Meanwhile, training workshops were held in Emabuthweni (ward 13), Emganwini (ward 26), Nketa 6 and 8 (ward 24), Nketa 7 and 9 (ward 25), and Luveve (ward 15). Participants in the workshops were trained in participatory budgeting and gender budgeting. The trainings are part of the second phase of the Residents Leadership Development Programme under which residents’ leaders in all the 29 wards in Bulawayo are being trained in participatory budgeting, gender budgeting, the Urban Council’s Act and the Environmental Management Act.
During the first phase, residents were trained in leadership, local governance, peace building, elections, public policy and advocacy, and documentation.