Plumtree, Zimbabwe is a town in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe, close to the border to Botswana. It is the local administrative centre. It sits at an altitude of 1280 metres on the watershed between the Limpopo river and the Nata river that drains into Okavango to the north. The annual rainfall is about 560mm with a long dry season from April to October. [1]The railway from Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) to Francistown (Botswana) crosses the border near Plumtree.
The Plumtree School is located here. Plumtree has a casino.
The main district in Plumtree is known as Bulilimamangwe. Bulilimamangwe has different divisions determined by schools near them, some of which are: Bezu, Sikhathini (previously known as Tshankwa), Mlomwe, Ntunungwe, Pumuza, Nyabane, Gambo, Tokwana, Matjinge, Ndolwane, Gwambe.
There are two main languages that are used in this district, those are Ndebele and Kalanga. Though there are other languages used in Plumtree such as Tswana, spoken by those who live near the Botswana border and Shona which is spoken by the Shona people who migrated from Mashonaland.
Dombodema,Thekwane,Sevaka,Madlambudzi up to Ndolwane ,this are other parts of Plumtree,kalanga is th most language in this area. Most of all Dombodema is now a big growth point. Mainly Dazi Dazi being the businessman,ownering a grindmill and a lucky7 shop.