Over 200 residents, drawn from across Bulawayo’s 29 wards, recently thronged the Small City Hall for a chamber feedback meeting organised by the Zimbabwe Development Democracy Trust (ZDDT).
At the invitation of Annah Dube of Woodville in Bulawayo’s Ward 3, two ZDDT field officers, Vusumuzi Chirwa and Ennie Mhangara, visited the area recently to gain an appreciation of what is taking place in as far as service delivery and development is concerned.
Last Thursday, Bulawayo residents marched along the streets of the city calling for peace before, during and after the imminent July 30 watershed polls.
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.
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