PaNyatsime Heritage The Hub of African culture and heritage
Panyatsime Heritage and Cultural Trust is located in Chitungwiza (Harare Province), 37km from Harare central business district. Wholly owned by Zimbabweans, Panyatsime Hills Heritage and Cultural Trust was established with the express aim to effectively contribute towards Zimbabwe’s preservation of her diverse arts and cultural heritage in both tangible and intangible formats. The compelling factor is that the nation’s rich and diverse cultural heritage is under siege owing to the unavoidable twin effects of globalization and urbanization. While it is undeniable that Cultural and Creative Industries (including Heritage) face numerous challenges, chief amongst them being an absence of a robust funding mechanism, the time is nigh to raise the profile of these industries whose propensity to employ a large percentage of people regardless of gender, age, colour or creed is immense. The operations of the Trust are most pronounced through arts, culture and heritage programmes and activities c