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Villagers
in Harare
Combined Harare
Residents Association (CHRA)
Extracted from The Resident, CHRA's monthly e-newsletter
July 06, 2007
CITY suburbs have been
turned into villages due to continued power and water cuts that
have been imposed by the two State-controlled parastatals, ZESA
and ZINWA.
Areas like Mandara have
gone for more than six months without water. Most of the residents
there now rely on their boreholes. But ZINWA continues to send water
bills and yet they do not get the water at all.
ZESA has also made life
difficult for residents by turning the City of Harare into an African
Village by imposing the prolonged power cuts. Residents have now
resorted to using firewood which is mostly unaffordable.
Mabvuku residents have
dug wells in the swampy areas on the outskirts of Tafara while those
in Waterfalls and Glen View Ward 1 drink contaminated waters of
Mukuvisi River.
Ironically, the two parastatals
still send monthly bills to residents asking them to pay for apparently
non-existent services, a clear case of daylight robbery.
ZINWA is ignoring burst
sewer and water pipes that are scattered all over Harare suburbs,
and, on the other hand, ZESA always excuses itself from replacing
stolen cables and transformers.
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