Health Scare As Harare Cuts Water Supply
Harare has embarked on a massive water-disconnection drive targeting non-paying residents, a decision feared to have serious health implications as the city is battling a surge in water-borne diseases. Zimbabwe's capital city has recorded at least 858 new typhoid cases in the last six months.
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Zimbabwe:
Council Disconnects Non-Paying Water Users
The Herald, 30 July 2019
Harare has embarked on a massive water disconnection drive targeting non-paying residents, a decision feared to have serious health implications as the city is battling water-borne… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Zimbabwe Crisis Deepens Under President Emmerson Mnangagwa
DW, 29 July 2019
Zimbabwe has struggled since longtime ruler Robert Mugabe's reign came to an end in 2017. Analysts describe President Emmerson Mnangagwa's first year in office as a period of… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Councils Under Fire Over Water Crisis
The Herald, 12 July 2019
Government will soon take punitive action against local authorities that do not deliver their mandate of supplying clean water to residents, while 5 percent of devolution funds… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Govt Moves to Avert Harare Water Crisis
The Herald, 25 April 2019
Supplies of chlorine gas started arriving at Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Plant yesterday ensuring that water treatment continues in Harare after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Water Crisis Looms As Harare City Council Decommissions Dam
263Chat, 14 March 2019
Harare's most populated suburbs such as Mbare, Sunningdale, Hatfield and Chitungwiza could soon face massive water crisis following a decision by the City of Harare to decommission… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
In Dark Alley - Zimbabweans Wallow in Wilderness With No End in Sight to Suffering
New Zimbabwe, 28 July 2019
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his top lieutenants are all in the dark as to when their austerity measures will begin to bear fruit or at the very least differ on the period of… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
850 Typhoid Cases Reported in Harare
The Herald, 26 July 2019
Harare has recorded at least 858 new typhoid cases in the last six months, with the city also battling a surge in diarrhoea cases, council reveals. Read more »
InFocus
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Several patients suffering from diarrhoea in Harare's Glen suburb, have tested positive for typhoid, a local non-governmental organisation has revealed. Rights groups have warned ... Read more »
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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 ... 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 »