Mbizo
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| Mbizo | |
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| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Province | Midlands |
| District | Kwekwe |
| Mbizo | |
| Established | late 19th Century |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+1) |
Mbizo is a high density suburb in Kwekwe. It is located east of the city center across the railway line from ZIMASCO, the ferro-chrome producer. The suburb is divided into several sections all numbered one up to twenty. Mbizo Section One and Two form the oldest part of the suburb, which were originally built to house cheap labor for the gold mines in up town. Mbizo Stadium is located across from section one. nearby, Manunure High School sprawls in a meadow across the street from section two.
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[edit] Background
The suburb, as is everything in Zimbabwe's main towns and cities, was formally a black only area, reserved for the poor and African population that streamed to the town in search of jobs. Together with Amaveni, Mbizo supplied the much needed labor to the gold mines scattered across the growing town. Since independence, the population of the suburb has exploded and the suburb itself has expanded from two sections numbered one and two, to eighteen. Most of these sections have extensions called 'one extension' and so forth.
[edit] In the news
It is the home of Samukeliso Sithole, a man who competed in women's events under a pretense of being a woman.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ Male Zimbabwe athlete competed as a female. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
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