Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD), in collaboration with Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA), conducted a meeting with councillors and community ward co-ordinators from Bulawayo, in order to capacitate them with skills in budget analysis. Speaking during the budget analysis,…
Habane residents in Umzingwane Rural District Council (URDC) have called on the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) to first address erratic water supplies before installing water meters in the residential area. One of the residents, Margaret Moyo said water meters…
Women have applauded the Government for approving the Labour Amendment Bill which will ensure that female employees have the right to fully paid maternity leave for a period of three months without qualifying periods and prescribed intervals. Information, Publicity and…
Analysts in Zimbabwe say the country is now in a position to hold its legislative and council by-elections and have called on the President to proclaim both national assembly and local government by-elections, following the recent decrease in new COVID-19…
YOUNG Women should stand up and register to vote, as they can contest as candidates at the age of 21 either as Members Of Parliament (MPs) or Councillors at their Ward, District Elections Officer for Bulawayo Sithembiso Khuphe has said.…
Bulawayo poets have encouraged their counterparts and youths to register to vote so that they are able to participate in the upcoming general elections. Delivering her masterpiece poem, Cwebile Sibanda a female poet in the city urged young people, particularly…
Women and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have rejected Bulawayo City Council’s (BCC) projected tariff increase of 216% in the proposed 2022 budget. Women and CSOs attending the consultation meetings highlighted that this increase was beyond the reach of citizens especially…
Bulawayo City Council concluded its virtual budget consultations yesterday despite objections from residents who complained that the engagement was not effective as only a few can afford data. In a letter to council, Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association cited that physical…
More than 25 percent of under-fives were treated for severe wasting in Zimbabwe from January to August this year, a development which has been worsened by Covid-19 especially in food insecure districts. Wasting and other forms of acute malnutrition are…
Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) in partnership with Intwasa, conducted an Open Mic session which ran under the Intwasa Women’s Day Roundtable. The Open Mic was attended by female creatives in Bulawayo. The event facilitated a roundtable discussion on…