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Mayor yet to meet target

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THE Bulawayo City Council yesterday said it had not yet reached its target to raise $150 000 for this year’s Mayor’s Christmas Cheer Fund that will be distributed this Friday to vulnerable groups in the city.

THE Bulawayo City Council yesterday said it had not yet reached its target to raise $150 000 for this year’s Mayor’s Christmas Cheer Fund that will be distributed this Friday to vulnerable groups in the city.

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Speaking during a donation of goods to the cheer fund by the Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, the mayor Patrick Thaba Moyo said the fund was meant to benefit the less privileged.

“We have not yet reached our target of $150 000 for the cheer fund, but we are happy to see people donating something to the less privileged,” he said.

“These things will go a long way in cheering up the kids this festive season.”

The donation worth $3 000 comprised books, toys, bibles and T-shirts.

A representative of the church, Tasara Makasi, said they counted it as a blessing to give to the cheer fund every year and to the city as a whole.

Last year the church officially handed over 10 boreholes to the local authority as part of efforts to mitigate the city’s water problems.