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7 unusual facts about Gweru


Chapungu United F.C.

Chapungu United is a Zimbabwean football club based in Gweru.

Doreen Mutemeri

Born on the 6th of December 1981 Mutemeri attended Thornhill High School in Gweru.

Gazelle FRV

The FRV project begun in 1981-82 as a joint-venture by the private firm Kew Engineering of Gwelo (now Gweru) and the newly created Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) to meet a requirement from the Zimbabwe Government for a home-grown light armoured vehicle intended to the export market.

John Stoke

After a period as a GP in Salisbury (Harare), John became Senior Medical Officer in the Royal Rhodesian Air Force, and the family moved to Gwelo (Gweru).

Robert Holmes à Court

Cumming had helped raise Ethnee during her childhood on his estate outside Gweru.

Thomas Baines

In 1870 Baines was granted a concession to explore for gold between the Gweru and Hunyani rivers by Lobengula, leader of the Matabele nation.

Thornhill High School

Thornhill High School opened on the air force base in Gwelo, Rhodesia (now Gweru, Zimbabwe) in January 1955.


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