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BCC Unveils 2019 Budget

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) last Wednesday unveiled a US$212 million proposed budget for 2019, during a special Council meeting held at the chambers on Wednesday.

Two elderly women from two of Bulawayo’s oldest townships,Njube and Old Lobengula, are the latest recipients of the Zimbabwe Development Democracy Trust (ZDDT)’s on-going Business Social Credit Scheme (BSCS).

The importance of citizen participation in service delivery and governance issues in Zimbabwe, topped the agenda of a service delivery conference held in Bulawayo recently.

ZDDT Community Action Team (CAT) members drawn from across Bulawayo, recently discussed budget priorities for 2019, ahead of the City Council’s consultation meetings.

In an episode that demonstrates the growth and maturity of the Emganwini’s Greenfields GardenLeadership, members rallied around those they elected and successfully repaired a water problem which had dogged them...

ZDDT Staff Members Undergo Training
In a move set to enhance the capacity of the Zimbabwe Developmen Democracy Trust (ZDDT) execute its mandate of citizen engagement and mobilisation for democratic transition, two of the trust’s…
City Council Consults Youth
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC), which is in the process of crafting a budget for 2019 recently, had a special consultative meeting specifically targeted at young people in the city.
City of Bulawayo Thanks ZDDT
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has paid tribute to the Zimbabwe Development Democracy Trust (ZDDT) following the latter’s recent donation of jugs and water glasses for use in the Council Chambers…

Curtain Comes Down on Drama Mentoring Programme
The three-month-long Geraldine Roche Drama (GRD) mentoring programme for the Amazing Stars Arts Academy (ASAA), came to an end last Friday with the presentation of certificates following the final training…
Bulawayo Retains 45% of Councillors
The city of Bulawayo has retained 45 percent of councillors in the new Council which came into office after the watershed July 30 harmonised elections, which saw Zimbabweans turn out…
Mguni Elected Bulawayo Mayor
Bulawayo’s Ward 23 Councillor, Solomon Mguni, has been elected the new mayor for Zimbabwe’s second largest city after garnering 17 votes, beating his contender Norman Hlabano of Ward 26, who…

ZDDT Invited to Councillors Swearing-in Ceremony
The Zimbabwe Development Democracy Trust (ZDDT), which enjoys a Memorandum of Understanding with Bulawayo City Council, had the privilege of being invited to witness the swearing-in of the city’s new…
Bulawayo Councillors Rise to Parliament
Three former Bulawayo councillors, beneficiaries of the Zimbabwe Development Democracy Trust (ZDDT) leadership training programme, have gone a step further from local government to represent their constituents in Parliament.
I Learnt a Lot from the Citizens Dialogue
Elizabeth Mabhena, a Community Action Team (CAT) leader from Bulawayo’s Ward 13, who attended a recent Citizens Dialogue in Mpopoma, has said she learnt a lot at the special meeting.

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BCC Unveils 2019 Budget

Bulawayo Grannies Not Forgotten

Citizen Participation Tops Service Delivery Conference

Community Leaders Discuss Budget Priorities

Emganwini Gardeners Take Ownership

ZDDT Staff Members Undergo Training

City Council Consults Youth

City of Bulawayo Thanks ZDDT

Curtain Comes Down on Drama Mentoring Programme

Bulawayo Retains 45% of Councillors

Mguni Elected Bulawayo Mayor

ZDDT Invited to Councillors Swearing-in Ceremony

Bulawayo Councillors Rise to Parliament

I Learnt a Lot from the Citizens Dialogue