It housed a district commissioner, police, hospital, veterinary services and other government rural agencies.

Primarily for the administration of the district, it was also the base for the control of the tsetse fly and its associated lethal disease trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).

Gokwe Growth Point then run by the Gokwe South Rural District Council rapidly turned into a town skipping the Rural Service Center status because of its rapid developmental rate[2] courtesy of the Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway which brought a much needed connectivity to all parts of Zimbabwe through its Kwekwe end link into the A5 Harare to Bulawayo highway.

[3] The step to establish the administrative machinery of the town included the putting in place of a commission appointed by the minister for local government in terms of the urban councils act Chapter 29.15.9.2(b).

[8] Refuse collection is done on regular bases and the council has engaged voluntary organizations such as religious groups, churches and women's clubs for litter monitoring, on the Keep Gokwe Clean campaign.

Gokwe Town apart from scores of smaller retail shops six major indigenous supermarkets and wholesalers of international standards.

[11] In 2012 according to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat), the town had 6 524 households, housing 10 914 male and 13 140 female mixed lingua residents.

In 2012 There are various government departments in Gokwe town that include the Parastatal organizations at the center are the to name a few.

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