Heavy rains may have pounded Gweru, but erratic water supplies in the city have continued causing residents to relieve themselves in plastic bags.

The development could result in an outbreak of serious diseases with areas like Mambo having to run without water for 5 years.
In other areas including Senga , Mkoba  and Ascot suburbs, water supplies are abruptly cut at intervals of three weeks and in many other areas around the city, supplies are only available at night.
Although the city of Progress, Gweru which  is celebrating 100 years with the theme “100 years of resilient progress”, provisions of safe drinking water and proper sanitation remain a pipe dream,34 years after the country ‘s independence from Great Britain.
In 2012 Gweru Town Clerk, Daniel Matawu  announced that the problem would be a thing of the past as the council was by then replacing obsolete equipment, some of which he said was 50 years old.
Zimbabwe’s own constitution has enshrined the right to water and health, hence the government of the day should be committing to their obligation, residents have complained saying.
Efforts to contact Mr Matawu were fruitless by the time of posting.