Hwedza

Hwedza is a place with 14,000 inhabitants (2002) in Zimbabwe on a tributary of the Save and a district with 71,000 inhabitants (2002) in the province of Mashonaland East 150 km southeast of Harare .

The surrounding area is the core area of ​​tobacco growing and cattle breeding in the country. 550,000 animals were counted before 2001. Nevertheless, like all agricultural areas of Zimbabwe, it is one of the lowest-income regions. Poverty is widespread.

Hwedza has primary and secondary schools, including hospitals, but almost no manufacturing industry. It cannot benefit from a convenient location such as nearby Marondera .

Hwedza was a center of land reform . After the land expropriations, not only were the white owners evicted, but also their black farm workers. Most of them did not come from Zimbabwe, but were migrant workers from Mozambique , Malawi and Zambia . The problem that is typical for Gokwe became ruinous for the foreigners, as they had lived in Zimbabwe for decades and had lost all contact with their homeland. All they could do was hide in the bush or move to Epworth or Muzvezve and were the ones who had lost all means of existence.

Coordinates: 18 ° 38 ′  S , 31 ° 30 ′  E