Mtshabezi pipeline to be complete by December

Water Resources Management and Development minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo on Friday told the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) that the Mtshabezi-Umzingwane pipeline is likely to be completed before December and the only way to address the water crisis in the country’s second largest city is by adopting a more stringent water shedding regime.

Recently, Nkomo said the pipeline project — regarded as a short term solution to Bulawayo’s water problems — was likely to be complete next month.

However, yesterday, he told an emergency water crisis committee meeting in Bulawayo that this would no longer be possible because of delays by the State Procurement Board to approve the purchase of certain materials needed in the project.

This story is for NewsDay subscribers.