Kwekwe colonial empire builder who was closely connected with the early development of Rhodesia (Zimbabwe's former name). Kwekwe was originally a gold mining camp and is today characterised by the large mines in its vicinity producing gold, and the chrome ore and iron ore used in steelmaking. Four gold deposits within the Kwekwe district have been studied. The Primrose and Globe and Phoenix gold deposits display typical features of Archean orogenic lode gold systems such as fluid inclusions with low salinity, mixed aqueous-carbonic fluids, formation temperatures between 300 and 400 °C, and a common stable isotope composition of fluid and mineral
Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway a mine only from its intersection with the Harare-Bulawayo Highway and Chemagora is the area where this road branches right from the Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway. Sidakeni is the main village in which the road passes through this side of the Munyati River. It is a 9-foot tarred road and it is the oldest tarred road in Kwekwe District (north). It branches off to the right from Kwekwe-Gokwe Road just past the 73 km and goes past Sidakeni and crosses the Munyati River to join the A5. This is the shortest route for traffic from Harare to Gokwe South District. From the