Kadoma City Council COE

Date: January 27, 2015

Fact file
Country	Zimbabwe
Province/Region	Mashonaland West
Baseline score	56
Post 2015 score (2016); (2020)	(69-Bronze); (63- Bronze)
Population	92,469
Number of women councillors	4
Number of men councillors	12
Joined the COE programme	2012
Anchored Entrepreneurship Programme	Yes
Anchored Hub and Spoke Programme (Year)	Yes (2020)
Summit	2016; 2018; 2020

Situated in a vibrant mining town. The council is synonymous for its Waste management programme. Affectionately known as the ‘City of Gold’, Kadoma City Council has been at the fore of numerous campaign activities on the 50/50 as well as responding to Gender-Based Violence in the community. Visit the council website for more. Kadoma City Council is one of the 18 hub councils in Zimbabwe and has shown great strides in mainstreaming gender in council. The council has gone through its verification exercise. Kadoma is also part of the Sunrise Campaign programme. In June 2020, the council trained 33 female entrepreneurs in hand sanitizer production. The council has developed a COVID19 awareness plan and is raising awareness on COVID19 to community members including the hearing impaired. Kadoma City Council has handed over the hub function to Chinhoyi Municipality.

Read the council 2019 verification report here.

Read the council 2020 entrepreneurship business revival report here.

Read the Mashonaland West hub and Spoke launch report here.

Read the 2020 SADC Protocol@Work Summit report here.