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5 unusual facts about Masvingo


First Matabele War

Matters came to a head when Lobengula approved a raid to forcibly extract tribute from a Mashona chief in the district of the town of Fort Victoria, which inevitably led to a clash with the Company.

Gokomere High School

Gokomere High School is a school sixteen km from Masvingo, Zimbabwe.

Lemba people

#The old Lemba language was a dialect of Karanga – which is spoken today in the Masvingo area of Zimbabwe; (thus, the Lemba female ancestry was probably derived from the MaKaranga).

Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai

At a media briefing, former Member of Parliament Silas Mangono and Masvingo Province chairman Shaky Matake announced that they had defected from the Mutambara-led formation.

Southern Rocks

The Southern Rocks play their home matches in the Masvingo Sports Club, Masvingo.


Mashaba

Mashava (formerly known as Mashaba), mining village in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

Meikles

In 1892 the brothers opened a successful trading business in Fort Victoria in Victoria Province in Rhodesia.

Mucheke River

It originates from the western part of the Masvingo town and merges with the Mushagashe River near Eastville.


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