Business
Residents of Zaka district mainly rely on peasantry farming and support from breadwinners working in big towns and cities. Until recently, teacher and nurses used to be the major sources of formal income to the small economy of Zaka. However, many including the uneducated have fled the country for South Africa.
Jerera growth point accommodates the district administrative offices and is the hub of the district's activity with locally owned shops selling mainly groceries. Other activities include income generating projects like poultry, welding and soap making. NGOs- like CARE International -doing humanitarian work in the district are also based at the growth point.
Though the area suffers erratic power supplies, GSM boosters were recently installed at the growth point and Dambara mountain(Chief Bota's area) by Wireless for its subscribers. The districts boasts of a tarmac road that passes through it to access nearby towns of Masvingo and Chiredzi.
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