MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE WALKING home through the dim twilight of Budiriro 3, a 19-year-old Harare youth took a step forward, mistaking a pool of thick, liquid mud for solid earth. With a sharp, sudden shout of “ahh,” he vanished completely into a massive unprotected sewer excavation pit. When emergency service teams and sub-aqua specialist Victor…
Sewer horror unmasks municipal collapse across Zimbabwe

A burst sewage pipe sends raw sewage into a ditch in Bulawayo. Children try to cross it, as it runs between houses.