Hwange Local Board
Frequently Asked Questions
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Business Hours
Monday to Friday
8am to 1pm
2pm to 4:30pm
Weekends & Public Holidays
Closed
Fire and Emergency Services open daily, including on weekends and public holidays
Stray Animals
Hwange Local Board is concerned about the ever-increasing number of livestock (cattle, goats and sheep) roaming around suburbs. These stray animals are not only disturbing the peace of residents, but menacingly destroying vegetable gardens at a number of households....
read moreMining in the National Park Banned
ENVIRONMENT, Climate Change, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu will tomorrow visit areas, which had been earmarked for mining activities within Hwange National Park. The tour by Minister Ndlovu, which is being coordinated by Love for Africa...
read moreIntroduction of E-Newsletter
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) is proud to announce the introduction of its first edition of the monthly e-newsletter. The e-newsletter will contain issues concerning latest developments and activities being undertaken by the local authority towards its drive to offer...
read moreThe Town of Hwange
Hwange Town is endowed with the gift of Mother Nature, situated the closest to Hwange National Park entry points of Sinamatela and Main Camp, it is 100km from the magnificent Victoria Falls and is home to coal mining giants and the Hwange Thermal Power Station.
Formely known as Wankie, Hwange is the hub of coal mining in the country and is in the middle of the Hwange National Park. The town is situated along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. It has direct road and rail links with major urban centers as well as the neighboring countries of Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Mozambique.
The town is home to people of diverse cultures. The majority of the local people can speak an average of six languages, namely, Nambiya, Nyanja, Tonga, Ndebele, Shona and English.
Temperatures range between a mean maximum of 40.0ºC in October and a mean minimum of 12 ºC in July. The rain falls patterns are erratic. The locality enjoys the Savanna Climate though it can be extremely hot at times.
