Ikwelo River

Itself a distortion of the original Kalanga name of Gwelu an abbreviation of Gwelumatjena meaning the river of white stones.

Legends say when Ndebele people first settled in the area, their women found it very difficult to draw water from the river because of its slippery steep banks.

[3] Gweru River has the 100 hactare Mabangeni Irrigation Scheme in Lower Gweru and the 165 hactare Exchange Irrigation Scheme in Zhombe supplied from Insukamini Dam and Exchange Block Dam respectively.

Mabangeni Irrigation Scheme draws water from Insukamini Dam via a pick-up weir on Gweru River.

[4] but the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) is taking steps to harness water pollution in this and other rivers nationwide.