Highfield is a high-density suburb or township in

Harare Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metrop ...

, Zimbabwe built to house Rhodesians of African origin. Highfield was founded on what used to be Highfields Farm.

Location

It is in southwest Harare and is bordered by Glen Norah (formerly Baxter Farm) to the southwest, Waterfalls to the southeast, Willowvale and Southerton in the north.

Notable people

Politics, religion and business

Ezekiel Guti Ezekiel Handinawangu Guti (5 May 1923 – 5 July 2023) was a Zimbabwean Pentecostal archbishop, best known as the founder and president of Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (ZAOGA), also known as Forward In Faith Ministries International (FIFMI ...

- founding father of indigenous African pentacostalism *

Joshua Nkomo Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (19 June 1917 – 1 July 1999) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe from 1990 until his death in 1999. He founded and led the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) ...

– founding father, former vice-president of Zimbabwe, former president of PF ZAPU. *

Robert Mugabe Robert Gabriel Mugabe (; ; 21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of th ...

– founding father, president of Zimbabwe; lived in Highfield before becoming president in 1980. *

Enos Nkala Enos Mzombi Nkala (23 August 1932 – 21 August 2013) was one of the founders of the Zimbabwe African National Union. Political career Role in ZANU-PF During the Rhodesian Bush War, he served on the ZANU high command, or Dare reChimurenga as ...

– nationalist, ZANU PF founded in his Highfield house. *

George Tawengwa George Tawengwa (1902 – 13 April 1982) was a businessman who was engaged in transport, retail, and agriculture industries in Rhodesia. Early life and prophecy Tawengwa was born to Chirume and Maria (Mhariya) of the ''Gumbo Madyira'' totem a ...

- owner of Mushandirapamwe Hotel, was the first black person to buy a farm in then Rhodesia *

Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo (23 December 1945 – 9 May 2013) was a Zimbabwean nationalist, he was part of the first group of Gonakudzingwa restriction camp political prisoners, he is also a Pioneer Insurance Executive, Business magnate, Academic, ...

– nationalist, political prisoner, philanthropist, entrepreneur

Sport

Vusi Sibanda Vusimuzi "Vusi" Sibanda (born 10 October 1983) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He has played international cricket for the Zimbabwe in all three formats of the game. He also played for Midlands in the Logan Cup. Early career Sibanda is a right-hand ...

- Zimbabwean cricketer. *

Tinotenda Kadewere Philana Tinotenda "Tino" Kadewere (born 5 January 1996) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for club Nantes and the Zimbabwe national team. Club career Zimbabwe Kadewere was picked by Harare City in 2 ...

- professional footballer

Entertainment

Oliver Mtukudzi Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi (22 September 1952 – 23 January 2019) was a Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean musician, businessman, philanthropist, Human rights activists, human rights activist and List of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador f ...

– musician, born and raised in Highfield. *

Thomas Mapfumo Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo (born July 3, 1945) is a Zimbabwean musician. He is nicknamed "The Lion of Zimbabwe" and "Mukanya" (the praise name of his clan in the Shona language) for his immense popularity and for the political influence he wie ...

– musician * Marshall Munhumumwe and the Four Brothers – musicians, formed in Highfield * James Chimombe – musician *

Safirio Madzikatire Safirio Gendie Madzikatire, also known as Mukadota, was a multi-disciplinary artist specialising in comedy and music."Safirio "Mukadota" Madzikatire." Music of Zimbabwe. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 November 2010. . His nickname comes from his role as Muka ...

(Mukadota) – actor and musician; used the Cyril Jennings Hall in Old Highfield for rehearsals. * Tinashé – British singer-songwriter. *

Masimba Hwati Masimba Hwati is an interdisciplinary artist from Zimbabwe, working internationally at the intersections of sculpture, performance, and sound, known for his unconventional three-dimensional mixed media sculptures. Life and career Hwati gradua ...

- Artist, born in the early 1980s

Others

Ezra Wenjere Ezra (fl. fifth or fourth century BCE) is the main character of the Book of Ezra. According to the Hebrew Bible, he was an important Jewish scribe (''sofer'') and priest (''kohen'') in the early Second Temple period. In the Greek Septuagint, the ...