Mutorashanga

Mutorashanga is a small ferrochrome mining town in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe.

Situated on Zimbabwe's Great Dyke mountain range, about 100 kilometers north of the capital, Harare.

Aloe Ortholopha is endemic to the section of the Great Dyke mountain range in the Mutorashanga area.

Chrome Fines, a black, shiny powder-like substance, lies freely on the ground in many parts of the town, particularly after it has rained.

Residents say the name was incorrectly written by white administrators and that shanga should be shangu, or shoes, a reference to the stony ground that characterizes the area.

The mine road runs from Mapinga on the Harare-Chirundi Highway to the turn-off to the Victory Block, a former large-scale farming area developed after the end of World War II.

The tar road makes it easier for miners to move ferrochrome ore to the Kildonan Railway Siding south of Mutorashanga.