Two million in Zimbabwe’s capital have no water as city turns off taps

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  • More than two million residents around Zimbabwe’s capital have no access to running water, as drought and breakdowns push the city system to collapse.
  • Just 50% of 4.5 million people in Harare and four satellite towns currently have access to the municipal water supply, the city authority told Climate Home News.
  • Dr Jean-Marie Kileshye from WaterNet warned Harare’s water was highly polluted: “Water-borne diseases linked to these boreholes are on the rise, but people have had to take in their own hands water supply because the utility has failed to provide water.”