THE ZIMBABWE
PEACE PROJECT
Zimbabwe is in the grip of a nationwide
water crisis due to poor rains and drought.
Most local authorities have been forced to
ration water. But Bulawayo is facing the
worst crisis.
In its recent research on access to water,
ZPP identified the poor and old water
infrastructure as a major cause of the
deprivation of the right to water.
ZPP also noted that government and local
authorities have not invested enough in the
maintenance of existing water reticulation
infrastructure and has not done enough to
construct morden infrastructure to harvest,
pump and distribute clean, safe and potable
water to all.
ZPP
recommends
that
government
prioritises water as it is a basic right as in
Section 77 of the Constitution.
A pupil at Chikhovo Primary School in Chiredzi, opens the gate while a goat looks
on. Schools opened today for exam classes for the first time in six months. The
opening of schools in October was marked by chaos as government failed to provide
adequate PPE and teachers remained on strike, citing poor wages and demanding at
least US$520 worth of salaries a month.