Matabeleland chapters in Bulawayo, Lupane and other districts of Matabeleland. Matabeleland Modern-day Matabeleland is a region in Zimbabwe divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo and Matabeleland South. These provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers. The region is named after its inhabitants, the Ndebele people. Other ethnic groups who inhabit parts of Matabeleland include the Tonga, Kalanga, Venda, Nambia, Sotho, Tswana and Khoisan. As of August 2012, according to the Zimbabwean national statistics agency ZIMSAT, the southern part of the region had 683,893 people, comprising 326,697 males and 356,926 females, with an
HMS Zambesi (R66) Flotilla, based at Rothesay. Between 1953 and 1954 she was given a refit at Penarth, before being held at reserve at Cardiff until 1959. In 1959 "Zambesi" was placed on the Sale List and she was sold to Thos W Ward for breaking-up. On 12 February 1959 she arrived in tow at their yard at Briton Ferry, Wales. "Zambesi"s bell was presented to St Cuthbert's Church in Portsmouth in 1959, where it still survives. HMS Zambesi (R66) HMS "Zambesi" was a Z-class destroyer. She has been the only Royal warship to bear that name. She was launched on 21 December