The young people and women from Chiredzi West Constituency Ward 18 have urged the Chiredzi Rural District Council to prioritize their needs and demands in the council’s 2024 budget. Speaking during the well-attended Chiredzi Rural District Council 2024 budget consultation meeting held by the council officials at Rutanga on the
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There was an outcry over the implementation of Zunde RaMambo activities in Zaka district ward 8 by the traditional leaders. During one of the Zunde RaMambo activities, 18 community members failed to attend citing different reasons including, low yields leading people to lose faith in participating in the activities, poor
As Zimbabwe is about to conduct harmonized elections scheduled for August 2023, cases of political violence are increasingly witnessed by cases of intimidation’s, unlawful arrests, harassment and threats recorded on a daily basis. Masvingo province has become a hot spot for political violence as witnessed in the previous election. In
COTRAD has embarked on the ConversationNotConfrontation campaign in Masvingo province in Chiredzi and Masvingo central districts in light of skyrocketing cases of Politically Motivated Human Rights Violations (PMHRV). The surge in PMHRVs comes at a time Zimbabwe is earmarked to conduct national harmonized elections scheduled for 23 August 2023. The
Masvingo district community members raised concern over an increase in human rights violations in the district. This was highlighted during a community dialogue meeting organized by Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD) in Masvingo district ward 18 in June 2023. Community members openly said, there is a group called Forever
The youth in Zaka district ward 19 are playing a critical role in supporting the construction of Chipezeze Secondary school in Chipezeze village under Chief Ndanga. In early 2019, the Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD) community structures under the portfolio committee on education, conducted a survey on accessibility of
Serious water shortages have hit communities in Masvingo central wards 16 and 18. This has been necessitated by the breakdown of the few existing boreholes and the failure to repair the boreholes by the Masvingo Rural District Council (RDC). The villages that are mostly affected are Gundiro, Chijaka, Mupasiri, Chineka,
The video skit explains the importance of inclusion of youth in local development committees and the role of public officials (Stencil) in improving youth (Bhiro) leadership skills and capacity.