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Human excrement flows down streets in Tafara / Mabvuku - Suburbs go 7 months without sewerage system - Page 1 of 3
Citizen Report
March 12, 2008

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Tafara and Mabvuku have had no water, electricity or functional sewerage system for 7 months. The whole sewerage system has collapsed and nobody is doing anything about it.

The lids on the manholes in the streets are lifting and raw human excrement is flowing out of them into the streets - the stench is unbelievable.

Lids on the manholes in the streets are lifting and raw human excrement is flowing out of them Raw human excrement is flowing into the street  

The people have attempted to dig a type of canal so that the filth can flow into a pit which is full of sewerage. Their only source of water is a well which is about 10 feet away from this stinking pit.

An open pit collects sewerage near a communal well Women collect water from the only water source in their neighbourhood. It is located near an open makeshift sewerage pit.

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