In a rather rare occurrence in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo Mayor, Martin Moyo, who chairs all monthly chamber meetings, recently recused himself from a session which discussed an application by a local restaurant to extend working hours.
A total of 60 women from the African Methodist Episcopal Church’s Women Missionary Society (WMS), mobilised themselves and embarked on a clean-up campaign, which saw them clean the EF Watson Clinic, situated in Bulawayo’s Mpopoma Township, in Ward 9.
Betty Sibanda, a Ward 15 Community Action Team member in New Luveve, said the ZDDT/Sally Foundation value-addition cooking programme has given them knowledge that they will use for life as mothers, adding she does not regret having participated in the special training.
“We did not know anything, but now we know.” These were the words of Talita Dlamini, 75, of Ward 19 in Old Pumula, when she gave her testimony on the ZDDT/Sally Foundation value-addition cooking programme in which she participated together with other 15 Community Action Team members.
Read more: We Did Not Know Anything, But Now We Know – Talita Dlamini
Bulawayo can develop into a better and more self-sustaining urban centre only if residents of the Matabeleland capital have a sense of ownership of the city, a senior citizen has said.
Read more: Residents Challenged to Have a Sense of Ownership of their City of Bulawayo
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