Council wants apostolic sects out of the bush

MUSHROOMING apostolic sects that have literally invaded all open spaces in the high-density suburbs of Mbizo and Amaveni in Kwekwe are a potential health hazard and should be dealt with, the local authority has said.

Kwekwe mayor Matenda Madzoke told NewsDay yesterday that his council was looking at ways of removing churches worshipping in the open and bring them to clean environments with running water because their continued services in the bush were a health time bomb for the city.

“They are a health time bomb because in those bushes they have no toilets and therefore use the bush to relieve themselves and in the absence of portable running water, most are forced to fetch water from contaminated sources,” said Madzoke.

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