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Zaka is a district in
Masvingo Province Masvingo is a province in southeastern Zimbabwe. It has a population of 1.485 million as of the 2012 census, ranking fifth out of Zimbabwe's ten provinces. Established as Victoria Province by the British South Africa Company, it was one of the ...
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Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
, located 86 km southeast of
Masvingo Masvingo is a city in south-eastern Zimbabwe and the capital of Masvingo Province. The city is situated close to Great Zimbabwe, the national monument from which the country takes its name and close to Lake Mutirikwi, its recreational park, th ...
. Old administration offices were at Ndanga communal (Chimutarara) township before being moved to its current location, Zaka Business Centre. Among its schools are St. Anthony's High School, Jichidza Mission, Rudhanda High School, and Wasarawapata High School. The Moyos descendants of Pfupajena and Va Mhepo are the traditional leaders: * Bota: ''Moyo'' stretches from Jerera Growth Point to Chiredzi Town in the South and Renco mine is in the West, Chief Nhema ''Moyo'' in the West Bordering with the Bikita District. * Nhema: ''Moyo'' who is identified with his roots in Duma hill in Bikita is referred as Muduma. * Nyakunhuwa: ''Shumba'' who served as the Moyos general chiefdom spreads Northwest Up to the Great Zimbabwe and , * Ndanga: ''Gumbo'' totem of Chinemukutu an uncle to the Moyos clan in the North.


References

{{authority control The Chronicle Zimbabwe, Compiling of local refs for Fifa duty in final stages, (06/11/2020 ), https://www.chronicle.co.zw/compiling-of-local-refs-for-fifa-duty-in-final-stages/ Districts of Masvingo Province