Zimbabwe: Residents Petition Council Over Removal of Vital Glen View Borehole

Residents of Glen View in Harare have petitioned the City Council urging authorities to halt plans to demolish a community borehole they say is critical to public health and access to safe water.

The appeal, presented to Mayor Jacob Mafume on Tuesday argues that the removal of the borehole located between 20th, 21st, 23rd and 24th Crescent in Glen View 1 will endanger more than 2 800 residents who rely on the facility amid persistent water shortages in the suburb.

Signatories to the petition, led…