Shurugwi

Shurugwi, originally known as Selukwe, is a small mining town and administrative centre in Midlands Province, about 350 kilometres south of Harare and 32 kilometres south of Gweru, to which it is joined by a branch railway. The British South Africa Company and Willoughby's Consolidated Company founded it in 1899 on the Selukwe Goldfield, and the district is still a centre for gold, chrome and platinum, with ZIMASCO and the Unki platinum mine among the largest employers. The town stands on the mineral rich Selukwe Schist Belt at around 1,440 metres, and the winding Wolfshall Pass, locally called Boterekwa, is its best known landmark. The 2022 census counted 23,304 inhabitants.