Cholera outbreak blamed on Mugabe sanitation policy
Friday, December 12, 2008
Following the March 29 elections, which Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is believed to have won, water and sewerage reticulation functions were wrestled from MDC-dominated municipalities and concentrated in the hands of the incapacitated and dysfunctional Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA).
The city of Harare, the epicentre of the cholera epidemic, draws its water for domestic, industrial and other uses from Lake Chivero or Lake Mcllwaine, so named after the late Sir Robert Mcllwaine, a former judge of the Zimbabwe High Court and soil and water conservationist.
These roads, which are vital conduits for trade and tourism, have long been in dire need of repair. However, while this development is undoubtedly a positive step, it also raises questions about broader issues of infrastructural management and road safety that deserve closer scrutiny.The A3 and A33 roads are not just any roads, they are critical arteries that connect Botswana to its neighbours and facilitate the movement of goods and people...