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Zimbabwe Rural District Council is a rural local government arm in Kwekwe District created under the Rural District Councils Act: Chapter 20.13.[1][2] It was formed from the amalgamation of the former Kwekwe Rural Council and the Mashambazhou District Council in 1993. An RDC is the administrative equivalent of an urban town council, but for a rural area.
Background
editThere are 60 rural district councils[3] from Zimbabwe's eight non-metropolitan provinces. Midlands Province has eight rural district councils, including Zibagwe RDC.
The district is subdivided into 33 wards, and the registered villagers in each ward elect a councillor to represent them at the district level in the Rural District Council (RDC).
A district is administered by both the district administrator (DA) and the council (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 adviser. Unlike councillors, the DA has significant powers outside the 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 the district level. Its members are elected as provided by the constitution (2013 Constitution section 275.2.b)[4] 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 committees (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 member permanently employed by the council unlike his counterparts, whose terms of office cease just before the next elections; usually theirs are five-year terms.[5]
Leadership
editChief Executive Officer (CEO):
- Farai Machaya[6]
(not to be confused with the Midlands Governor's son[7])
Chairman 2013–2018:
- Clr Chamunogwa Andersen Zvishamira (Ward 32)[8]
Vice-Chairman 2013–2018:
- Clr Jason Deetlefs (Ward 21)
Zibagwe RDC (2013–2018)
edit| Ward No. | Ward Name |
Councilor (alt.) |
Gender | Affiliated to |
Constistituency | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #01 | -- | Sebastian Masengu | m | Zanu-PF | Churumanzu-Zibagwe | |
| #02 | -- | Edson Basilio Mutosvori | m | Zanu-PF | Churumanzu-Zibagwe | |
| #03 | -- | Boneface Vunganai | m | Zanu-PF | Redcliff | |
| #04 | -- | Ranganai Chauke | m | Zanu-PF | Silobela | |
| #05 | -- | Lovemore Siziba | m | Zanu-PF | Silobela | |
| #06 | Mabura | Ernest Tuva Madarani | m | Zanu-PF | Zhombe | |
| #07 | Sidakeni | Benjamibe Moyo | m | Zanu-PF | Zhombe | |
| #08 | Empress Mine | Ambrose Ncube | m | Zanu-PF | Zhombe | |
| #09 | Gwesela West | Mhurai Muzunze | f | Zanu-PF | Zhombe | |
| #10 | Zhombe Central | Josephat Mazhara | m | Zanu-PF | Zhombe | |
| #11 | -- | Mirriam Dube | f | Zanu-PF | Zhombe | |
| #12 | -- | Erasmus Machingura | m | Zanu-PF | Zhombe | |
| #13 | -- | Cafenol Moyo | m | Zanu-PF | Zhombe | |
| #14 | -- | Peter Ncube | m | Zanu-PF | Zhombe | |
| #15 | -- | Elliot Mapfumo | m | Zanu-PF | Silobela | |
| #16 | -- | Martin Sylvester Sibanda | m | Zanu-PF | Zhombe | |
| #17 | -- | Best Moyo | m | Zanu-PF | Silobela | |
| #18 | -- | Muzondiwa M Ndere | m | Zanu-PF | Silobela | |
| #19 | -- | Cleto Chifana | m | Zanu-PF | Silobela | |
| #21 | -- | Jason E Deetlefs | m | Zanu-PF | Silobela | Vice-Chairman |
| #22 | -- | Navison Dube | m | Zanu-PF | Redcliff | |
| #23 | -- | Lovemore Ncube | m | Zanu-PF | Redcliff | |
| #24 | -- | Munashe Majani | m | Zanu-PF | Redcliff | |
| #25# | -- | Stanley Ndlovu | m | MDC-T | Silobela | |
| #26 | -- | Memezi Ncube | m | Zanu-PF | Silobela | |
| #27 | -- | Thabani Nsingo | m | MDC-T | Silobela | |
| #28 | -- | Thabesile Mloyi | f | Zanu-PF | Silobela | |
| #29 | -- | Willard Moyo | m | MDC-T | Silobela | |
| #30 | -- | Elisha Gwatidzo | m | Zanu-PF | Redcliff | |
| #31 | -- | Augustine Ruwizhi | m | Zanu-PF | Churumanzu-Zibagwe | |
| #32 | Donjane | Chamunogwa A Zvishamira | m | Zanu-PF | Zhombe | Chairman |
| #33 | -- | Jabulani Munikwa | m | MDC-T | Silobela |
|SEE 2013_Local Authorities Election Results | External Link
Constituencies covered
edit| Constituency Name |
Member of Parliament (alt.) |
Gender | Total Wards |
Wards | Affiliated to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churumanzu-Zibagwe | Prosper Machando [9] | m | 3 | 1, 2, 31 | Zanu-PF |
| Redcliff | Lloyd Dzikamai Mukapiko[10] | m | 5 | 3, 22, 23, 24, 30 | MDC Alliance |
| Silobela | Mthokozisi Manoki-Mpofu[11] | m | 14 | 4,5, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33 | Zanu-PF |
| Zhombe | Edmore Samambwa[12] | m | 11 | 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 32 | Zanu-PF |
Churumanzu-Zibagwe has only three wards in this rural district. Most of its wards are in Takawira Rural District Council.
See also
editZibagwe RDC (2008–2013)
edit| Ward No. | Ward Name |
2008–2013 Councilor |
Gender | Affiliated to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #04 | -- | Chademana J. J. Ephraim | m | Zanu PF |
| #06 | Mabura | Madarani Ernest Tuwa | m | Zanu PF |
| #07 | Sidakeni | Gambara Boniface Faku | m | MDC Tsvangirai |
| #08 | Nyoni Tennyson | m | MDC Tsvangirai | |
| #10 | Empress Mine | Majaqaba Judith | f | MDC Tsvangirai |
| #11 | -- | Magugu Patson | m | MDC Tsvangirai |
| #12 | -- | Charumbira Phineas | m | MDC Tsvangirai |
| 13 | -- | Moyo Munikelwa Veli | - | MDC Tsvangirai |
| #14 | - | Ncube Sandra | f | MDC Tsvangirai |
| 16 | -- | Mandela Khumbulani | m | MDC Tsvangirai |
| 18 | -- | Ndere Muzondiwa Morris | m | Zanu PF |
| 19 | -- | Muzanenhamo Tsitsi Maria | f | Zanu PF |
| 20 | -- | Moyo Maqhawe | m | MDC Tsvangirai |
| 21 | -- | Mlilo Boyana Laxson | m | MDC Tsvangirai |
| #22 | -- | Sibanda Moffath | m | MDC Tsvangirai |
| #24 | -- | Mahlangu Leo | m | MDC Tsvangirai |
| #25 | -- | Ndlovu Stanley | m | MDC Tsvangirai |
| #27 | -- | Nyathi Misheck Magulangafi | m | MDC Tsvangirai |
| #29 | -- | Moyo Willard | m | MDC Tsvangirai |
| #32 | Donjane | Zvishamira C. Andiseni | m | Zanu PF |
References
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- ^ "National Assembly Constituency 2018, RESULTS OF POLL in respect of Redcliff Constituency" (PDF). ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "National Assembly Constituency 2018, RESULTS OF POLL in respect of SILOBELA Constituency" (PDF). ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "National Assembly Constituency 2018, RESULTS OF POLL in respect of ZHOMBE Constituency" (PDF). ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "SEE 2008 Local Government Election Results: MIDLANDS PROVINCE: Zibagwe RDC". kubatana.net. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016.