{"id":7296,"date":"2024-03-14T12:34:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/zrpnew\/?p=7296"},"modified":"2024-03-14T12:48:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T12:48:34","slug":"matabeleland-south-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296","title":{"rendered":"Matabeleland South Province"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7296\" class=\"elementor elementor-7296\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c96c8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c96c8b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d8a266\" data-id=\"2d8a266\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9be368 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9be368\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Matabeleland South Province is situated in the southern part of the country. Its geographical area is 54 172 square kilometres comprising resettlement, communal and commercial farms. Its headquarters is located in Gwanda town. Matabeleland South Province shares international boundaries with South Africa to the south and Botswana to the west. Internally, the province shares boundaries with Masvingo province to the South East, Midlands province to the East, Bulawayo and Matabeleland North provinces to the North.<\/p><p>The province is composed of three police operational districts namely Gwanda, Beitbridge and Bulilimamangwe. There are 21 police stations, three CID stations, three MBCU stations and three traffic stations, eight police posts, 47 bases and four formal border posts namely Beitbridge, Plumtree, Mphoengs and Maitengwe.It has a population of about 656 319 basing on the 2012 census.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9909943\" data-id=\"9909943\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-042f99b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"042f99b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Officer Commanding Matebeleland South Province<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f979580 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f979580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/images\/placeholder.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22067a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22067a8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e247827\" data-id=\"e247827\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matabeleland South Province is situated in the southern part of the country. Its geographical area is 54 172 square kilometres comprising resettlement, communal and commercial farms. Its headquarters is located in Gwanda town. Matabeleland South Province shares international boundaries with South Africa to the south and Botswana to the west. Internally, the province shares boundaries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-matabeleland-south-province"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Matabeleland South Province - Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matabeleland South Province - Zimbabwe Republic Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Matabeleland South Province is situated in the southern part of the country. Its geographical area is 54 172 square kilometres comprising resettlement, communal and commercial farms. Its headquarters is located in Gwanda town. Matabeleland South Province shares international boundaries with South Africa to the south and Botswana to the west. Internally, the province shares boundaries [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zimbabwe Republic Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-14T12:34:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-14T12:48:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/about-us.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1894\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"219\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ZimEmbassy Addis Ababa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ZimEmbassy Addis Ababa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296\",\"name\":\"Matabeleland South Province - Zimbabwe Republic Police\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/about-us.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-14T12:34:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-14T12:48:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/285ca7de4472faadf4ea9922ff58da91\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/about-us.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/about-us.jpg\",\"width\":1894,\"height\":219},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Matabeleland South Province\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/\",\"name\":\"Zimbabwe Republic Police\",\"description\":\"ZRP\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/285ca7de4472faadf4ea9922ff58da91\",\"name\":\"ZimEmbassy Addis Ababa\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ZimEmbassy Addis Ababa\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Matabeleland South Province - Zimbabwe Republic Police","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Matabeleland South Province - Zimbabwe Republic Police","og_description":"Matabeleland South Province is situated in the southern part of the country. Its geographical area is 54 172 square kilometres comprising resettlement, communal and commercial farms. Its headquarters is located in Gwanda town. Matabeleland South Province shares international boundaries with South Africa to the south and Botswana to the west. Internally, the province shares boundaries [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296","og_site_name":"Zimbabwe Republic Police","article_published_time":"2024-03-14T12:34:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-14T12:48:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1894,"height":219,"url":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/about-us.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ZimEmbassy Addis Ababa","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ZimEmbassy Addis Ababa","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296","url":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296","name":"Matabeleland South Province - Zimbabwe Republic Police","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/about-us.jpg","datePublished":"2024-03-14T12:34:32+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-14T12:48:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/285ca7de4472faadf4ea9922ff58da91"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/about-us.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/about-us.jpg","width":1894,"height":219},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7296#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Matabeleland South Province"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#website","url":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/","name":"Zimbabwe Republic Police","description":"ZRP","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/285ca7de4472faadf4ea9922ff58da91","name":"ZimEmbassy Addis Ababa","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ZimEmbassy Addis Ababa"},"url":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/about-us.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7296"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7301,"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7296\/revisions\/7301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}