Zimbabwe Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 1840 the Society's work was held in such high regard by Queen Victoria that she granted her permission for the SPCA to be entitled the Royal Society for the Preventions of Cruelty to Animals. At that time, only a single Inspector had been appointed in London. By 1842 several requests had been received from other areas for the appointment of additional Inspectors. The first SPCA Centre to be officially registered as a Welfare Organisation in Zimbabwe was Bulawayo in 1967, followed by Kwekwe, Harare and Masvingo in the same year, Mutare in 1968 and Gweru in 1969. The smaller centres
Kwekwe District Council and Kwekwe City Council. This part is run by a Rural District Council, the rural equivalent of an urban council formed by the Local Government according to Chapter 29.13 of the Rural District Councils Act. The rural part of Kwekwe District is governed by Zibagwe Rural District Council. Kwekwe, then spelt "Que Que", was called Sebakwe before the assumption of the name Que Que hence Zibagwe Rural for Kwekwe Rural. Kwekwe District has a total of 67 wards: Kwekwe Municipality has 15 wards; Redcliff Municipality has 9 wards yet Redcliff Constituency has 13 wards; Zibagwe RDC has a total