It is also the birthplace of former Zimbabwean cricketer Guy Whittall.
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The ZANU - Ndonga political leader Ndabaningi Sithole was from Chipinge, and was elected to represent it in parliament in 1995 and 2000.
Junction Gate is a village in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe located 6 km west from the Mozambique border and about 20 km east of Chipinge.
Sithole was elected a lawmaker for his tribal stronghold of Chipinge in southeastern Zimbabwe in 1995, as was a colleague.