BCC staff, councillors to undergo diplomacy training

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) senior staff and councillors are set to undergo training on diplomacy and protocol to ensure they do not embarrass council when ministers, ambassadors and other top officials visit.

Council recently engaged consultancy firms and other institutions inquiring on the etiquette, diplomacy and protocol training for city fathers and BCC staff after town clerk Christopher Dube noted a deficiency in the area in council.

This is revealed in the latest council minutes of the general purposes committee report where city fathers agreed council will foot the initial 3-day training of 30 councillors and council staff at a cost of $4 800 by the Zimbabwe Institute of Diplomacy (ZID).

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