Kwekwe member of parliament (MP) for Kwekwe Central constituency was Emmerson Mnangagwa until his defeat in the elections of 2000. Since then, Blessing Chebundo of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has represented the district in the Parliament of Zimbabwe. Kwekwe politics is mainly dominated by MDC. As with other Zimbabwean towns run by opposition parties, Kwekwe has seen a number of politically motivated incidents in which people have been killed and arrested. Kwekwe Kwekwe ( ), known until 1983 as Que Que, is a city in central Zimbabwe. It is located in Kwekwe District, in Midlands Province, in the
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