Marondera given 7-day ultimatum over sewage

Marondera Town Council was yesterday dragged to court and fined $3 000 for environmental pollution and given a seven-day ultimatum to address the issue of raw sewer flowing into the streets or face contempt of court charges.

Magistrate Josephine Sande presided over the matter.

In its defence, the local authority, which was represented by director of works Chris Chineka, had argued that it was financially incapacitated and could not stop raw sewage from flowing into the streets.

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