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WHILE a majority of Bulawayo residents have to deal with the reality of receiving running water once a week, it is a different story for Ward 27 in Pumula South’s Habek high density suburb where locals are about to cloak a year without water.
NewZimbabwe.com has learnt that the precious liquid last reached Habek taps in the early weeks of last year.
They now rely on the Bulawayo Water and Sanitation Response Programme in which city council bowsers are wheeled to their area to distribute the necessity once or twice a week.
In an interview with several residents from the area, they expressed their disappointment with the local authority they accuse of continuously exposing them to cholera and diarrhoea outbreaks through failure to restore uninterrupted water supplies.
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Black Umfolosi founder uses lockdown to bond with family
Co-founder of Black Umfolosi, Tomeki Dube, says he is using the lockdown to bond and spend quality time with his family as the group has been globetrotting since 1987.
BY SHARON SIBINDI
Dube, who has six children, said he missed special moments where a father has to be there when a child is born.
“I was never there for my children as they grew up. So I treat them as babies even though they are grown up,” he said.
“Some are grown up and moving away at a time where I need them close to me. So, I decided to use this lockdown wisely to bond and know my family better.