Famous Residents
Several people of prominence in civil society and government have emerged from Wedza. These include Aneas Chigwedere the historian, former Warriors coach Sunday Chidzambwa, Zifa Chairman Wellington Nyatanga, army general Constantine Chiwenga, Shona sculpture gallery owner and art collector Rex Mhiripiri, radio personalities Eunice Goto and Dr Zobha and journalists Tarzzen Mandizvidza and Asel Gwekwerere.
Emerging figures include Zimbabwe footballer Tapuwa Kapini.
Michael Masanga, owner of Zimwaves radio (http://www.zimwavesradio.net) became the first African to make an automatic forex trading robot ( http://www.forex.netbrowse.net). Masanga hails from St Barnabas Ushe but his parents resettled at Chigwedere near the growth point. He also runs Africa's largest search engine http://www.netbrowse.net which offers free e-mail, adwords type advertisement etc.
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