THE ZIMBABWE
PEACE PROJECT
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It is 8am and a couple of hours after sunrise.
For the folk here in Binga, it is the beginning of yet
another sweltering October day.
Ar Siansundu, the boreholes only release water
after sunset, leaving many to spend the better part
of the nights at the few available water points.
In May, human rights watchdog, the Zimbabwe
Peace Project (ZPP), in a survey report, noted that
Binga, despite its proximity to the Zambezi River,
had chronic water shortages, due to inadequate
infrastructure.
Jestina Mukoko, the ZPP national director, said the
issue of water problems in Binga needed an urgent
solution.
“The government should also ensure the
prioritisation of the welfare of the people of
Binga,” Mukoko said.
“Only eight months ago, one person died and
others were injured in floods, and as we approach
another rainy season, the people of Binga are still
at risk of floods as nothing has been done to
relocate the victims.” In addition to water
shortages, the area, whose majority population are
the Tonga people, is always stalked by hunger
despite being located close to Zimbabwe’s major
water body, Lake Kariba.
The stark contrast between the lives of the native
Tonga people and of those who live at and come
to the fancy hotels and resorts and fisheries lining
up the edges of Lake Kariba, and the safaris
surrounding
the
areas,
lays
bare
the
marginalisation of the locals, who live from hand
to mouth.
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