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Gungwe Gongwe
village
Motto(s): Pula Aine (a Babirwa motto meaning rain must fall)
GungweLocation of Gungwe
Coordinates: 21°27′28″S 28°53′12″E / 21.457894°S 28.886677°E / -21.457894; 28.886677
Country	Zimbabwe
Province	Matabeleland South
District	Gwanda District
Time zone	UTC+2 (Central Africa Time)

Gungwe(Gongwe) is a village in Gwanda District of Matabeleland South province in southern Zimbabwe.

There is a secondary and primary school, dam, dip-tank, a council hall, clinic, churches and several shops.

The founding Vice-Chancellor of National University of Science and Technology Prof. Phineas Makhurane was born in Gungwe and built his homestead there. The homestead of Chief Mathe is at the village.

The place takes its name from the hill close to the dam. The Bhungapunga river passes through the ward to empty is water in the Thuli river east of the location.

References

1. ^ "Matabeleland South Primary Schools" (PDF). Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 5 February 2024.
2. Dube-Moyo, Yoliswa (1 August 2022). "Gungwe community calls for rehabilitation of Gungwe Dam". The Chronicle (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 5 February 2024.
3. Makwati, Luyanduhlobo (9 December 2018). "Makhurane buried in Gwanda". The Standard (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 5 February 2024.

v t e Gwanda District
Capital: Gwanda
Settlements	Blanket Mine Buvuma Colleen Bawn Fumukwe Gungwe Gwanda Gwaranyemba Hwali Kafusi Lushongwe Manama Matshetshe Mtshabezi Mission Mtshazo Mzimuni Nkwidze Ntalale Vubachikwe West Nicholson Sengezane Shake Silonga Simbumbumbu Sizeze Tuli Towla
Rivers	Bubye River Insiza River Mtshabezi River Mzingwane River Thuli River Umchabezi River
Dams/reservoirs	Buvuma Dam Doddieburn Dam Glassblock Dam Oakley Block Dam Ripple Creek Dam Sukwi Dam Thuli-Makwe Dam Thuli-Manyange Dam Thuli-Moswa Dam
Landforms	Mount Casulet Nshanga Mountain
Transport	A6 road Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway
Protected areas	Thuli Parks and Wildlife Land
Education	Gwanda State University Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic Gwanda High School JZ Moyo High School
Culture and sport	Njube Sundowns F.C. Phelandaba Stadium Ramblers F.C.
Notable people	Dauti Mabusa Phineas Makhurane Eliah Masiyane Austin Moyo Albert Nyathi Lerato Ndlovu Zenzo Ntuliki Arote Vellah-Ncube
Constituencies	Gwanda North Gwanda Central Gwanda South Gwanda senatorial constituency

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