Zvishavane District

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Midlands Districts
Shava means Eland in ChiShona. The eland colour is called shava in ChiShona.
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Reddish Hills of Mashava at King Mine
Shava is the name of the eland in ChiShona. The colour of these common elands is lighter than that of the giant elend above; so the colour is shavane or Shavani hence Zvishavane.

Zvishavane District is one of the 8 districts in Midlands Province of Zimbabwe.

It has Mberengwa District to the South and Shurugwi District to the North.

Its capital is Zvishavane town.

Background

Zvishavane derives its name from its sister town Mashava. Mashava is a ChiShona word describing the hills in that place as reddish. The name Mashava formerly Mashaba origins is stated in the Rhodesian Lore and Legend: SOUTHERN RHODESIA PLACE NAMES published by The Chief Information Officer, Information Services Branch. Division of Native Affairs, Salisbury September, 1960[1]

Shona
Word
English
Meaning
Explaination
Shava Reddish Shava is the Shona name of an Eland derived from the colour of the animal.
Chishava Something reddish it is a description of a single thing reddish in colour.
Mashava Reddish it describes particular reddish things. Here it describes reddish hills.
Zvishava reddish things it describes many things reddish in colour.
Zvishavane semi reddish it describes things not as reddish as the earlier. Here it describes the many surrounding low hills

that are characterised by lighter red soil than those hills in Mashava

Some claim that the name Shabanie derives from the isiNdebele Shavani which means "finger millet", or "trading together.[2] This is very unlikely for the matter that the English pronounced it as Shabanie.

However the isiNdebele syllable va rhymes with vha in ChiShona.

  • If Shavani was a isiNdebele word the ChiShona would have pronounced it as Shavhani. The English men would pronounce it as Sharvanie not Shabanie.
  • If Shavani was a ChiShona word the isiNdebele would pronounce it Shabani, and so the English would pronounce it as Shabanie.

For the this fact Shabanie derives from the ChiShona word Shavane or Shavani.

All the same finger millet colour is off-reddish, maybe tan in colour. That's Zviyo zvishavani or zvipfunde zvishavani (tan corn or tan millet) in ChiShona. Either way, the name derives from tan hills or tan coloured millet.

Finger Millet
Finger Millet "the colour is Shava in ChiShona but lighter just like the common elands above. That's off-shava in colour_"Zviyo zvishavani"

Economy

Zvishavane District is home of Zvishavane Town which developed from an abestos mine compound into a town.[3] See Shabanie Mashaba Mine.

It is also home to Murowa Diamond Mine located in Mazvihwa, 40 km from Zvishavane Town.

Local Government

Zvishavane District is run by 2 local government organs; the rural district council and the urban council.

For the rural district authority see Runde Rural District Council.

Zvishavane Town Council Established in terms of the Zimbabwe Urban Councils Act, Chapter 29.15[4] administers the urban district.

2013 - 2018 Council

Source: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission [5]

Ward Councillor Gender IParty Constituency
01 Phiri Arusah F ZANU-PF
02 Mudekwa Isaiah M ZANU-PF
03 Phiri Fatuma F MDC-T
03 Utonga Andrew M ZANU-PF
04 Majama Charity F MDC-T
05 Mago Tinashe M ZANU-PF
06 Ferreira Jose Manuel M ZANU-PF
06 Chitototo Josiphati M MDC-T
07 Dube Esau Gwatipedza M MDC-T
08 Pasira Itai M MDC-T
09 Chikandiwa Andrew M MDC-T
10 Gadziwa Samuel M MDC-T

2008 - 2013 Town Council

Source: Kubatana Aechive[6]

Ward Councillor Gender IParty Remarks
01 Chimedza Sam m MDC-T
02 Taruvinga Patson m MDC-T
03 Murombedzi Francis m MDC-T
04 Muvenge Francis Mashoko m MDC-T
05 Dube Nyika Jastin Berebende m MDC-T
06 Matondo London m MDC-T
07 Pamire Godfrey m MDC-T
08 Zhou Alluwis m MDC-T Chairman
09 Moyo Mordikai Masocha m MDC-T
10 Mushipe Pardon m MDC-T

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