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The stench tormented visitors long before the lake came into view after disaster struck Lake Chivero last year.
A pungent, stomach — churning rot of death and decay floated on the still waters in the days that followed, as flies circled erratically over bloated fish carcasses.
The water body — once a shimmering sanctuary for wildlife and a vital water source for Harare’s estimated three million residents — is now a dying wetland.
It is a tragedy that has spiralled far beyond the visible surface, as latest developments show. This week, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) revealed the full-scale of devastation.
It confirmed that animals were being led to alternative watering points because even wild beasts can no longer drink from Chivero.
“We have lost a zebra, wildebeest and impala,” ZimParks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo told the Zimbabwe Independent.
“But we did not do post-mortems to determine if it was due to cyanobacteria toxicity … We are just putting measures in place to try to protect our animals by availing alternative clean game water sources,” he said.
These were words with high impact.
Source: Theindependent
