Zimbabwe: VP Chiwenga Raps Council Over Mabvuku Water Woes

Harare City Council must stop billing residents of Mabvuku and Tafara for water consumption when it has failed to supply running water in the suburbs for several years, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. Addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters in Mabvuku yesterday, VP Chiwenga said Government was aware that Mabvuku and Tafara areas had perennial problems of tap water supplies, yet the municipality continued billing residents for a service they were not providing.

"This is when you hear the city council demanding payment from residents for a commodity that is hardly available," he said. "This is not logical, how can they pay when they have no money.

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