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Zibagwe Rural District Council is a rural local government arm in Kwekwe District created under the Rural Didstict Councils Act: Chapter 20.13. It was formed from the amalgamation of the former Kwekwe Rural Council and the Mashambazhou District Council in 1993. It is the equivalent of the urban town council and does for rural people what the town council does for urban people.
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Background
There are 60 rural district councils from Zimbabwe's 8 non-metropolitan provinces. Midlands Province has 8 Rural District Councils of which Zibagwe RDC is one.
The district is subdivided into wards and the registered villagers in a particular ward elect a councillor to represent then at district level in the Rural District Council (RDC).
A district is administered by both the District Administrator (DA) and the RDC. The DA exerts considerable influence within council. He is a senior civil servant employed according to the Public Service Commission regulations. He attends council meetings as a non voting observer and advisor. Unlike councillors the DA has significant powers outside council in as much that he is involved in the appointment of chiefs.
The Rural District Council is the only democratic rural local governance body at district level. Its members are elected as provided by the constitution (2013 Constitutiin section 275.2.b.) and all so elected from each ward form a rural district council which is the equivalent of the urban town council.
Each elected councillor chairs the Ward Development Committee "(WADCO) or (WDC)" at ward level. Other members of the WADCO are locally appointed from committee members of Village Development Commities (VIDCO).
The CEO is appointed by the RDC and approved by the minister or the minister might do both. The CEO exerts significant authority and even administers the oath of office for councillors and keeps the minutes of meetings. He is a senior staff permanently employed by the council unlike his counterparts whose term of office cease just before the next elections; usually theirs is a 5 five-year term.
Leadership
Farai Machaya (not to be confused with the Midlands Governor's son)
Clr Chamunogwa Andersen Zvishamira (Ward 32)
Clr Jason Deetlefs (Ward 21)
Zibagwe RDC (2013 - 2018)
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Churumanzu-Zibagwe has only 3 waeds in this rural district. Most of its wards are in Takawira Rural District Council.