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Sustained Engagement Is Key to Addressing Water Challenges in Plumtree

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By Bongiwe Dube On 05 October 2026, Plumtree Town Council issued a notice advising residents and water service consumers that water supplies to property accounts in arrears would be discontinued with effect from 6 October 2026, citing the need to maintain water service delivery on a cost-recovery basis. The notice brought renewed public attention to the […]

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Collaboration Seen as Key to Community Development

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Stakeholders in Plumtree and Gwanda districts, including government officials, traditional leaders, civil society organisations and youth groups, have agreed that collaborative problem-solving is key to tackling the daily challenges facing their communities. civil society organisations, community-based organisations and young people in Gwanda and Plumtree say working together can help communities respond to some of the

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Residents Demand Answers Over Water Crisis

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By Bongiwe Dube Gwanda residents and youth have demanded immediate accountability from municipal authorities over persistent water shortages, using knowledge and confidence gained through CYDT civic engagement initiatives to challenge service delivery failures. Following nearly a week of dry taps across the town, residents moved beyond expressing frustration to directly engaging council officials, questioning technical

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Rise and Shine youths take up poultry farming with CYDT support

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By Bongiwe Dube FIVE youths from Marula in Plumtree have ventured into poultry farming after receiving start-up capital from CYDT in June 2026. The group, known as Rise and Shine, approached CYDT earlier this year seeking financial support to start a poultry project to create a source of income and build sustainable livelihoods. CYDT carefully

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Young Women Engage Leaders as Hlalani Kuhle Clinic Marks a Step Forward in Gwanda

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Since early 2026, CYDT has been conducting a series of Young Women Voices Forums held in Gwanda and Plumtree in which young people engaged Councillors, government representatives, and local leaders to speak plainly about what they face in their communities. What came out of those conversations were service delivery gaps that needed urgent attention from

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Making Clinics Safe for Young Women

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CYDT conducted a series of Youth-Friendly Dialogue engagements from August to December 2025 at local community health centres in Plumtree and Gwanda. These engagements were designed to strengthen the relationship between young people, Village health workers and healthcare providers, particularly in relation to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) services. Before this intervention, many

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Youths Push for a Clean Environment Through Volunteerism

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Gwanda District and surrounding areas are facing a mounting waste management challenge, with plastic waste and discarded cardboard boxes littering roadsides, clinics, shopping centers and public meeting spaces, including the traditional Inkundla gathering areas. These same community hubs serve as venues for the CYDT to conduct activities such as Local Governance Inkundla in Gwanda, as

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Fighting Misinformation on Social Media: Strengthening SRHR Awareness Among Young Women

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CYDT implemented a digital storytelling and online engagement campaign from February to July 2025 across Beitbridge, Gwanda and Umzingwane targeting young women and youth in a busy border province where misinformation about health and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) was increasingly circulating on social media platforms. Many young women were exposed to misleading

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 Young Women Empowerment: Girl Power Clubs Initiative

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A group of adolescent and young women in Gwanda Rural have been supported to remain in education and make informed life choices through a community-based empowerment initiative led by CYDT. The initiative, implemented from January to June 2024, established “Young Women Girl Power Clubs” across rural communities to address challenges related to early marriage pressures,

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