Schools shut down as Bulawayo runs dry

Schools shut down as Bulawayo runs dry

By Staff Reporter

SCHOOLS have been temporarily shut down in Zimbabwe's second largest city of Bulawayo after a major water pipe burst cut supplies to several western suburbs.

Residents in Nkulumane, Nketa, Emganwini, Tshabala, Sizinda and surrounding areas have been without water since a pipe burst on Sunday in the Belmont Industrial area.

“Our taps went dry at midday Sunday without any notice whatsoever and we have been begging for water from some people in the neighbourhood whose taps were still running,” said Nozipho Mthethwa of Nkulumane.

“Most people went to work without bathing and we fear that this might turn into a major disaster if the city council does not rectify the problem timeously,” she told the official Chronicle newspaper.

In a press statement, Bulawayo Town Clerk, Moffat Ndlovu blamed the water woes on pipe bursts.

“Yes there have been threats of strikes by council employees but these water problems are a result of pipe bursts,” he said.
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