Zimbabwe: South Africa Declares Cholera Disaster at Border

12 December 2008

South Africa on Thursday declared a cholera disaster on its border with Zimbabwe, but, President Robert Mugabe insists his country is now in control of the epidemic and that western powers are only using cholera as an excuse to topple him.

According to the Limpopo Provincial Government, the country now feels the strain of a spill-over from the epidemic, with more and more Zimbabwean refugees said to be crossing into the South African borders.

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