Sanyati district is one of the two new districts established in 2007 from the larger Kadoma district. It lies in about 120km south west of the city province Chinhoyi and about 140km west of Harare. The district setup covers urban and rural council following the splitting of Kadoma district into Sanyati & Mhondoro Ngezi. The administrative office (DDC’s Office), government ministries and departments are situated in Kadoma city. Sanyati is bordered by Makonde and Gokwe in the north, Kwekwe south, Mhondoro Ngezi and Chegutu in the east. The district comprises of the DDC’s office, the urban & rural municipal council and has around 28 ministerial departments which are: Agritex, health, education, forestry, youth, women affairs, livestock, social welfare, SMEs, P.S. C, Housing, EMA, public works, justice, prisons, labour employment, lands, mines, transport, veterinary, mechanization, ZIMSTAT, E.M.A, labour and disputes, DDF, Cotton research, ZESA, Tel-one and Home affairs.

Sanyati Rural District Council (Sanyati RDC) is the local authority of this district.
Sanyati RDC is a spoke council in the hub and spoke program for gender mainstreaming in local government, mentored by Zvimba RDC. It has a budget for disaster and risk management, and is involved in road maintenance. The council has also installed solar street lights. Sanyati RDC's functions include natural resource management, land matters, water, fisheries, forestry, sewerage, and environmental protection.