The major shopping centre is Machipisa Shopping Centre, this was named after a prominent black businessman (Paul Machipisa); a store bearing his name can still be found at Mbare Musika bus terminus. All the major business people at this centre financially supported the fight for independence. These include Machipisa, Mwaera, Makomva, George Tawengwa – owner of Mushandirapamwe Hotel and others. Mushandirapamwe Hotel was at independence the transitional residence of returning Zanu troops and Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo's – owner of Sharaude Taxi Services, whose regional headquarters is there (Sharaude Taxi Services was instrumental for providing transport and logistics to nationalists and freedom fighters to and from the city). Machipisa grew to be a prominent shopping centre because movement of black people was restricted before 1980, and it was therefore necessary to have a self-sufficient shopping local area. Machipisa Shopping Centre is a well established trading centre that boasts banks (Barclays, CABS, CBZ, POSB, African Century Bank and many new local banks), Night clubs (Saratoga, Jimalo - owned by Philip Chiyangwa's brother Jimmy), Mushandirapamwe Hotel (formerly a 3-star hotel that hosted Cameroon national team during their visit to Zimbabwe in 1990s), City Council Bar with the Gold and Silver rooms where admission demands formal dressing. Machipisa boasts most major grocery shops in Zimbabwe, these include OK, TM, Spar and Lucky 7.
