SANYATI - For more than three years, residents at Arda Sanyati Growth Point have lived without a sewer reticulation system.
Residents are still recovering from the effects of last years cholera outbreak, and with the rainy season upon them yet again, the likelihood of another outbreak of the disease is high. On an inspection of Sanyati Growth Points sewer reticulation plant, The Zimbabwean witnessed signs of vandalism and saw where residents had been digging in sewer ponds to use the waste as manure in their gardens and fields. The engine from the plant had allegedly been stolen several years ago, as well as the asbestos door of the main house. The man holes are blocked and workers have dug a shallow trench as a short term solution.
The Growth Point is only 90km from Kadoma and has an estimated population of 20 000. The risk of disease spreading if the situation is not quickly addressed is huge. “We have lived with this health time bomb for years and the council has let us down, despite the fact that we paid the stipulated rates for service delivery, said Chikomborero Dhliwayo, the Chairman of Sanyati Residents and Ratepayers Association.