Sidakeni

18°26′51″S 29°28′39″E / 18.4475°S 29.4775°E / -18.4475; 29.4775

Sidakeni Ward is ward number 7 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 92 km north-west-north of Kwekwe and 64 km south-west of Kadoma.

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

• Sidakeni Township
• Mangwarangwara Township (kwaChiroro)
• St Peter's Munyati Township (kwaHove)
• Kasawe Township (Kasawi).

Schools

Primary

• Sidakeni Primary School established 1966
• Kasawe Primary School established 1965
• Mangwarangwara Primary School established 1965
• St Peters Munyati Primary School established 1963.^[1]

Secondary

• Sidakeni Secondary School established 1981
• Kasawe Secondary School established 2008.^[2]

Health Center

Sidakeni Clinic is the only health center in Sidakeni Ward. It is staffed by 2 qualified nurse and 2 nurse aides, and it has 2 general beds. It is owned by Zivagwe Rural District Council.

Animal Health Center

There is an animal health care center here that serves wards 6, 7 and 8.

Alumni

• Somandla Ndebele was born and bred in Sidakeni Village, and he also was educated at Sidakeni Secondary School.^[3][4]

References

1. Parlzim Zhombe Constituency 2006. pp11. Diagram1. Ward 8. Primary Schools Yumpu.com | Retrieved 1 January 2016
2. Parlzim Zhombe Constituency 2006. Secondary Schools Yumpu.com | Retrieved 1 January 2016
3. I also assisted Sidakeni Primary in Zhombe by buying computers and sinking boreholes at the school, an initiative that I did with my late father, Mr Naison Ndebele.
4. 2 May 2012 Handisati ndapera _ SN: I developed a passion for music while I was in secondary school at Sidakeni High School in Zhombe. Intimate Moments with ZimMusicians | Retrieved 5 January 2016