Mufakose
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Mufakose is the totem of the Hwata Shona people of central Zimbabwe who settled in the Mazoe valley in the early nineteenth century. Three brothers, Shayachimwe Mukombami, Nyakudya Chiweshe and Gutsa left their ancestral lands under Nyashanu in Buhera. After settling down in the Harare-Mazoe area, Hwata Shayachimwe Mukombami abandoned his father's chidawo (praise name) of Museyamwa, and adopted the praise name Mufakose. All descendants of Hwata dynasty are called Shava, Hwata Mufakose.
A suburb in Harare, Zimbabwe,called Mufakose is named after the Hwata dynasty.
Mufakose is also the name of a constituency of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, that encompases the suburb of that name. The modern Hwata people from Guruve are now living in diaspora. The Mundowa family (2011) and many others can trace their lineage to Hwata Shayachimwe Mukombamwi. Muringayi/Muringai clan now living in mhondoro under chief Nyamweda (shava mufakose)