VaTakawira vakazvarwa ku Chirumanzi, Victoria district mugore 1916. Vakadzidza muzvikoro zveRhodesia vakazonorava zvokuva mudzidzisi ku Mariannhill muguta re Natal, South Africa. VaTakawira vakazova Headmaster we Chipembere Government School kuHighfield. Vakazosiya basa rokudzidzisa vachinoshanda na Colonel David Stirling we Capricorn Africa Society, uko vakanoitwa Executive Officer.