Filabusi

Filabusi is a town in Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe, the administrative capital of Insiza District and a service centre for the surrounding mining and farming areas. It lies off the Mbalabala to Mutare road about 98 kilometres southeast of Bulawayo, at an average elevation of 1,087 metres, and takes its water from a weir on the Insiza River. The Filabusi Mining District was a major gold producer, with mines such as Fred and Royal Family, and nickel and asbestos were also mined, but the large operations are now closed and only small scale artisanal gold mining remains. Cattle ranching is the main farming activity. The 2012 census put the population at 1,756.