Mabura Ward is ward number 6 of the 33 wards in Zibagwe Rural District Council of Kwekwe District. It is in Zhombe Communinal Land in Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. It is 100 km north-west-north of Kwekwe and 73 km south-west of Kadoma. Its center is at Bee Mine Township but the sitting councillor operates from Samambwa Township.
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Municipality
The Zibagwe Rural District Council runs the ward and at present the ward is represented by a male councillor, on a ZANU-PF ticket.
Shopping Centers
Bee Mine Primary School
Bee Mine Primary School was established 1969.
Samambwa Primary School
Samambwa Primary School is a co-educational school 19 km northeast of Empress Columbina Township. ( 18.32223°S 29.453781°E / -18.32223; 29.453781 (Samambwa Primary School) )
The School was established in 1964.
Its name originated from the chieftain name in which the school is situated, Samambwa. The founder of the chieftainship was Matikidi Thomson Mhandabwe whose alias was Mapfumo . The alias Mapfumo is a Shona word meaning "Spears". Matikidi was a hunter who used spears, unlike his father who kept many hunter dogs. Matikidi's father was nicknamed Samambwa, a Shona language name meaning "the man of many dogs or the one who owns many dogs".
Matikidi himself was a hunter who used spears and many dogs, a profession that enhanced the use of his father's nickname; Samambwa. As for today the name has become the official family and chieftain name, hence Chief Samambwa, and Samambwa village.
Samambwa Primary School offers primary educational services from Grade 1 to 7 over seven years. The age group for pupil is 6 to 13 years. Compulsory subjects are English, Mathematics and Shona. The school also offers various non- examinable practical subjects which include Art and Craft, House Economics, Music, Sports and Physical Education. These practicals are offered according to the school resources.
Graduates from this primary school proceed to Samambwa Secondary School a hundred metres south for a four-year GCE O'Level course.
Somapani Primary School
Somapani Primary School established 1966.
Secondary
Health Center
Other Important Places
(The ward got its name from the Mabura Caves "Vusa Emtoto" near Somapani Primary School in the far north-western end of Zhombe east. The caves are a mine of bat guano.