Gonakudzingwa ("where the banished ones sleep") restriction camp in Southern Rhodesia, near the Mozambique border, was set up by Ian Smith's government.

[1] African nationalists detained there included student youth leader Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo, Josiah and Ruth Chinamano, Daniel Madzimbamuto,[2] Sydney Joseph, Joshua Nkomo, Joseph Msika,[3][4][5] Robert Mugabe, Edgar Tekere, Leopold Takawira, Maurice Nyagumbo, Naison Ndlovu, Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, Charakupadenga Hunda, Kissmore Benjamin Kaenda, Zinja Ngwazani Mhlanga, Jane Lungile Ngwenya, Tumburai Matshalaga, Ishmael Muneri 'Mandebvu' Chidakwa Chuma, Isaac Chakanyuka, Christopher Ushewokunze, Reuben Dunduru, Charlton Ngcebetsha, Jini Ntuta[6] and many others.

Detainees would discuss current political issues every Saturday and Joshua Nkomo normally addressed them.

Concrete slab remnants where the zinc barracks of the nationalists used to be erected are still in place at the former detention camp located in the notorious Gonarezhou national park at Sango border post between Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Most of the prominent detainees (such as Mugabe and Nkomo) were released in 1974 following pressure from the South African government.