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Willowvale gave its name to the 1988-89 "Willowgate" scandal, in which government officials were using their positions to purchase foreign automobiles from a Willowvale car company and then reselling them at high profits. The sales were exposed by
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in a series of investigative reports, and led to a national scandal and commission of inquiry. A provincial governor and five ministers of the government of President
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and electronics. However, the suburb is best known as home of the city's Tobacco Auction Floors, located on Gleneagles Rd, and the world's largest
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auction. The floors are open to visitors with auctions and trading activity being the highlight of a visit.
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Willowvale is home to numerous manufacturing businesses, notably in food production,
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era but today is home to mostly black Zimbabweans and the descendants of
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Willowvale, Eastern Cape
industrial suburb
Harare
Zimbabwe
Southern European
post war
Malawian
Mozambiquean
Zambian
vehicles
textiles
tobacco
Willowgate
Chronicle
Geoffrey Nyarota
Davison Maruziva
Robert Mugabe
Maurice Nyagumbo
The Rough Guide to Zimbabwe
ISBN
9781858285320
The Rough Guide to Zimbabwe
ISBN
9781858285320
"Zimbabwe Reads of Officials' Secrets"
Archived
Shattered Dreams
ISBN
9781452043944
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