{"id":46641,"date":"2026-09-28T09:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T07:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46641"},"modified":"2026-09-28T09:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T07:55:28","slug":"zimbabweans-face-acute-water-stress-after-poor-rainfall","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zimbabweans-face-acute-water-stress-after-poor-rainfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabweans face acute water stress after poor rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">More than a million residents in Zimbabwe&#8217;s second-largest city, Bulawayo, are facing acute water stress after years of poor rainfall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The city&#8217;s reservoirs are depleting fast and currently hold less than 50% usable water of their capacity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">With the population growing and demand for water rising, the looming threat of El Ni\u00f1o is deepening the crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">For most residents already struggling to secure continuous and reliable supply, every drop is becoming a matter of survival.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe&#8217;s\u00a0second largest city has endured recurring water shortages for more than a century now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Currently the city&#8217;s supply dams hold below 70% combined holding capacity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14342,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-46641","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Bulawayo is facing acute water stress after years of poor rainfall","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46642,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46641\/revisions\/46642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}