Gweru District Gweru District Gweru District is a district in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. Gweru District gets its name from Ikwelo River now Gweru River which has the city as its source and primary drainage basin. The name Gweru is a further corruption of the name Gwelo which was a distortion of the original name "Ikwelo" given by the earliest isiNdebele speakers in the late 19th century. Ikwelo was the district because it was not a spot name but rather a name given to a place along the length of the river in question as written by Colonel Carbutt, of Southern
Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway Chemagora-Sidakeni at Masoro Turnoff popularly known as Chinyudze, about 5 km west of Columbina Township. The road connects Zhombe and Gokwe South areas to all parts of the country via its Kwekwe end. It serves Zhombe Communal Land, Chemagora purchase area, Gokwe, Nemangwe, Mutimutema and Sengwa coal mines. There has been improved economic and business growth in areas served by the road over the years. Both Zhombe Joel and Gokwe have experienced economic growth because of the impact of the feeder road. Although there is no railway line to Gokwe, the road network, courtesy of the main R847 Kwekwe-Gokwe, has