The Chitungwiza Aquatic Complex, built in 1995 for the All Africa Games, is no longer functional, and serves as a music and church venue.

[3] Following the civil war, the area experienced rapid Rural-urban migration.

Chitungwiza grew rapidly and the squatted area of Chirambahuyo alone had a population of 30,000 in 1979.

[4] Chirambahuyo was demolished by the authorities in 1982 and the inhabitants squatted elsewhere in the city in areas such as Mayambara.

[7] In 2020, the local authorities abandoned their plans to demolish squatter homes in Nyatsime, Seke, St Mary’s and Zengeza, after a court order was requested.