Riverside
Named from the original estate, which lay beside the (Little) Umguza River.
Riverside kept the name of the estate it was built on, which lay beside the Umguza. The earliest description calls it the Little Umguza; Wikipedia’s version says the Umguza.
What we don’t know yet
Which river is it? If you grew up in Riverside, tell us about it.
Sources
- Bulawayo’s suburb names, N to Z
- Bulawayo — Wikipedia, suburbs table, which reproduces much of the same wording
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