Ward 1 Councillor, Mlandu Ncube(MN),is Bulawayo’s youngest councillor nearing the end of his first five-year term in Council. ZDDT News Correspondent Mandla Tshuma(MT)recently spoke to Ncube to understand his experiences as a community leader and what inspired him to get into leadership at a tender age. Below is their conversation in full.
After seeing a home for the destitute being established at the nearby Thorngrove, Mariyeti Mpala, of Tshabalala Extension, felt inspired to something as well for the elderly in Sizinda and Tshabalala townships of Bulawayo.
Over the past weekend, residents from Bulawayo’s Ward 2 teamed-up and tidied up Athlone Cemetery situated in North End, a suburb on the airport road.
Zimbabwe Development Democracy Trust (ZDDT), which enjoys good relations with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), recently donated water glasses and jugs to the latter.
Ward 1, which covers the city centre, received a boost when two of its oldies benefited from ZDDT’s monthly Business Social Credit Scheme (BSCS).
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