Environmentalists and University of Zimbabwe researcher Professor Chris Magadza has partly attributed the contamination of Harare's water to the destruction of wetlands and government's failure to take protective action, while warning residents of the capital are drinking filtered urine.
Magadza made the remarks during a field trip to several Harare wetlands under threat, which include Cleveland Dam, wetlands in Msasa Industrial area, Gunhill, Borrowdale and Monavale.
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