Zimbabwe is
gearing up for a bone dry
period ahead. A so-called
rainy season actually left the
country high and dry, and
turned out to be drier than
the great drought of 1992.
And the department ofwater
has let out the alarming news
that the country's dams are
on the average only 20 per
cent full. The situation has
reached a point where the
need to conserve water has
become the focal point of
campaigning by the candidates for the elections scheduled for April 8 and 9.
Harare, the country's
capital, has been particularly
hard hit by the water crunch.
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's 2nd
largest town, has now been
dubbed "the dry city".
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