Office Savings Bank, AgriBank Zimbabwe and ZB Bank Limited. Population According to the 1982 Population Census, the town had a population of 4,874. The town chiefs refused to acknowledge the results of the 1992 census as they felt they had been undercounted. Officially, that disputed figure was 10,565. In 2012, the national population census enumerated the towns population was at 20,226. Most residents of Gwanda are ethnically Ndebele, and isiNdebele and English are the languages most commonly spoken. There are also Shona and Basuto peoples in Gwanda. Notable people The former president of Zambia, Rupiah Banda, was born in this town, in a place called Miko. Professor Thomas Tlou of the University of Botswana, former Botswana Ambassador to the U.N., was born in Gwanda. He was also co-author with Alec Campbell of History of Botswana. See also Gwanda District Harare Limpopo River References External links Economic burden of malaria on rural households in Gwanda District, Zimbabwe Published: 28 August 2017. Provincial capitals in Zimbabwe Populated places in Matabeleland South Province Gwanda District