Published by the government of Zimbabwe
1 December 2008
Harare — Most parts of Harare - including the city centre - did not get water yesterday amid claims by Zinwa staff that the authority had stopped pumping after it ran out of one of the essential chemicals, aluminium sulphate.
Aluminium sulphate is used to clarify water, but its supply has been erratic in recent weeks.
No official comment could be obtained from Zinwa last night as its senior officials could not be reached.
Only Harare water general manager Engineer Lisben Chipfunde was reachable, but he declined to comment saying he was on leave.
But Zinwa workers at Warren Control said there was no pumping at Morton Jaffray Waterworks, but could not say when pumping would resume.
Other Zinwa sources said the water authority had "yet to receive a consignment of chemicals imported from South Africa through funding from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe".
Zinwa recently received $374,2 quadrillion to address the water crisis, particularly in the southwest of the city, hit by a cholera outbreak centred on Budiriro
Government also paid 8,7 million rand on behalf of Zinwa for the importation of water treatment chemicals.
In an interview yesterday, the Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr David Parirenyatwa, said the Government and its partners were still compiling the latest cholera statistics.
"I continue to worry over the water situation and sewer reticulation in the country, especially during the current rainy season," he said.
The Government and its partners, Dr Parirenyatwa said, would continue to educate people on how to avoid contracting the deadly disease.
"I want to stress the issue of shaking hands. Although it's part of our tradition to shake hands, it's high time people stopped shaking hands," he said.
Dr Parirenyatwa has assured the nation that the country's health system was on high alert and taking all necessary measures to control and manage the cholera outbreak.
He also confirmed that a total of 11 071 suspected cholera cases had been reported at health centres in the country's nine provinces except Matabeleland North.
He also dismissed reports by some sections of the international media that claimed that Government was falsifying cholera statistics to cover up for its shortcomings.
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You just don't get it.
Botswana is AFFIRMATIVELY irrelevant; its relevance, a negative one, is the promotion of western imperial reactionary circles' INTERESTS in Southern Africa.
To YOUR UNHLOLY hail Mary to Botswana, I riposte: down with Botswana!
"Botswana is AFFIRMATIVELY irrelevant; its relevance, a negative one," Make up your pathetic childish mind!
Sorry jallowlaw for your pathetic squinted view of the situation in Zimbabwe. You are a paid sellout, whose is dripping full of blood of innocent Zimbabweans. You must be past any spiritual redemption to vomit the words you say about Zimbabwe.
To those who blame everything going wrong in Zimbabwe to Zanu-Pf, here is a very interesting book all Africans should try and read so that they understand policies followed by the US. The book is called COFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN, by John Perkins.
Former “Economic Hit Man” John Perkins on “The First Truly Global Empire” and its Impact on Latin America.
We speak with the author of “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man” about his former work going into various countries to create a secret empire through economics after being recruited by the National Security Agency. Perkins… [Read Full Text]
This should never happen if your stocks are low u order on time!!!
Gee, I never had a problem getting a glass of water, getting ice cubes or an ice cold beer in Salisbury. My, how times have changed.
@ TexasBob,
Water has been cut, so you cannot use the toilets therefore you cannot wash your hands. If you don’t wash your hands you will get Cholera, and also you cannot shake hands, or drive out of the city, get money from the bank, buy basic food. I am afraid there are other water borne diseases just waiting in line to jump out and terrorize poor Zimbabweans. Cholera out breaks was first reported in Congo and I have no doubt in my mind Zim soldiers brought the epidemic home. This is a tough video game that ZANU has… [Read Full Text]
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Any political system that fails to meet the aspirations of the people it seeks to serve, and subsequently denies those people basics of life should be trashed! Mugabe....., president of Zimbabwe???? He is simply a resident who is unfairly occupying state's top residence....! unfortunately, some SADC heads of state are pathological cowards. Viva, Bostwana for your forthright comments on Mugabe's tyrancy!