Byo council snubs community groups

THE Bulawayo City Council has turned down a request for a review of allowances paid to its contract workers in the sweeping department citing cashflow problems.

Report by Pamela Mhlanga Own correspondent

According to the latest council minutes, sweepers had written to the local authority asking for a review of their monthly allowances from $200 to $300.

“As community sweeping groups, we have been engaged in cleaning wards for almost a year,” said the sweepers.

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