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Zanu-PF candidate dismantles boreholes in Gutu East

A deepening water crisis has gripped Gutu East constituency after Zanu-PF parliamentary candidate Zvarevashe Masvingise allegedly caused the dismantling of community boreholes and failed to fulfil his promise of replacing them with solar-p…

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 11:59hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter

Boreholes are not the solution to Zimbabwe's water crisis - they may worsen it

There has been a growing disturbing trend.The Zimbabwean government has, in recent years, taken to vigorously drilling boreholes across the country as its signature approach to solving the country's deepening water crisis.Branded as the "P…

Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:30hrs | 991 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zinwa leaves incomplete borehole projects in Bulawayo

Pelandaba-Tshabalala MP Joseph Tshuma has publicly criticized the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) for its failure to deliver functional boreholes in Bulawayo, leaving residents without adequate water solutions amid persistent sho…

Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 15:21hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's Water Crisis: Boreholes will cause more harm than good

This morning, as I watched a news report on the ongoing so-called â€˜Presidential Borehole Drilling Scheme', my heart was troubled. Just how sustainable is the drilling of boreholes all over the country as a way of resolving our country's …

Published: 23 Sep 2024 at 18:29hrs | 2383 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Dr. Isaiah Sovi aims to raise US$1.5 million to drill 200 boreholes for cholera mitigation efforts

In a bid to combat the alarming cholera outbreak that has engulfed 62 districts in Zambia, Dr. Isaiah Brian Sovi, the Chairman of the IBS Foundation, aims to implement a project that will amount $1.5 million to drill 200 boreholes across t…

Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 15:20hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu

$7 billion water boost for Bulawayo

GOVERNMENT has given Bulawayo City Council (BCC) $7 billion, which will be channelled towards repairs and purchasing of essential materials in the water supply chain.The funds will boost infrastructure in the rehabilitation of water source…

Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

140 boreholes for cholera hotspots

GOVERNMENT has drilled 77 boreholes in cholera hotspots across the country out of a target of more than 140 as it steps up efforts to fight the deadly water-borne disease through increased access to clean water.The country is battling a ch…

Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa drills 10 boreholes in Mbare

Residents of Mbare have applauded the Government for prioritising them in the ongoing Presidential Borehole Drilling Scheme, which saw the drilling and installation of 10 more boreholes with solar systems. This follows successive years of …

Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa dangles boreholes in campaign

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday went a gear-up in his election promises pledging to drill forty boreholes at every district where he addresses a Zanu-PF campaign rally.Mnangagwa made the pledge when he addressed scores of Zanu-PF su…

Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:46hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Thieves target city boreholes

BULAWAYO City councillors are concerned about the theft of solar panels and vandalism of the solar powered boreholes at a time when the city is facing acute water shortages.The local authority is implementing a 48 hour water rationing regi…

Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

400 solar boreholes for Matabeleland North

GOVERNMENT aims to drill 400 solar-powered boreholes in Matabeleland North Province by December this year, which will boost access to clean water and facilitate establishment of nutritional gardens in line with the Presidential Rural Devel…

Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Jubilation as more boreholes are sunk in Harare

THERE was jubilation in Glen Norah yesterday after President Mnangagwa dispatched borehole drilling equipment with the aim of providing clean water to residents.It was the same in Epworth, where the Presidential Borehole Drilling Scheme wa…

Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:34hrs | 3 | by Staf reporter

Open letter over illegal immigrant Indians in Zimbabwe

The borehole drilling industry is a lucrative industry that has the capacity to transform Zimbabwe's agricultural sector.It is unfortunate that illegal Indians are running this industry and taking advantage of lax systems. The state is los…

Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 16:44hrs | 12 | by John Mbizvo

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