Above: Wisdom Ndlovu and ZDDT's Jasmine Toffa

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. ZDDT student intern, Wisdom Ndlovu, has expressed his gratitude to the Team for imparting invaluable knowledge, life skills and experience during his attachment at the Trust.

Read more: ZDDT says goodbye to Research Officer and intern Wisdom Ndlovu

Above: A Matupula Safaris staff member monitors one of the boreholes that pumps water for the communities in which the Safari enterprise operates

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Armed with the realisation that communal areas in Matabeleland, which are a “Treasure trove” of wildlife, Mark Butcher and his colleagues established a safari company with the sole aim of ensuring that local villagers fully benefit from the natural resources in their communities.

Read more: Zimbabwe's communal residents benefit as wildlife 'pays its way'

Above: Costain Mpala receives a football donation from ZDDT Regional Coordinator, Angela Mason

Gwanda, Zimbabwe. ZDDT is in the process of establishing itself in the rural community of Gwanda and has therefore partnered with another Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Souls Comfort, in a development that will see the proper implementation of ZDDT's interventions in the provincial capital of Matabeleland South.

Read more: ZDDT partners with Souls Comfort in anticipation of increased involvement in Gwanda

The City of Bulawayo will kick off their 2013 Municipal Budget consultations on the 1st of September. Please look at the roster below - this is your chance as citizens to determine how your hard earned money that has made its way to City Hall is actually spent.

Get involved.... (click to enlarge).