Fuel shortage cripples Zimbabwe

Municipal and emergency services in Zimbabwe’s capital have been crippled by a fuel shortage, with only one fire engine in operation.

Testifying before a parliamentary committee on Wednesday, Harare’s town clerk Nomutsa Chideya said the city council was now buying fuel from the black market, but was still unable to provide proper emergency services or conduct repairs.

..Harare is now a shadow of its former self when it was known as one of southern Africa’s most modern and cleanest cities.

Residents grapple with erratic electricity and water supplies, the roads are pockmarked with potholes and most of the streetlights have not been working for months. City hospitals are critically short of equipment.

Al Jazeera