The Zambezi Belt is an area of orogenic deformation in southern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe. It is a segment of a broader belt lying between the Congo Craton and the Kalahari Craton, which also includes the Lufilian Arc and the .The eastern margin of the belt interacts with the north-south . The Mwembeshi Shear Zone forms the northern boundary of the Zambezi Belt, separating it from the Lufilian Arc.The shear zone also dates to the Pan-African orogeny.It allowed a change in the structural vergence, or direction of folding, between the Zambezi Belt and the Lufilian Arc.