Health crisis looming as sewage flows in Zimbabwe’s capital city

By Violet Gonda
17 November 2005

A serious health crisis is looming in Harare as some parts of the streets in the city centre are over-flowing due to burst sewers. The speed at which the capital city is deteriorating is very worrying. There are burst water pipes everywhere, and countless broken street and traffic lights.

Our Harare correspondent Simon Muchemwa says Harare is no longer a tourist attraction with rubbish heaps everywhere as refuse has not been collected in many areas. Muchemwa said the city is in a shambles especially along 1st Street, Nelson Mandela Ave and Rezende Street.