CORONAVIRUS MASVINGO PREPAREDNESS UPDATE

The Masvingo City fathers have implemented the following work in progress measures in response to the threat caused by the covid-19 outbreak.

1- Rujeko clinic set aside as isolation facility.
2- Masvingo city council and Ministry of Health and Child Care to provide trained staff at the facilities.
3-Technical issues to be addressed by Doctor Makurira in liaison with PMD.
4-Environmental health officers doing awareness campaigns.

NB: We edge residents to exercise hygienic practices all the time.

All stakeholders interested in spreading the awareness can contact Masvingo City Council  Town Clerk( 0773 223 531 ).

CROCODILE FARMING

Crocodiles infest most rivers which converge here offering immense potential in croc farmingand downstream industries. This has been done and can still be done at a grand stand.

AGRO-TOURISM

The sugar plantations of Triangle and Chiredzi together with the large water bodies in the province have great potential for Agro Tourism

TOURISM

The Italian Chapel which is located 4 kilometres east of Masvingo, Mu tare highway, was built by the second world war Italian prisoners captured by the British and held at the 5th camp extension  P of Fort Victoria. The chapel was built between 1942 and 1946. Inside are remains of 71 Italian prisoners of war.

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

• Masvingo Province has a number of major dams which can be utilised for irrigation purposes.
• Of importance to mention is the recently completed Tokwe Mukorsi dam which has the capacity to irrigate 25 000ha.
• Establishment of hydropower plant at Tokwe-Mukorsi and Manyuchi dam.
• Developing infrastructure through investment.
• In terms of irrigation development, the available water storage can support±30000 hectares

INFRASTRUCTURE & UTILITIES

Buffalo Range Airport always gives its guests a warm welcome in terms of its natural hospitality and climatic conditions.

Masvingo airport is strategically located and provides air access to the City of Masvingo and the Great Zimbabwe National Monument

CULTURE & HERITAGE

Masvingo province is a melting pot of culture with people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Linguistically, the province of Masvingo is dominated by people who speak Karanga (a dialect of Shona) co-existing with Tsonga/Shangani speakers.

INDUSTRY & COMMERCE

The economic activities in the province are:

- Sugar Production - Lowveld

- Tourism - Masvingo RDC etc.
- Mining - Chivi, Masvingo, Bikita

- Ranching - Chikombedzi, Mwenezi

- Wildlife and Conservancies - Lowveld

- Retailing - All districts

- SMEs - Light Industrial activities eg carpentry, metal fabrication, saloons, food processing etc 

GEOGRAPHY AND GOVERNANCE

Masvingo is one of the ten administrative provinces in Zimbabwe. The province is situated in the south-eastern part of the country. It is further sub-divided into seven administrative districts namely: Bikita, Chiredzi, Chivi, Gutu, Masvingo, Mwenezi and Zaka. The city of Masvingo is the provincial capital Masvingo. Chiredzi and Triangle are two urban settlements with town statuses in the province. All the seven districts have business centres known as growth points. During the last population census that was conducted in 2012, the province of Masvingo recorded a total population of 1 485 090 (697 992 Males and 787 098 females).

Climatically, the province experiences two distinct seasons namely summer which starts from mid-September to May, and winter between June and mid-September. The greater part of the province is located in the Lowveld and as a result it receives comparably less rainfall from the month of October to February. However, the province has the largest water bodies in the country and these support vibrant large scale irrigation schemes and other agricultural activities.