Water in Zimbabwe

  • The Minister of the Department of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane will visit Zimbabwe

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2014/12/15 South Africa and Zimbabwe are set to sign a Water Bilateral Agreement on Friday 12 December, which will see additional water being brought into the country. The Minister of the Department of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane will visit Zimbabwe primarily to attend the Signing Ceremony of the Certified Agreement on the Cooperation on Water Resources Management. The conference will as well look at the Establishment and Functioning of The Joint Water Commission between the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Zimbabwe.

  • Zimbabwe’s major inland dam will be drained

    ZIMBABWE, 2014/06/04 Zimbabwe’s major inland dam will be drained to allow the construction of a new wall next the original structure burst before this year. Thousands of people were evacuated and additional than 3 000 villagers along the Tokwe Mukorsi basin left homeless next heavy rains caused the Tokwe-Mukorsi dam to partially collapse early this year. Construction of the new wall is schedule to begin this month. However, the engineers say the dam must be emptied for the wall to be constructed. This has raised concern as the dam water will not be used productively.

  • Gwanda Forced to Introduce Water Rationing in Zimbabwe

    ZIMBABWE, 2013/11/19

  • Africa : Universal Access to Water and Sanitation

    BOTSWANA, 2013/04/02 Access to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a universal human right and central to human wellbeing and development. From presently on 780 million people still receive drinking water from unimproved sources and 2.5 billion people continue to live without access to improved sanitation facilities. IDS' work on water and sanitation has been looking at what additional needs to be done, particularly through a new set of post 2015 development goals, to ensure that this right is enjoyed by amount.
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