{"id":235,"date":"2026-10-11T10:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/?p=235"},"modified":"2026-10-13T01:21:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T01:21:29","slug":"history-traced-as-senator-chief-mutasa-speaks-on-nyanga-chieftainship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/history-traced-as-senator-chief-mutasa-speaks-on-nyanga-chieftainship\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORY TRACED AS SENATOR CHIEF MUTASA SPEAKS ON NYANGA CHIEFTAINSHIP."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"384\" data-id=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot_20261011-123858.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot_20261011-123858.jpg 720w, https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot_20261011-123858-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nyanga: Nyanga was historically for the Mutasa and Katerere clans, with the Saunyama chieftainship gifted through marriage to a daughter of the Mutasa clan, Senator Chief Mutasa has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200e\u200eThese remarks were made during the installation of Headman Sakarombe of the Mutasa clan at Nyamhuka Primary School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Senator Chief Mutasa, the area covering parts of Ward 22, 31 and the National Parks had been left without traditional leadership since the 1890s, when colonial settlers displaced the Mutasa people under Sakarombe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200e\u200eHe added that the remains of Sakarombe were initially buried at Rukotso and were later reburied by his children at Claremont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200e\u200eAnother headman still to be installed is Headman Nyangani, who was described as a child with spiritual powers. Senator Chief Mutasa said the vast Nyangani mountain range was named after him.\u200e\u200e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said Nyangani resided at what is now known as World&#8217;s View, which served as a shrine for Nyangani and the Mutasa people before their displacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200e\u200eSenator Chief Mutasa stated that the whole area belongs to the Mutasa clan and that the installation of Headman Nyangani should come after that of Headman Saruchera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Bright Barwe <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/14uKZMMrpWU\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/14uKZMMrpWU<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nyanga: Nyanga was historically for the Mutasa and Katerere clans, with the Saunyama chieftainship gifted through marriage to a daughter of the Mutasa clan, Senator Chief Mutasa has said. \u200e\u200eThese remarks were made during the installation of Headman Sakarombe of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trending-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239,"href":"https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betheimpactmedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}