‘Chombo budget slash could bring back Cholera’

Local Government deputy Minister Sessel Zvidzai warned that minister Ignatius Chombo’s latest slash of the city budget by close to half could slide the city back to the 2008 cholera epidemic.

Although Zvidzai supported Chombo’s action, he warned that his boss was supposed to consult local authorities first on the matter before coming up with such a decision that might prove costly.

“There is no problem with the move but there is need to balance availability of potable water and affordability of the same.

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