Mabura

Coordinates: 18°24′39″S 29°25′52″E / 18.410786°S 29.431038°E / -18.410786; 29.431038 Mabura Ward is ward number 6 of the 33 wards in Zibagwe Rural District Council of Kwekwe District. It is in Zhombe Communinal Land in Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. It is 100 km north-west-north of Kwekwe and 73 km south-west of Kadoma. Its center is at Bee Mine Township but the sitting councillor operates from Samambwa Township.

Municipality

The Zibagwe Rural District Council runs the ward and at present the ward is represented by a male councillor, on a ZANU-PF ticket.

Shopping Centers

Schools

Primary

Bee Mine Primary School

Bee Mine Primary School was established 1969.

Samambwa Primary School

Samambwa Primary School is a co-educational school 19 km northeast of Empress Columbina Township. ( 18°19′20″S 29°27′14″E / 18.32223°S 29.453781°E / -18.32223; 29.453781 (Samambwa Primary School) )

The School was established in 1964.[1]

Its name originated from the chieftain name in which the school is situated, Samambwa. The founder of the chieftainship was Matikidi Thomson Mhandabwe whose alias was Mapfumo . The alias Mapfumo is a Shona word meaning "Spears". Matikidi was a hunter who used spears, unlike his father who kept many hunter dogs. Matikidi's father was nicknamed Samambwa, a Shona language name meaning "the man of many dogs or the one who owns many dogs".[2][3]

Matikidi himself was a hunter who used spears and many dogs, a profession that enhanced the use of his father's nickname; Samambwa. As for today the name has become the official family and chieftain name, hence Chief Samambwa, and Samambwa village.

Samambwa Primary School offers primary educational services from Grade 1 to 7 over seven years. The age group for pupil is 6 to 13 years. Compulsory subjects are English, Mathematics and Shona. The school also offers various non- examinable practical subjects which include Art and Craft, House Economics, Music, Sports and Physical Education. These practicals are offered according to the school resources.[4]

Graduates from this primary school proceed to Samambwa Secondary School a hundred metres south for a four year GCE O'Level course.

Somapani Primary School

Somapani Primary School established 1966.[5]

Secondary

Health Center

Other Important Places

(The ward got its name from the Mabura Caves "Vusa Emtoto" near Somapani Primary School in the far north-western end of Zhombe east. The caves are a mine of bat guano.

Alumni

References

  1. ↑ Parlzim | Yimpu.com|Documents|Retrieved 9 May 2016
  2. ↑ Thabisani Ndlovu |June 2011 | pp115 The Family as a Contested Arena: Voices of Discontent in Charles Mungoshi’s Works in Shona and English (A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. "Johannesburg, June 2011" ) _ .....A close analysis of the narrative in Waiting for the Rain (1972) reveals more contradictions than the certainties asserted or suggested above. According to family legend, Samambwa (meaning “the man of many dogs”), the great ancestor of the Mandengus, Lucifer's family, was a surly and aloof character throughout his life, spurning presents, human contact and making more enemies than friends. The Final Thesis, June 2011.pdf | Retrieved 9 May 2016
  3. ↑ Percy Zvomuya | 8 July 2014 | paragraph 7 [http:// www.theconmag.co.za/2 014/07/08/memory-is-a- mangy-dog/ | Memory is a mangy dog _ "There is Samambwa (he who has many dogs) in Charles Mungoshi’s Waiting for the Rain, ...." ] The Con | Books | Retrieved 9 May 2016
  4. ↑ Embassy.se Zimbabwe Health & Education The Embassy of Zimbabwe| Health | Retrieved 9 May 2016
  5. ↑ Parlzim Zhombe Constituency 2006. pp11. Diagram1. Ward 8. Primary School Yumpu.com | Retrieved 1 January 2016
  6. ↑ Parlzim Zhombe Constituency 2006. pp11. Diagram1. Ward 8. Secondary Schools Yumpu.com | Retrieved 1 January 2016
  7. ↑ Parlzim Zhombe Constituency 2006. Section 5.2 Health Facilities Yumpu.com | Retrieved 1 January 2016
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