Buhera is a village in Zimbabwe.

Location

Buhera District Buhera District is a district in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. Geography The district is located in Manicaland Province, in southeastern Zimbabwe. It is bordered by Chikomba District and Wedza District to the north, both in Mashonaland East Provi ...

is in

Manicaland Province Manicaland is a province in eastern Zimbabwe. After Harare Province, it is the country's second-most populous province, with a population of 2.037 million, as of the 2022 census. After Harare and Bulawayo provinces, it is Zimbabwe's third-most de ...

, in eastern Zimbabwe. It is about , by road, southwest of

Mutare Mutare (formerly Umtali) is the most populous city in the province of Manicaland, and the third most populous city in Zimbabwe, having surpassed Gweru in the 2012 census, with an urban area, urban population of 224,802 and approximately 260,567 ...

, the location of the provincial headquarters. This location is approximately , southeast of

Chivhu Chivhu (called Enkeldoorn until 1982) is a small town in Zimbabwe, with an estimated population of 10,000 in 2007. It is located south of Harare on the main road south to Masvingo and South Africa. Name Chivhu's original name, Enkeldoorn, is a ...

, the nearest large town. Buhera offices are located approximately , by road, southwest of

Murambinda Murambinda is a town in Zimbabwe. Location It is located in Buhera District, Manicaland Province, in eastern Zimbabwe. Its location is approximately , by road, southwest of Mutare, the location of the provincial headquarters. The village of ...

, the largest urban center in Buhera District. The coordinates of Buhera Village are: 19° 19' 57.00"S, 31° 26' 6.00"E (Latitude:-19.3325; Longitude:31.4350). The district sits at an altitude of , above sea level.Elevation of Buhera Above Sea Level
/ref> Economic activities in Buhera are largely mining and subsistence agriculture.

Overview

The village serves as the administrative and commercial centre for the Sabi communal lands. The economy of Buhera District depends mainly on farming, the main crops being maize, millet (mhunga) roundnuts (nyimo) and groundnuts (nzungu). Cattle ranching is also widely practised, primarily on a

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scale. Due to the unpredictability of the rains in the area, irrigation is required for a successful harvest. The area is fertile with several irrigation schemes for the populace to supplement their meager harvests. However the schemes are now in sorry state due to government neglect. There is an

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Buhera Aerodrome Buhera is a village in Zimbabwe. Location Buhera District is in Manicaland Province, in eastern Zimbabwe. It is about , by road, southwest of Mutare, the location of the provincial headquarters. This location is approximately , southeast of ...

, approximately , north of the village center. Buhera is also divided into North, Centre, and South. Buhera district that is 100% dependent on rains yet no good rains have befallen it since 1990. With bad roads between Chivhu and Rukweza through Murambinda, it's hard to access other cities and that makes it difficult to expand in business in this arid land. Mountains like Gombe and Ngundu provides with best fruits like (mashuku or mahzanje) favored by the Shona people. Villagers find it hard to transport them because they are perishable once ripe. From Chidzikisa river you will see on the road side villagers selling this fruit from November to the first week of January.

History

The name ''Buhera'' is a Nguninised then

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version of the name VuHera. VuHera means territory of the

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and is reference to the fact that the Hera ethnic group of the

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lived in the area. The same ethnic group occupied neighbouring

Chikomba District Chikomba is a district of Zimbabwe. It was previously part of Midlands Province, but was delimited to fall under Mashonaland East Province in the 1990s. Notable people * Chenjerai Hunzvi, politician and war veterans leader *Solomon Mujuru, ar ...

. The vaHera of the Museyamwa totem occupy most of the Buhera territory (under Chief Nyashanu) and much of neighbouring Chikomba (under Chief Mutekedza). The Va Hera are of the Shona tribe and claim that they came from Guruuswa, which has been identified as an area north of the

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, perhaps around

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Chiurwi Mountain
was a major staging point for

ZANLA Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) was the military wing of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), a militant African nationalist organisation that participated in the Rhodesian Bush War against white minority rule of Rhode ...

liberation forces, during the Second Chimurenga War (1966–1979).

Villages surrounding Buhera Centre

Muchererwa village, Mutara village, Marume village, Makuvise village, Tsotdzo village, Magunda village, Mutsindikwa village, Chibongodze village, Mukucha village, Magaya village, Mutizwa village, Mupungu village, Matsinde village, Makanda village. Rwizi village, Tsvedemu village

Primary schools around Buhera Centre

Marume primary school, Chatindo primary school, Nerutanga primary school, Makanda primary school, Chikuvire primary school, Buhera village primary school, Munyira primary school.

Prominent people from Buhera

The following people are known to be born in Buhera village or nearby: *

George Charamba George Charamba is the Deputy Chief Secretary-Presidential Communications in the Office of the President of Zimbabwe and former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services (Zimbabwe), Ministry of Informa ...

Joseph Karimanzira Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

Witness Mangwende Witness Pasichigare Magunda Mangwende (15 August 1946 – 26 February 2005) was a Zimbabwean politician who served as head of several government ministries in the Mugabe administration, diplomat, and as provincial governor for Harare. Political c ...

* Finias Munyira *

Morgan Tsvangirai Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (; ; 10 March 1952 – 14 February 2018) was a Zimbabwean politician who was Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013. He was President of the Movement for Democratic Change, and later the Movement for Democratic C ...

Daniel Muchuchuti Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

John Makumbe John Mudiwa Washe Makumbe (May 6, 1949—January 27, 2013), often published as John Mw Makumbe, was a Zimbabwean political scientist, political philosopher and activist. He was a professor at the University of Zimbabwe for more than 25 years, and ...

* Kumbirai Kangai * King Shaddy *

Joseph Chinotimba Joseph Chinotimba (born 23 March 1958) is a Zimbabwean political figure. He rose to prominence during the invasions of white-owned commercial farms that started after the 2000 constitutional referendum in Zimbabwe. He is widely regarded as a mi ...

Gideon Gono Gideon Gono (born 29 November 1959) is a former Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), serving from 2003 to 2013, and is the former CEO of the CBZ Bank Limited. Gono became known internationally due to his connection to the hyperin ...

* Simbarashe Mangwengwende *

Winky D Winky D (born Wallace Chirumiko,1 February 1983) is a Zimbabwean reggae-dancehall artist, known popularly as "The Big Man" (stylized as "Di Bigman"), and also known as Dancehall Igwe, Gaffa, Ninja President, Proffessor, Extraterrestrial (stylize ...

* Passion Java *

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* Otilia Matimba * Tangwara Matimba * Jackson Chinembiri * Kilimanjalo * Sugar Sugar Taruvinga Manjokota * Michael Jeremiah * Oliver Mandipaka * Kumbirai Kangai *

Grace Mugabe Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe (' Marufu; born 23 July 1965) is a Zimbabwean entrepreneur, politician and the widow of the late President Robert Mugabe. She served as the First Lady of Zimbabwe from 1996 until her husband's resignation in November 201 ...

* Fungisai Zvakavapano Mashavave * Donna Chibaya * Charity Munzwembiri * Jackson Mudyanadzo * Bothwell James Gift Mugariri * Advocate Eric Matinenga * Kenneth Manyonda

References

{{Geography of Zimbabwe Populated places in Manicaland Province