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Zimbabwe: Gold Panners Blamed for Contributing to Bulawayo Water Woes
New Zimbabwe, 14 October 2020
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) senior public relations officer, Nesisa Mpofu says illegal gold panning in areas surrounding the city's supply dams has contributed to perennial water… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Bulawayo Water Challenges Affecting City Fire Services
New Zimbabwe, 13 October 2020
Perennial water shortages being experienced in Bulawayo have affected the city's emergency fire services which depend on reliable water supply through fire hydrants. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Bulawayo Fails to Draw Water in CBD Amid Fears of Buildings Collapse
New Zimbabwe, 11 September 2020
Bulawayo has abundant aquifer water supplies under its sprawling Central Business District (CBD), but the authorities are failing to harness the precious liquid due to fears… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Bulawayo, Harare Still Have 11 - and 18-Months' Water Supply - Govt
New Zimbabwe, 21 September 2020
The city of Bulawayo, which has battled perennial water challenges, still has 11 months supply of the natural resource in its dams while Harare is reportedly sitting on 18 months'… Read more »
Gold Panners Accused of Adding to Zimbabwe's Water Woes
Illegal gold panning in areas surrounding Bulawayo's supply dams has contributed to perennial water challenges, the city's authorities have said. The local authority had decreed a 14-hour water shedding schedule but residents are now receiving the scarce necessity only once a week, leading to locals, especially those in the high-density suburbs of the city, relying on unsafe water sources. Recurring droughts and failure to import water chemicals have resulted in most parts of Zimbabwe without tap water.
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Zimbabweans have been for years scrambling to get enough clean water to drink, prepare meals and attend to basic hygiene and are now concerned over what impact the ongoing water ... Read more »
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Suburbs in the capital will go without water as a key water treatment plant will be closed for maintenance, and then a water rationing system which will see some suburbs getting ... Read more »
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At least 60% of water sources in the country are unsafe, leaving many families at risk of diarrhoea, UNICEF has said. In its latest update on the humanitarian situation in ... Read more »
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Zimbabweans face the prospect of longer power cuts following revelations by authorities that water levels at Kariba Dam, the country's source of hydro-power, remain below expected ... Read more »
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The water crisis in Zimbawe's second largest city has worsened with the local authority revising weekly water shedding hours from 72 hours to 92 hours. In a stateme Read more »
