A press reviewer says the Midlands province was once called Butua. FULL TEXT-

Did you know that the Midlands as we know it today was referred to as Butua? The Kingdom of Abutua, known to the Portuguese as the Mãe d'ouro/Mother of Gold was the name of the goldfields around modern day Kadoma and Kwekwe, home of Zim's second richest gold mine @happ_zenge pic.twitter.com/k2q83lXcsF

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