Gweru 183 km from Masvingo, 471 km from Beitbridge, and 275 km from Harare. Road names used are by destination only, for example the Harare-Gweru Road. There are only mainroads, no highways or freeways. Brendan Ashby, Olympic swimmer × Maxwell Dube, Footballer × Edmore Makozho,Socialite Parliament Research Department, Gweru Urban Constituency Profile, 'Parliament of Zimbabwe', Published: 2011, Retrieved: 28 Apr 2014 Gweru Gweru (named Gwelo until 1982) is a city in central Zimbabwe. Located near the geographical centre of the country, it is the capital of Midlands Province. Originally an area known to the indigenous Ndebele as "The Steep Place" because
Tournament of the Towns but in 1984 it gained recognition when it became a sub-committee of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Diplomas are awarded by the Central Committee to students who have achieved high scores (after their papers have been rechecked by the Central Jury). Different certificates are also awarded by Local Committees. Students performing outstandingly (higher than Diploma) receive an invitation to the Annual International Mathematics Tournament of Towns Summer Conference where during several days they participate in team research projects consisting of the sequence of related problems. Tournament of the Towns The Tournament of the Towns ("International Mathematics Tournament of the Towns",