Harare water problems

Lack of foreign currency is affecting the ability of the city of Harare to provide water to its residents

The issue was complicated by the new monetary policy which stipulated that access to forex can be at the inter bank market which currently is selling at 3.1 rtgs dollars per The green dollars,this has made it very expensive for local authorities to procure chemicals since it would mean the producers have tripled their prices

In a side discussion with the RBZ Gov on 18/4/19 the Hre Mayor highlighted the urgency and need for the RBZ to avail forex to the city to which the Gov said “the Town clerk must call on Monday “

Reports from the RBZ is indicative of the fact that they do not have forex and they are drying up .

The last option for council is to buy forex at the black market which is illegal and very expensive at the rate of 4,5 per dollar, meaning Harare needs $12 mill dollars to buy chemicals per month and to increase its rates by a huge 500% percent to residents, this is the tragedy of our situation.