Water shedding extends beyond 48 hours

THOUSANDS of Bulawayo residents have been left stranded after council failed to stick to its published 48-hour weekly water shedding schedule.

A majority of suburbs that had water cut on Monday and were supposed to get it back on Wednesday still did not have water yesterday.

Suburbs that include Gwabalanda, Lobengula, Cowdray Park and Emakhandeni were supposed to get water on Friday after it was cut on Wednesday.

Fuming residents told The Chronicle that there was water for a few hours on Friday before it was cut off without warning.

Scores of residents were carrying containers, looking for water from surrounding suburbs.

Unscrupulous people in Entumbane, Gwabalanda and parts of Cowdray Park were yesterday charging residents up to $1 to get water from community boreholes.

An explanation could not be obtained from the Mayor Councillor Martin Moyo or council's senior public relations officer Mrs Nesisa Mpofu as their mobile phones rang without being answered.