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Matabeleland South

The Province is located on the southern part of the country sharing boundaries with Botswana and South Africa.

  • It poses as a gateway and corridor to most SADC economies and boasts of the busiest inland port of entry in Sub-Saharan Africa handling large volumes of traffic.
  • The Province has a population of 683 893 people and a total of 54 172 km2 .
  • The province has 7 administrative districts with Gwanda as its capital.
  • It has 512 primary schools and 161Secondary schools
  • It has two - 2 universities (Gwanda State and Solusi )
  • It has 133 health facilities, 51 Government- 54 RDCs – 13 Missions – 3 Municipality and 8 Private.
  • It lies in agro- ecological regions 1V and V with erratic rainfall patterns.
  • The province is endowed with a wide range of natural resources and livestock.
  • It is home to a World heritage site - Matopos Hills.

Places to Visit

MATOPOS NATIONAL PARK – largest concentration of leopards and harbours the endangered white rhino

  • Cecil john rhodes grave
  • King mzilikazi grave
  • Chipise hotsprings
  • Lumene falls
  • Matshatshana falls
  • Diana’s pools
  • Danan’mombe ruins
  • The matopos world’s veiw
  • Dlodlo ruins
  • Nkankezi ruins
  • Regina ruins
  • Lusvingo ruins
  • Cultural tourism
  • Njelele cutural shrine
  • Dula shrine
  • Zhilobshrine

TRADE OPPORTUNITIES

  • MINERALS - The Province is endowed with precious minerals such as Gold, Diamonds, Platinum, Salt deposits,Copper,Emralds, Lithium, Tungsten, , Asbestos and Nickel. Vast Untapped deposits of Arsenic, Aventurine, Bismuth, Chromim, Limestone and Coal are also available..
  • LIVESTOCK - the vast open grazing land , rich in sweet grass and good vegetation, allows farmers to produce high quality organic indigenous and exotic cattle and goat breeds. MOPANI WORMS ( amacimbi / madora )- Twice a year people from all over the country come and harvest Mopani worms for reselling in their provinces. This delicacy is found in the seven districts of the province.

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

  • AGRICULTURE – SMALL GRAIN, OIL PRODUCTION(MARULA ,SOYA AND PEANUT), FRUIT JUICE , PEACAN NUT , LIEIGS BEEF CANNING, GOAT PRODUCTION, BEE KEEPING, HERBAL GARDENS, CATTLE BREEDING ( NKONI AND TULI BREEDS )
  • MINING - The Province is endowed with precious minerals such as Gold, Diamonds, Platinum, Salt deposits, Copper,Emralds, Lithium, Tungsten, , Asbestos and Nickel.
  • TOURISM – Availability of state of the art luxury accommodation and tourist attraction areas. EDUCATION- Construction of Gwanda State University.
  • HEALTH- Availability of land for building private hospitals.
  • ENERGY- Gwanda, plumtree and beitbridge solar installation stations.

 

UNIQUENESS 

  • MOPANI WORMS ( amacimbi / madora )- Twice a year people from all over the country come and harvest Mopani worms for reselling in their provinces. This delicacy is found in the seven districts of the province. `
  • DIVERSITY- Matabeleland South boasts of the Venda, Kalanga , Ndebele,Sotho, San , Shangani and Xhosa people. ( cultural tourism )


MATABELELAND SOUTH PROVINCE

KILIPATI/BIGBEN ROAD BOX 146

GWANDA

TEL 0284- 24409

 

 

HON EVELINE NDLOVU - Minister of State for Provincial Affairs 

Permanent Secretary

Provincial Affairs Director