Gokwe Centre
| Gokwe Town | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
| Nickname(s): Gokwe Centre | |
| country |
 Zimbabwe
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| Province | Midlands |
| District | Gokwe South |
| Time zone | Central Africa Time (UTC+2) |
Gokwe Centre is a rural small town in the Midlands province in Zimbabwe. The town is usually referred to as "Gokwe Centre" because the larger region is called Gokwe.
Gokwe was originally a government station. It housed a district commissioner, police, hospital, veterinary services and other government rural agencies. Primarily for the administration of the district, it was also the base for the control of the tsetse fly and its associated lethal disease trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).
The place was proclaimed a Growth Point in 1980 under the government's growth points policy.
Gokwe town is a success case of the government's growth point policy whose results in July 2007 culminated in the proclamation by the state that it becomes a town.
Gokwe Growth Point then run by the Gokwe South Rural District Council rapidly turned into a town skipping the Rural Service Center status because of its rapid developmental rate courtesy of the Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway which brought a much needed connectivity to all parts of Zimbabwe through its Kwekwe end link into to the A5 Harare to Bulawayo highway.
The step to establish the administrative machinery of the town included the putting in place of a commission appointed by the minister for local government in terms of the urban councils act Chapter 29.15.9.2(b). This appointed commission was to run office until the coming in of elected councilors.
The delimitation team divided Gokwe Center into 6 wards for the 2008 harmonized elections. Consequently, six councilors were elected, and as required two special interest councilors were appointed by the minister in terms of the urban councils act to form the first ever Gokwe Town Council.
From the 2013 harmonized elections Gokwe Town Council is set in place and run according to the Urban Councils Act Chapter 29:15.
Gokwe Town Council is affiliated to the Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe and Councilor Esther Senga of Ward 3 (Green Valley) is a committee member of the Presidential Committee of UCAZ.
2008 Local Government Election Results: MIDLANDS PROVINCE: Gokwe Town
1 Tangwara Onias ____ MDC Tsvangirai
2 Sibanda Sithabiso___ MDC Tsvangirai
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