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THE cash-strapped Beitbridge Municipality has been dragged to court by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) over a $32 million debt accrued since 2011.<\/p>\n

In order to raise money to pay the debt, the Beitbridge Municipality is now contemplating taking legal action against residents that have not been paying rates, and as a result, owe a whopping $49 million in rates arrears and water bills.<\/p>\n

Beitbridge town clerk Loud Ramakgapola yesterday confirmed to NewsDay that his municipality had received summons from Zinwa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are summons where Zinwa wants us to pay $32 million. The summonses were filed on October 8 and we received them on the 23rd,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bill is from 2011. Ratepayers are not paying. They owe us $46 million. If they pay, we should be good to deal with the debt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zinwa sells bulk water to the local authority, which in turn dispenses to about 40 000 of the bustling town\u2019s 70 000 residents.<\/p>\n

The municipality has not been able to connect all residents to water and is currently struggling to meet water demand, resulting in some residents surviving on borehole water, or water sold by numerous mobile water vendors.<\/p>\n

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Ramakgapola said the border town faced challenges that include an ageing water dispensing system with leakages, which Zinwa was helping them to address.<\/p>\n

The World Bank (WB) is also reticulating water to most parts of the town and is assisting with a phase two project to overhaul the archaic water system.<\/p>\n

In phase one, Zinwa is reported to have taken a $2 million grant to upgrade Beitbridge\u2019s multi-million water plant known to be capable of supplying a city the size of Harare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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