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Zimbabwe: Harare City Council Tells Residents to Expect Water Once a Week
263Chat, 2 July 2019
Financially troubled Harare City Council is battling against critical chemical shortages and has told residents that it will only be able to provide water at least once a week. Read more »
Zimbabwe Capital's Water Supply Cut to the Bone
In a shocking revelation that places millions of residents at risk of waterborne diseases, the Harare City Council says it will only be able to provide water for each household at least once a week. Faced with a shortage of foreign currency to import water treatment chemicals, and supply dams drying up, the cash-strapped administrative body is expected to declare the water situation a state of emergency.
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Zimbabwe: Do Something - Residents Plead With Chamisa
New Zimbabwe, 3 July 2019
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday made a surprise visit to Harare's high density suburbs of Highfield, Budiriro and Glen View "to get first hand appreciation of the situation"… Read more »
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Africa: Zimfund Water and Sanitation Project - Communities Can Sustain Local Infrastructure
African Development Bank (AfDB), 28 June 2019
Residents leave Chisipite sewage pump station under ZimFund rehabilitation after a tour of the site. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Kwekwe Mayor Allays Water Shortage Fears
The Herald, 26 June 2019
Kwekwe City Mayor Councillor Angeline Kasipo has allayed fears of water shortages in the city, saying there is abundant water at Sebekwe Dam which the city relies on. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: We Sleep With Taps Open, In Case Water Turns On - Harare Residents
The Herald, 6 May 2019
Mike (not his real name) lives with his mother in a 3-bedroomed house in Mabelreign. The mother is often away for days attending to her religious calling. A 22-year old bachelor… Read more »
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At least 191 people have reportedly been infected in the rural town of Mount Darwin, near the border with Mozambique - barely three months after dozens of people died of the ... Read more »
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The death toll from the cholera outbreak in the Harare's high-density suburbs of Glen View and Budiriro has risen to 16, with authorities tracing the source of the disease to a ... Read more »
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In just two weeks, the cholera outbreak gripping Zimbabwe has claimed at least 32 lives and more than 7,000 cases have been reported. The government has declared a public health ... Read more »
