About Us

Chikomba District (Mashonaland East Province), Chikomba District (Mashonaland East Province), is strategically located on the Zimbabwean map; 142km from Masvingo and 144 km from Harare along the highway to Harare.District is gateway to many neighboring countries namely South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Zambia hence existence of the national commercial route (Harare-Chivhu-Masvingo & Beitbridge. Chikomba District borders with Seke District to the North, Wedza District to the North-East, Buhera District of Manicaland Province to the South East, Gutu District of Masvingo Province to the South, Chirumuhanzu District of Midlands Province to the South West and Mhondoro-Ngezi District of Mash West to the West.

Chikomba Rural District Council (CRDC) was established in 1993 through the state-mandated amalgamation of four predecessor councils, a process enabled by the Rural District Council's Act (Chapter 29:15). This consolidated the former Chikomba District Council, Charter, Chivhu, and Featherstone Rural Councils into a single, unified local government entity. This restructuring was part of a broader national policy to streamline sub-national governance and devolve administrative authority.

Grounded in a critical analysis of the 2022 Population and Housing Census and current socio-economic data, Chikomba RDC strategically formulated a Master Plan to address district-specific realities. This empirical foundation is intended to operationalise good governance and equitable service delivery, thereby making a direct contribution to the national objectives of Vision 2030 and the broader devolution agenda.

 

Our Core Values

 
 

CHIKOMBA RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL CLIENTS CHARTER

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    Local Economy and Investment opportunities

    Crop farming is the main economic activity in Chikomba. However cattle ranging, piggery, small livestock farming, poultry, Fishery, brick moulding constitute some of the economic activities in Chikomba District.

    Despite standing deep in the central beef lands surrounding it and on flatlands ideal for massive irrigation projects Chikomba still waits on a dream of having an agro-processing industry Fort Charter or Enkledorn, as Chivhu was known before Independence, albeit being one of the country's oldest urban settlements has an imaginable economic worth concealed in its strategic location

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