Kwekwe the winter season, and warm dry weather from August to mid November. Winters are characterised mainly by their cold nights, with an average minimum temperature of , and are the sunniest time of the year. Kwekwe has always been a festive and social centre with a mild political atmosphere. It is a multi ethnic city. In and around the city one is assured to come across Shona, Ndebele, Karanga, Chewa, Venda, Tonga and Nambya speaking people. Association Football and cricket are the main sports in the city, just as in the rest of the country. Kwekwe hosts one of Zimbabwe's
New towns in the United Kingdom towns, around 20,000 population each — at least 5,000 homes — are planned to be "carbon-neutral" and will use locally generated sustainable-energy sources. Only one site was identified in the announcement: the former Oakington Barracks in Cambridgeshire - the already planned Northstowe development. Local councils will be invited to provide sites for the remaining four towns. The Town and Country Planning Association is advising the government on the criteria and best practice in developing the eco-towns by producing a series of "worksheets" for developers. In September 2014 the CBI called for all political parties to commit to building 10 new