“No water in Harare is safe”

  • Many of Harare’s sources of waters are contaminated due to transposition of matter by rainwater, research by the Environmental Management Agency confirms
  • Harare’s borehole water contained fecal matter, and boreholes near graveyards were susceptible to contamination from decomposing corpses
  • EMA recommends that Harare residents boil all drinking water regardless of source