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Health disaster strikes the University of Zimbabwe
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
October 10, 2007

The mass evictions of 9 July 2007 which saw the displacement of over 5000 students has since realized another threatening factor as hazardous conditions have encroached the boarders of the University of Zimbabwe's once revered campus.

Zimbabwe National Water Authorities (ZINWA) has since cut off water supply due to late payment by the university authorities and this has created inhabitable conditions for the already stranded students who have resorted to depositing their excretory material behind the campus' buildings.

The pressure emanates from the fact that the students are no longer able to use the rest rooms from the halls of residence that were shut down by the Professor Levy Nyagura led administration.

It seems as if the government has continued to turn a blind eye to the future of Zimbabwe by ignoring the students plea for a formal and concrete redress of these pertinent issues looming over the University of Zimbabwe. A crisis has developed and serious concerns continue to unravel but to no avail as government continues to arrest students who try to voice their genuine concerns amicably.

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