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Harare goes without water -Weekly City Watch
Combined Harare
Residents Association (CHRA)
April 12, 2010
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Most areas in
the city (including the city centre) experienced a long dry spell
during the weekend. Reports from the City of Harare indicate that
water supplies had to be temporarily discontinued so as to carry
out refurbishments at Morton Jeffrey water works. It is not yet
clear when water supplies will be resumed.
Mabelreign
The Zambezi
Flats in the Mabelreign area has been experiencing water shortages
since February 2010. Supplies are usually available during the late
night hours and the pressure of the water will be so low that residents
who live in the upper floors do not get water.
Greendale
Pipe leakages
along Fallon Road and Louis Road have negatively affected water
supplies in the area as the supplies are no longer constant. Residents
fear that if the pipes are not fixed, prolonged water cuts might
resume in the area.
Harare Drive has become a commercial dumpsite and residents living
in Latimer and Abel Roads have said that the dumpsite is a health
time bomb as it has become breeding ground for mosquitoesPower cuts
occur on a daily basis for 2to 4 hours a day.
The
Eviction Saga unfolds...
As Councilors
put the blame on political rivals
The councillors
for Glen Norah and Highfields denied the allegations of evicting
people from council houses that were being nailed against them.
They dismissed the stories as mere political sabotage strategies
by their rivals.
Councillor Marange and seven other unnamed Councillors met with
a few residents in Glen Norah A on Friday the 26th Of March 2010
to clear the air surrounding the issue. The Councillors maintained
that they had not evicted anyone and expressed shock at the allegations
that their names were actually appearing on the bills of the said
houses. CHRA sought comment from Councillor Masiye Kapare (Ward
7) who pointed out that the Director of Housing and the Town Clerk
are the ones who gave the green light for Councillors to apply for
houses from Council. He said that Councilors had only made applications
but they were not told that the houses were already occupied, neither
were they involved in the alterations of ownership and subsequent
evictions.
The Councillors
have said that the whole fiasco is a calculated ploy by the Minister
of Local Government and his cronies at Town House to tarnish their
image and make them lose favour with the residents. They also pointed
out that they are being victimized for carrying out investigations
to expose the unprocedural acquisition of large chunks of land by
Minister Chombo and business tycoon, Philip Chiyangwa.
Residents have
however, castigated the Councilors for trying to acquire houses
for themselves when thousands of residents are still living in shacks
for lack of decent housing
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