Bulawayo is facing its worst water crisis in years, and the city authorities say they are not about to lift the stringent system of water rationing, even though heavy rains are now filling up the reservoirs which supply the city.
The shortage of potable water in Bulawayo is closely connected with a standoff between the city authorities [which are controlled the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, MDC] and the Zimbabwe National Water Authority, ZINWA.
Bulawayo council clinics are now asking expectant mothers to bring their own water with them when they come in to give birth. Pregnant women are not released from clinics until they have settled their bills and the longer they stay without running water, the more they expose themselves to infection, which can lead to an even longer stay in hospital.
Read more: IWPR, 12 Feb 2008
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