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Council Profile-HISTORY: Gokwe is relatively a new town which was established by statutory Instrument 170 of the 2006 proclamation 6 of 2006. The town evolved out of Gokwe South Rural District Council. Because of its rapid developmental rate it is one of the few urban settlements in Zimbabwe
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The delimitation team divided Gokwe Center into 6 wards for the 2008 harmonized elections. Consequently, six councilors were elected, and as required two special interest councilors were appointed by the minister in terms of the urban councils act to form the first ever Gokwe Town
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Zimbabwean culture and media as a place that is backwards or undereducated. A lot of memes usually make reference to the phrase "Gokwe yazviita zvakare", which translates to "Gokwe has done it again." Gokwe is basically the Zimbabwean equivalent of the USA's Ohio
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Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) is one other ministry working flat out because all the water that the town needs for both domestic and industrial needs is borehole water. There are no nearby dams to supply the town with cheap
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Cllr Esther Senga elected councilor for Ward 3 in Gokwe Town Council in the June 2013 harmonized elections. Is a Committee Member of the Presidential Committee of UCAZ.
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recommendations on such matters concerning local government in that area as the council or the Minister, as the case may be, may direct.'
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1476:Categories
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1388:Byron Hove
1094:Gokwe Map
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716:(nyaradzaB
660:campaign.
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1344:Education
1291:Landforms
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884:(Cottco),
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995:See also
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1174:Econet
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787:Gwanda
700:Sasame
304:Month
269:Harare
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744:Plots
551:763.1
546:177.5
496:167.7
491:182.6
343:Year
195:UTC+2
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