Zhombe, originally known as Jombe, is a rural communal area in Kwekwe District, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe.

Its administrative centre is the Zhombe Joel Growth Point, and it is under the Zibagwe Rural District Council.

[1][2][3] The area is primarily rangeland supporting over 48,000 cattle, with 13 animal health centers and 26 dip tanks.

[5] Coordinates: 18°32′2″S 29°3′37″E / 18.53389°S 29.06028°E / -18.53389; 29.06028[6] The location of Zhombe Hill is just less than 3 kilometres (2 miles) east of Bhamala Township and the local people like to call it Zungunde the name of an infidel man who used to live up there.

Jombe possibly originated from migrant workers who worked with the German gold miners, who had numerous small scale mines in Zhombe and elsewhere in Zimbabwe.

Primary schools Health centers[16] Politically Ward 5 is now under Silobela Constituency,[17] but geographically is in Zhombe Communal Land.

[20] That choir won first prize in the provincial choral competition, and from then Somandla pursued a career in Music.

[clarification needed] However, one of the clinics that serves Empress is at Sidakeni, with the other being at Rio Tinto Agricultural College.

This place was the first rural home area of the chief Gospel music pioneer in Zimbabwe, Baba Mechanic Manyeruke in the mid-70s.

After the independence of Zimbabwe, Totororo produced a businessman who made sure the center was electrified from his own coffers.

Unfortunately Mapolisa did not live long enough to see his efforts over-spill to other areas like Bhamala and St George.

Presently Totororo is second in business activities from Empress-Machipisa and statistically St George's comes third in all Zhombe East.

During colonial days the white bosses would give their servants whatever name they saw fit and eventually register them with the registrar general's office.

[clarification needed] However in general elections the Gwesela West Ward polling station is always at the school, on side, while the Empress Mine Ward polling station is a tent pitched away from the school, on the off-side off the boundary road.

Secondary schools Higher education There is Rio Tinto College of Agriculture at Empress Mine Township, Zimbabwe 3.5 km south of Columbina Rural Service Center.

[24] Health centers[16] Dip tanks The current Member of Parliament for Zombe Constituency, Hon.

St Andrew's best shops were the Nyaningwes that were owned by veteran businessman, Mr Choga, also known as "Skondai," in the 90s.

For years villagers in Dendera in Zhombe and their livestock walked long distances of about 15 kilometres to the nearest water source.

The problem has, however, come to an end after ZINWA with help from Plan International successfully completed a piped water project.

Ngondoma River is the main boundary between Gokwe South District and Zhombe Communal Land.

Its source is in Chief Ntabeni's area in the south-west region of Zhombe, the western foot of a kopje in Jamela village which has a spot height of 1236 metres.

Its tributaries are: The river flows generally north-east and it passes west of Semhakasa Kopje whose spot height is 1146 metres.

Further downstream Sesombe River passes west of Rugugwe Kopje whose spot height is 1117 metres.

[clarification needed] Zhombe is known to have been the home of one of the most wanted men in the mid-1980s, the dissident leader, Richard Gwesela.

He is the current Chief Samambwa Food crops that are popularly grown in Zhombe include maize, groundnuts, roundnuts, sorghum, millet and cotton.

[1] Empress Mine Township has since been ear-marked for the newest town in Zimbabwe, and developments are already taking place, although slowly.

Totororo, a township between Empress and Bhamala is growing fast due to the opening of a new mine in the vicinity.

In Donjane area during the early 1990s, the entertainment industry emerged through the likes of one of the Kerere sons who used to sing the song"Kufamba kwake Miriyemu kunobuda mapepa" which was often played in "Ndari" (i.e. in households where local home brewed beer was sold).

In the greater part of the sixties and seventies C E Mapfumo was Headmaster with Mr Tsikira of Zhombe East deputizing.

Chief Chakaipa Gwesela under-studied Sub-chief Muzondeki Mukolwane who resided near where Majaqaba Shops (St Andrew's) are situated now.