Danan’ombe Monument

Danan’ombe became important after the decline of Great Zimbabwe in the late 1400’s. The Torwa State emerged in the west of modern Zimbabwe with its capital at Khame near Bulawayo in Matabeleland and its outlying centres including Danan’ombe (formerly Dhlo Dhlo) Naletale and Zinjanja (formerly Regina) and Manyanga (formerly Ntabazikamambo) They are all concentrated within 100 kilometres of the Matobo hills.

In 1693 Changamire defeated the Torwa dynasty at Khame near Bulawayo and Danan’ombe became the capital of the Rozvi state until the 1830’s. 

Danan’ombe is photogenic and easily accessible from Shangani off the A5 Gweru to Bulawayo highway on good all weather gravel roads and has an excellent site museum.