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Ruwa is a town in Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe, situated 23 km south-east of the capital Harare on the main Harare-Mutare highway and railway line. Ruwa falls within the Harare metropolitan Province and was officially established as a Growth Point in 1986 in terms of the Acts, Income Tax Chapter and Sales Tax Chapter. It was granted the Local board status through a warrant in 1990.
/ref> Its first local authority, the Bromley-Ruwa Rural Council (BRRC) was set up in 1950.
After Zimbabwe's Independence, the Bromley-Ruwa Rural Council (BRRC) was renamed as the Goromonzi Rural District Council. In the decades following independence, Ruwa developed rapidly becoming a popular residential area with low, medium and high density spaces for people moving out of Harare. Officially, Ruwa was established as a growth point from 1986 to 1990 in terms of the Acts, Income Tax Chapter (23:06) and Sales Tax Chapter (23:08). In 1990, it was declared an urban area under the administration of the Ruwa Local Board (RLB) which was set up in September of the same year. It officially gained town status in 2008.
The Ruwa Scout Park which hosted the Central African Jamboree in 1959 is located nearby.
Ruwa falls within the Seke Rural constituency and in the 2005 parliamentary election elected Phineas Chihota with a majority of over 6000 votes.
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