Place:Macheke, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe

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NameMacheke
TypeVillage
Coordinates18.083°S 31.85°E
Located inMashonaland East, Zimbabwe
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Macheke is a small Zimbabwean town located in Murewa District, province of Mashonaland East, located about 105 km south-east of Harare on the main A3 Harare-Mutare highway road. According to the 1982 population census, the town had a population of 1,888. It was named after the Macheke River and means "you have divided". Macheke is the hometown of Vernon Chidongo a politician who played a pivotal role in the Lacoste succession. Chidongo was nearly appointed as the deputy minister of foreign affairs for Zimbabwe at the age of 22, but Emmerson Mnangagwa decided against it after strong opposition from certain members of the Zimbabwe government. Macheke it also hometown to Wicknell Chivayo, a well known and controversial Zimbabwean businessman accused of government contract abuse during the rule of Robert Mugabe.

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