Maphisa

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Coordinates: 21°03′S 28°26′E / 21.050°S 28.433°E / -21.050; 28.433
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Maphisa
Khezi-Maphisa(KZM)
Town
Motto: 
Sisebenzela Intuthuko
UTC+2 (CAT)
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Maphisa (formerly known as

Cecil John Rhodes's grave are 84km and 65km respectively North East of Maphisa. The Matobo national park, a World Heritage Site is located 50km North East of Maphisa. SADC
Icrisat is located 70km North East of Maphisa.

Location and history

Maphisa is located about 110 km south of

Antelopes which were common in the area before human settlements. Maphisa is also a site of Antelope gold mine which started operating in 1913 but closed in 1919. This mine was also used as a place for Executing Ndebele people during 1983-87 Gukurahundi genocide, it is said People were thrown inside the mine shaft dead or alive.[2] The mine was established on the site of ancient African workings which were first discovered by local people in the 1890s and the first claims were pegged in 1894.[1]

Modern town

The modern town serves as a commercial centre for the surrounding area and the Semukwe communal land. The town of Maphisa draws water from the nearby

Roman Catholic operates a mission school Minda High School
. There is a facility at Minda Mission for Accommodation - Sikhetimpilo Centre.


There is a government run district hospital in Maphisa and The Salvation Army runs a hospital in Tshelanyemba, some 34km south of Maphisa. Bordering Maphisa to the west is ADA(at times referred to as ARDA) which is the Agricultural Development Authority and used to be called Tilcor before 1980s.ADA at its peak provided employment for a large number of people together with the mines in the area.

Antelope Mine is, like a number of other mining areas in Mthwakazi, a centre of settlement for members of the Chewa People. They migrated to the then British colony of Southern Rhodesia in the 1950s from Northern Rhodesia (the present-day Zambia) and Nyasaland (now Malawi) to work as migrant labourers in the mineral extraction and agricultural industries.[3]

During the Zimbabwean government's

ZAPU prisoners were discovered in the abandoned mineshaft.[5]

References

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  4. ^ Simpson, John (7 May 2008). "Tracking down a massacre". BBC News. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Mass grave discovered in Matabeleland". Independent Online. 28 September 1999. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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