Sanyati is a former native purchase area in the province of Mashonaland West

Mashonaland West

Mashonaland West is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 57,441 km² and a population of approximately 1.2 million . Chinhoyi is the capital of the province.Mashonaland West is divided into 6 districts:* Chegutu* Hurungwe* Kadoma* Kariba...

, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

. Sanyati is a communal area widely known in Zimbabwe for cotton farming. It is located about 92 km north-west of Kadoma

Kadoma, Zimbabwe

Kadoma is a city in Zimbabwe in the Mashonaland West province, 140 km south-west of Harare on the main road to Bulawayo. It was known as Gatooma until 1982....

on the Sanyati River. It is the location of Sanyati Baptist Mission, which comprises Sanyati Baptist Hospital, Sanyati Baptist High School, and Sanyati Baptist Primary School.

The nearby growth point, populraly known as ARDA, has got a hive of activities ranging from welding, carpentry and farming.Sanyati, in the Jese area under chief Hozhele is the home village for the Late Alice Msimanga(Mkwakwa) who is the mother of the founder/executive director of Freestigma Africa Trust ( an NGO which operates in Southern Region of Africa ), Sir Frera Washington. Frera Washington is a Brazilian by origin.