IGreat Zimbabwe yindawo etholakala endaweni yaseningizimu mpumamalanga yeZimbabwe eseduze komfula uKyle edolobheni leMasvingo. Kucatshangelwa ukuba le ndawo yayiyisigodlo[1] sombuso othize ongaziwayo.Ukwakhiwa kwesigodlo kwaqala ngesikhathi kuqala isentshuri yesitshiyagalolunye kwaqhubeka kwaze kwalahlwa ngesentshuri yetshumi lanhanu .Kukholwa ukuba izkhiwo ezinkulu zakhiwa ngamaShona.Ubude bendawo bungaba ngama square kilomitha angu 7.22 okuyindawo enkulu engagcina abantu abedlula inkulungwane ezingamatshumi lasitshiyangalombili (18000)e.IGreat Zimbabwe ibukwa njengenye yezindawo njengendawo abathi yiWorld Heritage Site ngabe UNESCO[2].
IGreat Zimbabwe kukholakala ukuba bekuyindawo ebisetshenziswa njengesigodlo sombuso wamakhosi esizwe esithile.Ngaleso sizatho,indawo le yayisetshenziswa njengesihlalosezombusazwe. Imiduli kanye lezindonga zeGreat Zimbabwe ziyisimanga njalo zinde okungaba ngamamitha alitshumi lanye(11m) Izindonga lezi zakhiwa ngamatshe omileyo kungela daka.Ngokuyakwesikhathi idolobho leli latshiywa lawa laba lunxiba.
Umbhalo wakuqala omayelana lamanxiwa eGreat Zimbabwe walotshwa ngo 1951hnguVincentPegado,owayengumkhokheli wenkamba yebutho lePortuguese,eSofala, Mozambique.Abelungu baseEurope bayivakatshela lindawo ngokwakuqala ekupheleni kwe sentshuri yesitshiyagalolunye.ukuchwayisisa kwendawo le kwaqala ngo 1871 Ngokuya kwesikhathi izichwayisiso kanye lezifundo mayelana lendawo le zaqala ukuletha udwetshu kwezeAkhiyoloji.Ubuso weRhodesia usala ukuba kuthiwe abanikazi bendawo abangama Afrikha yiwo akha leya ndawo.IGreat Zimbabwe iyindawo enanzelelwa nguhulumende weZimbabwe .