Figtree, Zimbabwe

Figtree is a town in Bulilima District, Matabeleland South province, Zimbabwe, about 37 kilometres south-west of Bulawayo on the main road to Plumtree and the Botswana border. It takes its name from a wild fig tree where, in the 19th century, travellers wanting to enter the Matabele Kingdom had to wait for permission to proceed. The only tollgate on the Bulawayo to Plumtree highway stands here, and the small business centre lies about 100 metres off the road. Figtree is the nineteenth ward of Bulilima District, which has 22 wards, and the preliminary 2022 census gave it 4,917 people, making it the sixth largest ward. It has a small residential suburb, Garikai, and Masotsha Primary School.