It is owned and operated by the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland and largely funded by the Dutch 'Mbuma Mission Foundation' (Mbuma-Zending).

[1] After retaining permission of the local Ndebele chief Ngege, he founded the Ingwenya Mission: a church, a school and a home.

In 1923, due to government resettlement policies, the new chief Bitisani and his people were moved about eighty miles northwards, to the Nkayi District.

Shortly afterwards, John Tallach, a Scottish minister, arrived in Bulawayo to join the work, which he did until 1948.

The work flourished: in 1965 (before the war for independence) a report listed 31 schools directly run by the Mission, a total of 144 teachers and 5120 pupils.

On his death bed he urged the new missionary Jan van Woerden to continue his job: "I will die, but I believe that the Lord will plant a part of His vineyard here.

"[2] Currently (2023), the Zimbabwe Presbytery of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland has two ministers serving 30 congregations.