Tsholotsho

Tsholotsho is a business center in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 65km north-west of Nyamandhlovu,and 98km north-west of Bulawayo as the bird flies, in the Tjolotjo communal land. Districts around Tsholotsho include Lupane, Hwange, and Plumtree. Before Zimbabwe’s independence Tsholotsho was named Tjolotjo, a name which still stands as one of Tsholotsho’s nicknames up to Today. It is believed the name Tsholotsho was given by members of King Mzilikazi’s entourage during the Ndebele invasion of Zimbabwe. Back then the area was occupied by the San and the... name Tsholotsho was derived from the San word “Holohou” meaning the head of an elephant. The area was originally inhabited by the Maswara bushmen who were not true bushmen but a mixture of the bushmen and the local tribes. Tjolotjo received its name during the trek into Matabeleland by Mzilikazi as he led his nation from the south in search of new pastures and lands for his people as they fled from the Boers in the Transvaal.
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