administered by both the district administrator (DA) and the council (RDC). The DA exerts considerable influence within council. He is a senior civil servant employed according to the Public Service Commission regulations. He attends council meetings as a non-voting observ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senkwasi Irrigation Scheme
Senkwasi Irrigation Scheme is a cultivated area in Gwesela West 55.5 km (by air) northwest of Kwekwe in Chief Gwesela's area of jurisdiction. It is 14.6 km northeast of Zhombe Joel. Background Senkwasi is sometimes called Sengwazi, Sengwasi or Senkwazi. The place was named after Senkwasi River which is the main contributor into the Senkwasi Dam. Senkwasi Dam is just 300 metres south on coordinates -18.57925° and 29.44065° Senkwasi is one of the 2 working irrigation schemes in Zhombe. The larger of the two is Ngondoma Irrigation Scheme near Empress Mine. However, in the original Zhombe Communal Land (not Zhombe Constituency) there are two more irrigation schemes; Mayoka Irrigation Scheme in Ward 5 and Exchange Irrigation Scheme in Silobela Constituency. Senkwasi Scheme is also one of the 17 irrigation schemes in the Midlands Province. Operations It has 40 plot holders.Garry Wasserman , August 198US Aid to Zimbabwe _ Evaluation Project Report No: 9, Appendix D , ... [...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] |
Ministry Of Agriculture (Zimbabwe)
The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) is a government ministry responsible for agriculture in Zimbabwe, including the management of agricultural land use, but not land reform. Dr Anxious Jongwe Masuka is the incumbent Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, having been appointed on 14 August 2020. Currently, the deputy ministers are Douglas Karoro and Vangelis Haritatos. The ministry is located in Harare. The ministry oversees: * Veterinary Technical Services * AGRITEX * Department of Research and Specialist Services State corporations State corporations under the direction of the Ministry of Agriculture include: * Agricultural Bank of Zimbabwe (AGRIBANK) *Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) *Pig Industry Board (PIB) *Agricultural Rural Development Authority(ARDA) *Grain Marketing Board (GMB) *Tobacco Research Board (TRB) *Cold Storage Commission (CSC) Ministers of Agriculture Deputy Ministers of Agriculture * Simba Makoni (May 1980 – January 1981) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exchange Block Dam
Exchange may refer to: Physics *Gas exchange is the movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide molecules from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. Places United States * Exchange, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Exchange, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Exchange, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Exchange, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Elsewhere * Exchange Alley, in London, United Kingdom * Exchange District, a historic area in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Business and economy *''Bureau de change'', a business whose customers exchange one currency for another *Cryptocurrency exchange, a business that allows customers to trade cryptocurrencies or digital currencies. *Digital currency exchangers (a.k.a. DCEs or Bitcoin exchanges), businesses that allow customers to trade digital currencies for other assets, such as conventional fiat money, or different digital currencies *Exchange (economics) *Exchange (organized mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Gweru
Lower Gwelo is a developed communal settlement in the Midlands province, Zimbabwe and is located about 40 km north-west of Gweru, and stretches a further 50 km to the west. Lower gwelo was initially called Somabhula and later became Somabhula ekhanyayo after establishment of Seventh day adventist missions stations that covered the entire area. Chiefdoms in Lower Gwelo include Sogwala, Sikombingo, Mdubiwa and Bunina. The settlement type is mostly linear along roads, although it is dispersed in some remote areas. There are several business centres which include Mission, Mankunzane, Makepesi, Sikombingo, Dufuya, Mangwande, Sogwala, Maboleni and Insukamini, a former district administration centre which is also one of the few state townships in the country. Maboleni and Insukamini are the two growth points within lower Gwelo. Geography Most of the areas are well watered and marshy. The major river is Vungu River locally referred to as u"Vunku" which is a tributary of the grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gweru River
Gweru River (known as Gwelo River until 1982) is a river in Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. Background The name Gweru is a further distortion of the name Gwelo which was a distortion of the name Ikwelo meaning a very steep place where one would usually use a ladder upwards or downwards. Itself a distortion of the original Kalanga name of Gwelu an abbreviation of Gwelumatjena meaning the river of white stones. Legends say when Ndebele people first settled in the area, their women found it very difficult to draw water from the river because of its slippery steep banks. The river was then called 'Ikwelo' because the greater part of this long river has slippery steep banks all the way to its mouth in Shangani River. Women used ''ukwelo'' (ladder) then to help them fetch water from the river. Gweru City was named from Ikwelo River. The European settlers pronounced as ''iGwelo'' shortened to ''Gwelo'' and after independence Zimbabweans shonalized it to Gweru, hence Gweru River. Op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silobela (parliamentary Constituency)
Silobela is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, located in Silobela, Midlands Province. Its current MP since the 2023 election is Jona Nyevera of ZANU–PF. History In the 1985–1990 term the whole of Silobela Communal Land and Zhombe Communal Land were part of one big constituency, Kwekwe West, whose MP was Hon. Josiah Tavagwisa Chinyati. From 2000 to 2008 the boundaries of Silobela constituency remained the same. 9 wards of Redcliff Municipality were under Silobela. At present the Redcliff Municipal wards are no longer part of this constituency. Also ward 5, 15 and 26 of the Kwekwe Rural District Council Zibagwe RDC, which are in Zhombe, have been added to this constituency. The current Silobela constituency comprises wards 4, 5, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 28, 29 and 33.Online ViewinSilobela Constituency ProfileYumpu.com, English Documents, Retrieved 23 February 2016 Members Election results See al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exchange Dam
Exchange may refer to: Physics *Gas exchange is the movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide molecules from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration. Places United States * Exchange, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Exchange, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Exchange, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Exchange, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Elsewhere * Exchange Alley, in London, United Kingdom * Exchange District, a historic area in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Business and economy *''Bureau de change'', a business whose customers exchange one currency for another *Cryptocurrency exchange, a business that allows customers to trade cryptocurrencies or digital currencies. *Digital currency exchangers (a.k.a. DCEs or Bitcoin exchanges), businesses that allow customers to trade digital currencies for other assets, such as conventional fiat money, or different digital currencies *Exchange (economics) *Exchange (organized mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
