George Tawengwa, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

George Tawengwa

Zimbabwean businessman

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1915

Date of Death: 13-Apr-1982

Nationality: Zimbabwe

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About George Tawengwa

  • George Tawengwa (born 6 March 1915 – died 13 April 1982 in Harare) was the first black millionaire (in US dollars) in Zimbabwe, a prominent businessman who was engaged in transport, retail, hotel and agriculture industries.
  • He was the owner of the Mushandirapamwe Hotel in Highfield, Harare and others.
  • In 1960 he was the first black person to purchase a 1,872.0-hectare commercial farm (Zimdale farm in Marondera) from a white farmer, in the then colonial system by a racist white minority of Southern Zimbabwe To mark another historic milestone, having purchased five farms (Sheba, Shaka Hills, Billiard and two others) in one transaction, Tawengwa and his wife Mabel Rose Tawengwa (née Gwanzura - of Shava totem) were featured in a 1977 edition of the Rhodesia Herald (currently The Herald Zimbabwe) as a prominent couple in the African business community.

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