SWAZILAND: More Boreholes, No Water
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Mantoe Phakathi
MBABANE, Oct 28 (IPS) – In the drought-stricken area of Siteki, Tibuyile Maziya has been trying to fill up her four 20-litre buckets with water at a community for the last four hours.
With a baby on her back and two more buckets to [...]
WATER-ZIMBABWE: New Wells Protect Environment, Build Peace
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By Vusumuzi Sifile
SHAMVA, Zimbabwe , Oct 15 (IPS) – Twenty years ago, Isaac Chidavaenzi would worry when his neighbours set up vegetable gardens on river banks, trying to get closer to water sources. The number of gardens on the rivers’ banks has now decreased, but [...]
TANZANIA: Solutions to Dar’s Water Problems in the Pipeline
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George Mwita
DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 2 (IPS) – In the nine months since she moved to the Dar es Salaam neighbourhood of Kinondoni, Anna Christopher has only seen water running from her taps once.
Christopher, who works as a public servant, says finding water is [...]
WATER-TANZANIA: Who Pays the Piper?
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George Mwita
DAR ES SALAAM, Jul 31 (IPS) – When John Rubara* and his family moved into their new house in Dar es Salaam’s Tabata Kimanga, a fast-growing middle-income neighbourhood in Temeke district, the water company disconnected their supply because the previous owner was in arrears. [...]
