Matabeleland area has important gold deposits. Industries include gold and other mineral mines, and engineering. There has been a decline in the industries in this region as water is in short supply. Promises by the government to draw water for the region through the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project have not been carried out. The region is allegedly marginalised by the government. Around the 10th and 11th centuries the Bantu-speaking Bakalanga arrived from the south and settled in Mapungubwe on the Limpopo and Shashi river valleys. Later they moved north to Great Zimbabwe. By the 15th century, the Bakalanga had established a
Define the Great Line early November, the band went on the headlining fall tour with support from Every Time I Die, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and Poison the Well. Prior to the album's release, unfinished versions of the album began circulating the internet, prompting the band to acknowledged the audio files were stolen, but the tracks were not the final versions of the songs. "Define the Great Line" received universal acclaim from critics. Tony Cummings of Cross Rhythms said the release was Underoath's big breakthrough into the mainstream, and Jesus Freak Hideout called the album "the most anticipated release of the year."