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town's main source of income and business clientele, the farmers and businesspeople, all but disappeared from the scene, leading to a loss of business and income. The settlers who took over the farms failed to fill the gap created by the demise of commercial farms. This led to the collapse of retail businesses and the few industries that were in the town.
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Rural
Council (BTRC) ran the small town. Services were good and infrastructure was solid . But there was a discrepancy in the level and quality of services between the white commercial farms and mainly white low density suburbs and the black high-density, low-income residential township of Kuwadzana.
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The town has three primary schools (Kuwadzana, St
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In 2008 Banket gained international fame following a series of politically motivated abductions of supporters of the opposition party. These included the councillors Fanuel Tembo, Emmanuel
Chinanzvavana, his wife Concillia Chinanzvavana and an infant who was abducted with the mother. The abductees
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Banket grew as a service centre for the surrounding mines and commercial farms, and has suffered from the downscaling of chromite mining in
Zimbabwe. The town further suffered from the expropriation of white-owned commercial farms in the controversial land reform programme that began in 2000. The
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Banket used to boast a soccer team known as Banket United, or simply B.U. and more recently Dzinza. The team reached as high as Soccer
Division One but never made it to the Premier Soccer League.
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In 2007 the local government minister announced plans to turn the administration of Banket over to a town management board, which would put Banket in the same class as such urban centres as
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824:References
797:Beitbridge
711:Zvishavane
686:Umzingwane
676:Tsholotsho
631:Muzarabani
406:Beitbridge
353:Manicaland
251:Murombedzi
146:Population
792:Marondera
586:Mberengwa
566:Marondera
491:Goromonzi
398:Districts
335:Provinces
246:Trelawney
244:, Banket-
168:Time zone
162:estimated
138:Elevation
861:Category
841:Bulletin
787:Chinhoyi
782:Masvingo
752:Bulawayo
671:Shurugwi
651:Rushinga
571:Masvingo
466:Chiredzi
461:Chipinge
451:Chikomba
441:Bulilima
436:Bulawayo
388:Midlands
373:Masvingo
343:Bulawayo
274:Chirundu
218:chromite
198:Chinhoyi
127:District
115:Province
108:Zimbabwe
656:Sanyati
636:Mwenezi
611:Murehwa
551:Makonde
446:Chegutu
416:Bindura
255:ZANU-PF
212:of the
104:Country
79:30°24′E
76:17°23′S
807:Kariba
802:Rusape
777:Kadoma
772:Kwekwe
762:Mutare
747:Harare
706:Zvimba
681:Umguza
666:Shamva
646:Nyanga
626:Mutoko
621:Mutasa
616:Mutare
581:Mazowe
576:Matobo
561:Mangwe
556:Makoni
546:Lupane
541:Kwekwe
531:Kariba
526:Insiza
521:Hwange
516:Harare
506:Gwanda
496:Guruve
431:Buhera
411:Bikita
348:Harare
278:Hwange
210:banket
202:banket
194:Harare
186:Banket
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57:Banket
25:Banket
767:Gweru
721:Wards
696:Wedza
641:Nkayi
606:Mudzi
591:Mbire
536:Karoi
511:Gweru
476:Chivi
421:Binga
284:Sport
173:UTC+2
154:5,698
701:Zaka
661:Seke
501:Gutu
426:Bubi
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