National coordinator of the alliance Timothy Chitambure

COMMUNITY Water Alliance, an NGO which advocates the provision of safe and clean water for the residents of Harare, has engaged lawyers to stop the council from attaching properties of residents who are failing to settle their bills. Harare City Council says it is owed more than US$70 million by residents and companies from unpaid water bills. The amount accrued after government, in July 2013, ordered all local authorities to write off residents’ debts. As…