Gweru
Gweru is Zimbabwe's
third largest and most central city. It houses approximately 200,000
inhabitants and is the capital of the Midlands Province. Gweru
is a thriving industrial, commercial, agricultural and educational
centre with all the modern amenities that one would expect. It
is situated on the main link of rail between Bulawayo and Harare
and is the principal rail junction with lines radiating to Masvingo,
Shurugwi, Zvishavane and the Lowveld.
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Gweru is
Zimbabwe's main import/export centre as well as being the most
accessible industrial centre to overseas markets through South
Africa to the South and Mozambique to the east.The first stands
of what was to become Gweru City were surveyed in June 1894.
Since that time Gweru has progressed from a Sanitary Board to
Municipal status on 18th June, 1914 and it attained City Status
in October 1971. |
The investor
or visitor may wonder what Gweru is like to live in or what it
has to offer in the form of leisure. Gweru has its own special
attraction as one of the most hospitable cities for a stop over
or stay. The local people prefer a more leisurely pace, enjoying
the luxuries of a five-minute drive from home to work and it is
a city with a way of life where there is still room to manoeuvre,
to initiate plans, develop them and see them achieved.
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